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KHN Investigation: The System Feds Rely On to Stop Repeat Health Fraud Is Broken
The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so, a KHN investigation has found.
That means people are once again tapping into…
In Rural America, Deadly Costs of Opioids Outweigh the Dollars Tagged to Address Them
Aneri Pattani and Rae Ellen Bichell
Tim Buck knows by heart how many people died from drug overdoses in his North Carolina county last year: 10. The year before it was 12 — an all-time high.
Those losses reverberate deeply in rural…
Journalists Explain Medicaid Work Requirements and Hospital Price Transparency
KHN senior editor Andy Miller discussed Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Dec. 5.
Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report“
Read “Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work…
Decisiones financieras de los hospitales juegan un papel en la escasez de camas pediátricas para…
La grave escasez de camas pediátricas que azota a la nación este otoño es en parte producto de las decisiones financieras tomadas por los hospitales durante la última década, como cerrar las salas infantiles, que a menudo operan…
To Attract In-Home Caregivers, California Offers Paid Training — And Self-Care
Laurie Udesky
One November afternoon, Chris Espedal asked a group of caregivers — all of whom work with people who have cognitive impairments, behavioral health issues, or complex physical needs — to describe what happens when their work…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Congress Races the Clock
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The lame-duck Congress is making slow progress on its…
More States to Consider Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Beyond Two Months
Lawmakers in several conservative-led states — including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi — are expected to consider proposals to provide a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid.…
A Family Death During the Holidays Prompts Questions and Reflection
Judith Graham
It wasn’t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected.
Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law, Melvin Zax, suffered a stroke after receiving dialysis and was rushed to a hospital near his residence in western…
For Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Fertility Care Is About Reproductive Justice
Teonna Woolford has always wanted six kids. Why six?
“I don’t know where that number came from. I just felt like four wasn’t enough,” said Woolford, a Baltimore resident. “Six is a good number.”
Woolford, 31, was born with…
Colorado Option’s Big Test: Open Enrollment
Markian Hawryluk
Critics declared Colorado’s new quasi-public option a failure this fall, before it was even available for purchase on the state’s Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace. They seized on an October announcement…