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Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?
CAIRO, Ga. — Zita Magloire carefully adjusted a soft measuring tape across Kenadie Evans’ pregnant belly.
Determining a baby’s size during a 28-week obstetrical visit is routine. But Magloire, a family physician trained in…
States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings
A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in…
Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In early December, Donald Brown stood nervously in the Hall County Courthouse, concerned he’d be sent back to jail.
The 55-year-old struggles with depression, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. He…
RFK Jr.’s Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year
As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election, one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to…
In Year 6, KFF Health News-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ Helps Patients in a Changing System
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Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals
Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022.
“This is bad,” the 66-year-old Durant, Oklahoma, resident remembered his urologist saying.…
Bold Changes Are in Store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but Will Patients Benefit?
California’s safety-net health program, Medi-Cal, is on the cusp of major changes that could rectify long-standing problems and improve health care for the state’s low-income population.
Starting Jan. 1, Medi-Cal, California’s…
‘AGGA’ Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea
A Tennessee dentist who has been sued by multiple TMJ and sleep apnea patients over an unproven dental device he invented has said under oath that he never taught dentists to use the device for those ailments — contradicting video…
A partir del 1 de enero, todos los inmigrantes en California pueden calificar para Medi-Cal, más…
Milagro, inmigrante peruana del condado de Riverside, ha tenido un acceso intermitente a la atención médica en las dos décadas que ha estado en este país.
La mujer de 48 años, que trabaja como gerente administrativa en una…
Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records
(Oona Tempest/KFF Health News)Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream.
The pump, manufactured by device maker…