Category: Health Care
Medi-Cal Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly…
The Ranks of Obamacare ‘Fixers’ Axed in Trump’s Reduction of Health Agency Workforce
They’re the fixers, the ones who step in when Affordable Care Act enrollees have a…
Watch: Why Insurance Companies Are Denying Coverage for Prosthetic Limbs
PBS News Weekend’s Ali Rogin spoke with KFF Health News contributor Michelle Andrews about what…
In Rural Massachusetts, Patients and Physicians Weigh Trade-Offs of Concierge Medicine
Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts, a small city two hours…
States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling…
Journalists Delve Into Effects of Deep Federal Cuts on Public Health
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and national public health correspondent Amy Maxmen…
Trump elimina la oficina que establece los niveles de pobreza vinculados a servicios para 80 millones de personas
Los despidos del presidente Donald Trump en el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS)…
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People
President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire…
Tax Time Triggers Fraud Alarms for Some Obamacare Enrollees
Because of past fraud by rogue brokers, some Affordable Care Act policyholders may get an…
Rural Hospitals Question Whether They Can Afford Medicare Advantage Contracts
Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with…