Rural Americans Have Difficulty Accessing a Promising Cancer Treatment
Suzanne BeHanna initially turned down an experimental but potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. Three years ago, the newlywed, then 62, ...Read More
The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle
When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it. She was 35, the same age her mother had been when ...Read More
Readers and Tweeters Place Value on Community Services and Life-Sustaining Care
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and req...Read More
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Wrapping Up Summer’s Health News
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Pocket Casts , or w...Read More
Sleepless Nights Over Her Children’s Future as Debts Pile Up
“My doctor saved my life, but my medical bills are stealing from my children’s lives.” Jeni Rae Peters Jeni Rae Peters , 44, Rapid City, ...Read More
Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills
The first unexpected bill arrived in December, just weeks before Tara Lovell’s husband of 40 years died from bladder cancer. Lovell worked ...Read More
Watch: How Nursing Homes Put Friends and Families on the Hook for Residents’ Debts
Barbara Robinson was just trying to help her mother’s friend sign up for Medicaid and move into the Monroe County nursing home in Rochester,...Read More
Democrats Didn’t Achieve All Their Goals, but Inflation Reduction Act Makes Historic Medicare Changes
The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as...Read More
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A Big Week for Biden
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Pocket Casts , or w...Read More
No, the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Won’t Strip $300 Billion From Medicare
Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill “will strip $300 billion from Medicare.” Ad from the American Prosperity Alliance , posted July 19 A...Read More
Newsom Pins Political Rise on Abortion, Guns, and Health Care
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gavin Newsom is fed up with Republicans for attacking abortion rights and blocking gun regulations — and with his own D...Read More
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