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Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the…

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…

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We’ve all read the stories and seen the images: The life-threatening heat waves. The wildfires of unprecedented ferocity. The record-breaking…

HELENA, Mont. — A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting…

On the heels of a scuttled hospital merger between rivals in Terre Haute, Indiana, a state senator introduced a bill…

Angela Hart and Christine Mai-Duc SACRAMENTO, California.— Seis años después de asumir el cargo prometiendo ser el “gobernador de la…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six years after he entered office vowing to be California’s “health care governor,” Democrat Gavin Newsom has…

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a…

By Dan Weissmann January 7, 2025 Article HTML Dan Weissmann Joey Ballard is an internal medicine resident at the University…

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs.…

Cara Anthony KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony and Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s podcast “Shortwave,” talk about Black…

In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than three years have passed since federal health officials arrived in central Appalachia to assess an…

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of…

BAKER CITY, Ore. — In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in…

In 2024, our nationwide team of gumshoes set out to answer your most pressing questions about medical bills, such as:…

Bill Hall, 71, has been fighting for his life for 38 years. These days, he’s feeling worn out. Hall contracted…

MIAMI — When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become…

Angela Hart LAS VEGAS — Case manager Bryon Johnson flashed a light into a dark tunnel beneath the glitz of…

LAS VEGAS — Maurice Clark huddled in his tent along dusty railroad tracks as two homeless-outreach workers began asking him…

Dan Weissmann “An Arm and a Leg” updates a popular episode from 2019 — a story about giving. In 1980,…