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Fatal Shock

Avoidable Sepsis Infections Send Thousands Of Seniors To Gruesome Deaths

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas and Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune

No one tracks sepsis cases closely enough to know how often these severe infections turn fatal. But the toll — both human and financial — is enormous, finds an investigation by KHN and the Chicago Tribune.

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Health Policy Goes To Court

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Ollstein of Politico talk about the latest court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, nomination hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and news from the reproductive health front. Plus, Rovner interviews Chad Terhune about the latest KHN/NPR “Bill of the Month” installment.

Listen: The GOP Case Against ACA's Preexisting Condition Protections Begins

Oral arguments got underway in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday in the lawsuit brought by 20 Republican states seeking to declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

States Looking To Tax Opioids Pin Hopes On November Elections

By Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra

At least 11 states are going to try to tax opioids despite pushback from pharmaceutical companies.

Navigating Aging

Assisted Living Kicks Out The Frail ’Cause ‘We Can’t Take Care Of You Any Longer’

By Judith Graham

Is there anything families can do to fight these evictions?

Giuliani’s Firm Helped Halt Purdue Opioid Investigation In Florida

Surprise Medical Bills Are What Americans Fear Most In Paying For Health Care

Creating Rituals To Honor The Dead At Long-Term Care Facilities

A Texas Lawsuit Being Heard This Week Could Mean Life Or Death For The ACA

Low-Income Californians Feel Twice The Burn From Wildfires

The $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Down To $332. What About Other Surprise Bills?

Cancer, Schmancer. In California, Coffee Is King

Over Past 20 Years, The Percentage Of Children With ADHD Nearly Doubles

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The Pluses And Minuses Of Allowing Medical Marijuana At School

By Samantha Young

As more parents turn to medical marijuana to treat their sick children, a handful of states have changed the rules to allow them to administer the drug on campus. California is considering it — at the possible risk of losing federal funding.

In Case You Missed It

A Jolt To The Jugular! You’re Insured But Still Owe $109K For Your Heart Attack

The $109K Heart Attack Bill Is Down To $332. What About Other Surprise Bills?

Watch: What Happened To That $109,000 Heart Attack

Special Coverage

Bill Of The Month

This investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR dissects and explains your medical bills every month in order to shed light on U.S. health care prices and to help patients learn how to be more active in managing costs.

Simple Surgeries. Tragic Results.

Simple Surgeries, Tragic Results

Lax oversight leaves surgery center regulators and patients in the dark.

Neglect Unchecked

'Like A Ghost Town'

Erratic nursing home staffing revealed through new records.

Is Your Hospital On The List?

Medicare is penalizing these 751 hospitals for patient injuries.

Pre$cription for Power

Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?

Kaiser Health News launches “Pre$cription for Power,” a groundbreaking database to expose Big Pharma’s ties to patient groups.

KHN EXCLUSIVE

How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug

An inside look at how Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin despite risks of addiction and fatalities.

Investigation

Liquid Gold

Pain doctors soak up profits by screening urine for drugs.

Meet The Medicaid Nation

Those relying on the federal government’s safety net are grandmothers, the kid next door, your supermarket cashier — maybe even you.

Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. A KHN investigation uncovered dozens of cases of deaths and injuries.

Weekly Podcast

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Health Policy Goes To Court

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‘Fading Fast?’

By John Deering

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