Sign in
Sign in
Recover your password.
A password will be e-mailed to you.
Browsing Category
News
How Private Equity Is Investing in Health Care: A Video Primer
Thank you for your interest in supporting Kaiser Health News (KHN), the nation’s leading nonprofit newsroom focused on health and health policy. We distribute our journalism for free and without advertising through media partners of…
States Opting Out of a Federal Program That Tracks Teen Behavior as Youth Mental Health Worsens
As the covid-19 pandemic worsened a mental health crisis among America’s young people, a small group of states quietly withdrew from the nation’s largest public effort to track concerning behaviors in high school students.…
$38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug
Dr. Josie Tenore and Paul Hinds were introduced by a mutual friend in 2017 and hadn’t been going out long when she laid down the law: He had to get a physical.
“I don’t date people who don’t take care of their health,”…
Hospitals Said They Lost Money on Medicare Patients. Some Made Millions, a State Report Finds.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health, the largest hospital system in North Carolina, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for, by far the largest “community…
A Billing Expert Saved Big After Finding an Incorrect Charge in Her Husband’s ER Bill
If Dr. Bhavin Shah was on his own, he said, he probably would have paid the bill for his broken arm. The 47-year-old physician from suburban Chicago incurred surprisingly steep charges after landing in an emergency room on New…
Listen: How Does Human Composting Work?
California Healthline senior correspondent Bernard J. Wolfson appeared on KMOX, a St. Louis radio station, in mid-October to discuss a new California law that will allow “human composting” as an alternative to burial and…
For the Houma People, Displacement Looms With Every Storm
For generations, Thomas Dardar Jr.’s family has lived on a small bayou island off the coast of Louisiana called Isle de Jean Charles. Environmental changes, rising seawaters, and storms have dramatically changed the island. Home…
Drivers in Decline: A Shortage of Volunteers Complicates Access to Care in Rural America
Christina Saint Louis
Several times a month, Jim Maybach drives 5 miles from his house in Hay Creek, Minnesota, toward the Mississippi River.
When he reaches Red Wing, a city of nearly 17,000 people, the 79-year-old retired…
Texas Revamps ‘Active-Shooter’ Drills at K-12 Schools to Minimize Trauma
AUSTIN, Texas — After Britt Kelly’s son participated in a lockdown drill two years ago in his Lamar, Texas, kindergarten class, he had nightmares and wet his bed. Now 8, he can sleep only with a light on.
In August, Mary…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Related Links
What do pandemic…