Some Rural Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage

[ad_1] Arielle Zionts Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do…

Se cancelan clínicas de vacunación por recortes federales, mientras aumentan los casos de sarampión

[ad_1] Más de una docena de clínicas de vacunación se cancelaron en el condado de Pima,…

More Psych Hospital Beds Are Needed for Kids, but Neighbors Say Not Here

[ad_1] (iStock/Getty Images) If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis,…

Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for 80 Million People

[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire…

The Dismantling of HHS – KFF Health News

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Brown rice may increase arsenic exposure, new study finds

[ad_1] Key Points: A new study finds that brown rice contains greater traces of toxic arsenic…

RFK Jr.’s Purge of FOIA Staff at FDA Spares People Working on Covid Vaccine Lawsuits

[ad_1] Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by…

Misinformation About Fentanyl Exposure Threatens To Undermine Overdose Response

[ad_1] Fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid driving the nation’s high drug overdose rates, is also caught…

Tax Time Triggers Fraud Alarms for Some Obamacare Enrollees

[ad_1] Because of past fraud by rogue brokers, some Affordable Care Act policyholders may get an…

Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say

[ad_1] Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy,…

Should men and women eat the same breakfast?

[ad_1] A study finds men do better with carbs, women with fat By Truman Lewis of…

Texas sues drug companies and pharmacy benefit managers over insulin prices

[ad_1] The lawsuit claims there is a conspiracy to inflate prices that consumers pay By Mark…

Blockbuster Deal Will Wipe Out $30 Billion in Medical Debt. Even Backers Say It’s Not Enough.

[ad_1] Noam N. Levey Underscoring the massive scale of America’s medical debt problem, a New York-based…

Adult cyclists need to wear helmets but too many don't

[ad_1] They know it's dangerous but they find it inconvenient to get and wear a helmet…

Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records

[ad_1] Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety…

Compounding pharmacies can keep making Mounjaro and Zepbound copies

[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration has done an about-face By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs October…

Public Health Risks of Urban Wildfire Smoke Prompt Push for More Monitoring

[ad_1] Katharine Gammon When the catastrophic Los Angeles fires broke out, John Volckens suspected firefighters and…

Cancer wrecks consumers' finances for years

[ad_1] Financial problems linger for nearly 10 years after treatment, study finds By Truman Lewis of…

Rural Hospitals Question Whether They Can Afford Medicare Advantage Contracts

[ad_1] Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with…

Some hospitals are delaying surgeries to cope with IV fluid shortage

[ad_1] White House takes action to speed up production of IV fluids By Mark Huffman of…

Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

[ad_1] April 3 Katheryn Houghton reads this week’s news: The Trump administration may stop using a…

Americans consume 80 pounds of sugar each year

[ad_1] Heres where consumers are getting most of their sugar By Mark Huffman of ConsumerAffairs October…