Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?
KHN has released never-before-seen details of federal audits as the government weighs action against dozens of Medicare Advantage plans.
FDA Experts Are Still Puzzled Over Who Should Get Which Covid Shots and When
A single booster seems to prevent death and hospitalization in most people, but protection from the current vaccines wanes within months. FDA experts say they need to know more from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to decide the best long-term strategy.
California’s Resolve Questioned After It Grants Medi-Cal Contract Concessions
After the Department of Health Care Services canceled Medi-Cal contract awards under pressure from major insurers, some consumer advocates question the administration’s willpower to improve care in the safety-net program.
Montana Pharmacists May Get More Power to Prescribe
Supporters of a proposed law say it would fill a health provider gap in rural areas, while doctors worry it will give pharmacists power outside the scope of their education.
Florida Gov. DeSantis Falsely Claims Bivalent Booster Boosts Chances of Covid Infection
Experts say the Florida governor's conclusion could not be drawn from the study he cited, adding that the research focused on health care workers, who are likelier to be exposed to covid and more likely to be vaccinated. Those findings should not be applied to the general public.
Part I: The State of the Abortion Debate 50 Years After ‘Roe'
More Californians Are Dying at Home. Another Covid ‘New Normal’?
Wave of Rural Nursing Home Closures Grows Amid Staffing Crunch
Unmet Needs: Critics Cite Failures in Health Care for Vulnerable Foster Children
Watch: Fifty Years after ‘Roe,’ Abortion Rights Battle Shifts to the States
As States Seek to Limit Abortions, Montana Wants to Redefine What Is Medically Necessary
Latino Teens Are Deputized as Health Educators to Sway the Unvaccinated
Watch: Anti-Abortion Activists Rally in DC in a Watershed Moment for Their Movement