Category: Health

Dr. Paul Jeffords and his colleagues at Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics were worried about their ability to survive financially, even though their independent orthopedic practice was the largest in Georgia, with nearly 100 physicians. They nervously watched other physician practices sell out entirely to large hospital systems and health insurers. They refused to consider doing that. […]

The Host The year-end government spending bill includes a lot of changes to federal health programs, including changes to Medicare payments and some structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose eligibility has been maintained through the pandemic. Separately, the Biden administration took several steps to expand the availability of the abortion […]

Scientific discoveries and technological innovation play a vital role in addressing many of the challenges and crises that we face every year. The last year may have come and gone quickly, but scientists and researchers have worked painstakingly hard to advance our knowledge within a number of disciplines, industries, and projects around the world. Over […]

Michelle Andrews Without opioid painkillers to dull the ache in his knees and other joints, Arnold Wilson wouldn’t be able to walk half a block. The 63-year-old former New York City nurse has crippling arthritis for which he takes OxyContin twice a day and oxycodone when he needs additional relief. For the past several years, […]

East St. Louis, Illinois.- Cuando era niño, Mykael Ash disfrutaba recogiendo conchas marinas cerca de la costa del golfo de Mississippi, en donde vive su abuelo. Los viajes a la playa eran una parte habitual de su vida. “Es energía pacífica”, dijo Ash. “Especialmente cuando apoyas esa concha marina sobre la oreja”. A los 32 […]

Andy Miller Como muchas enfermeras en estos días, Alex Scala recibió un gran aumento de sueldo cuando cambió de trabajo hace poco. Scala también recibió una bienvenida combinación de turnos cuando se unió a Allegheny Health Network, con sede en Pittsburgh, un nuevo equipo que trabaja en varias unidades dentro de los 14 hospitales del […]

Lauren Overman has a suggested shopping list for her clients preparing to get an abortion. The list includes a heating pad, a journal, aromatherapy oils — things that could bring physical or emotional comfort after the procedure. Overman is an abortion doula. She has worked as a professional birth doula for many years. Recently, Overman […]

(Oona Tempest / KHN) SACRAMENTO — Mike Thomson’s friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore. Thomson lives about 50 yards from a busy freeway that bisects California’s capital city, one that has been increasingly used as a speedway for high-speed races, diesel-spewing big rigs, revving motorcycles — and cars that have been illegally […]

Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received. Even after the hospital acknowledged its error, a collection agency pursued Elliott for the debt. KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about how difficult a clerical error can be to fix and how patients can respond […]

Bernard J. Wolfson If having the family on your employer-sponsored health plan has been a financial hardship, or outright impossible to afford, help may be on the way. The federal government recently fixed a controversial Treasury Department rule tied to the Affordable Care Act that denied assistance to many families whose workplace coverage busted their […]