A tale of two Medicaid expansions: Oklahoma jumps in, while Missouri lags
Temp worker James Dickerson applied for Medicaid because it will be cheaper than his current health plan. Home health aide Sharon Coleman looks forward to having coverage that will cover a hospital...
View ArticleKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Life after ‘Roe’ is … confusing
The Supreme Court's decision overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion has left confusion in its wake.
View ArticleThousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina
Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of...
View ArticleThe abortion pill goes back to court
The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone remains in jeopardy, as an appellate court panel during a hearing this week sounded sympathetic to a lower court’s ruling that the FDA should not have...
View ArticleCan ingesting products with different percentages of cocoa affect muscle pain...
Researchers investigated whether consuming different cocoa products in different proportions could lower pain experimentally induced by injecting hypertonic saline into the masseter muscle of healthy...
View ArticleAs Medicaid purge begins, ‘Staggering numbers’ of Americans lose coverage
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls...
View ArticleKFF Health News' 'What the Health?': An encore: 3 HHS secretaries reveal what...
This week, while KFF Health News' "What the Health?" takes a break, here’s an encore of a favorite episode this year: Host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with...
View ArticleWoman petitions health insurer after company approves — then rejects — her...
When KFF Health News published an article in August about the "prior authorization hell" Sally Nix said she went through to secure approval from her insurance company for the expensive monthly...
View ArticleThe balance and variety approach to navigating diet culture
With so many types of diets being promoted online and on social media, a leading dietitian says flexibility is more sustainable than a rigid diet plan.
View ArticleCalifornia’s expanded health coverage for immigrants collides with Medicaid...
Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most.
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