Health

Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to ‘Extract Every Dollar.’

For most of last year, St. Agnes Medical Center, based in Fresno, California, looked like a white knight poised to rescue smaller Madera Community Hospital from financial ruin. Now, with the nonprofit Madera, California, hospital…

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Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors and Hospitals Ignore This at Their Peril.

Doctors Created a Primary Care Clinic as Their Former Hospital Struggled

Industry Groups in California Vie for New Medicaid Money

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Let’s Talk About the Weather

A Mom Owed Nearly $102,000 for Hospital Care. Her State Attorney General Said to Pay Up.

Congress Considers Easing Regulations on Air Transport of Donated Organs

Once the New Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage?

In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn’t Such a Bad Thing

How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning

A Plan to Cut Montana’s Medicaid Waiting List Was Met With Bipartisan Cheers. Then a Veto.

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Long Road to Reining in Short-Term Plans 

Got Milk in School? Farmers Fight Health Advocates Over the Creamy ‘Whole’ Variety

With More People Giving Birth at Home, Montana Passed a Pair of Laws to Make It Easier

Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates

Groups Sue to Overturn Idaho ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Law Targeting Teens

As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending

Mental Health Respite Facilities Are Filling Care Gaps in Over a Dozen States

Meet the People Deciding How to Spend $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash

Proposed PFAS Rule Would Cost Companies Estimated $1B; Lacks Limits and Cleanup Requirement

What You Need to Know About the Drug Price Fight in Those TV Ads

Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges

California Promises Better Care for Thousands of Inmates as They Leave Prison

Montana Adds Protections for Kids in Private Residential Treatment Programs

Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients

How Health Care May Be Affected by the High Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling