- A Catch-22 for Clinics: State Bans Limit Abortion Counseling. Federal Title X Rules Require It.by Rachana Pradhan May 26, 2023
Family planning clinics are getting caught between state abortion bans and a federal requirement to refer patients for abortion care on request.
- Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirderby Elisabeth Rosenthal May 26, 2023
The Department of Health and Human Services is tasked with monitoring denials both by Obamacare health plans and those offered through employers and insurers. […]
- When an Anti-Vaccine Activist Runs for PresidentMay 25, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s official entry into the presidential race poses a thorny challenge for journalists: how to cover a candidate who’s opposed to […]
- California Hospitals Seek a Broad Bailout, but They Don’t All Need Itby Samantha Young and Angela Hart May 25, 2023
As hospitals squeeze Democratic leaders in Sacramento for more money, health care finance experts and former state officials warn against falling for the […]
- A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.by Stephanie Colombini, WUSF May 25, 2023
Josie sensed Florida lawmakers were threatening her health care and ability to be herself at school. So she left. Families of other trans youth are plotting […]
- This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.by Markian Hawryluk May 25, 2023
Colorado’s new Prescription Drug Affordability Board could cap what health plans and consumers pay for certain medications starting next year. The process […]
- A medida que bajan los niveles de agua, suben los de arsénicoby Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News May 24, 2023
A medida que el oeste lucha contra una mega sequía que ha durado más de dos décadas y los estados corren el riesgo de recortes en el agua del menguante río […]
- As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Risesby Melissa Bailey, KFF Health News May 24, 2023
As the West grapples with a megadrought, its driest spell in at least 1,200 years, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in Colorado’s San Luis […]
- Domestic Violence Shelters Move Out of Hidingby K
A new domestic violence shelter in Bozeman, Montana, reflects efforts nationwide to rethink the model that keeps survivors of abuse in hiding. But there are no […]
- Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Riskby Julie Rovner, KFF Health News May 24, 2023
Doctors say they are reluctant to practice in abortion-banned states, where making the best decision for a patient could run afoul of the law. Even former […]