Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare.
Along with the occasional aches and pains, growing older can bring surprise setbacks and serious diseases. Longtime relationships with doctors...
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Paciente evita la enfermedad de Lyme, pero recibe una factura sorpresa
Un fin de semana de fines de abril, Leah Kovitch estaba arrancando plantas invasoras en un prado cerca de su...
Ticked Off Over Preauthorization: Walk-In Patient Avoided Lyme Disease but Not a Surprise Bill
Leah Kovitch was pulling invasive plants in the meadow near her home one weekend in late April when a tick...
FDA’s Plan To Boost Biosimilar Drugs Could Stall at the Patent Office
While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and...
Journalists Untangle Issues of Health Care Costs and Food Benefits
KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed rising health care premiums on KPFA’s “Up Front” on Nov. 13....
Listen: New Federal Guidelines Could Weaken Consumer Protections Against Medical Debt
LISTEN: Bad credit can keep you from getting a job, a car loan, or an apartment to rent. For many...
What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Government Is Open
The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill...
An Arm and a Leg: A Few Good Things From 2025 (Really)
Massive cuts to medical research and Medicaid. Waves of layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services. Ongoing uncertainty...
Readers Take Congress to Task and Offer Their Own Health Policy Fixes
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity...
Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California’s gubernatorial election is a year away, and the field of primary candidates is still taking shape....
