- I’m Moving Forward and Facing the Uncertainty of Aging
- Readers Offer ‘Solo Agers’ Support and Reflect on Ancestors
- Watch: ‘Going It Alone’ — A Conversation About Growing Old in America
- A Centenarian Thrives Living Alone, Active and Engaged
- Centenaria vive sola en Nueva York, y se mantiene comprometida y activa con su comunidad
- Expanden los recursos para las personas mayores que viven solas
- Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own
- Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid
- Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump To Rescind Staffing Mandate
- Homebound Seniors Living Alone Often Slip Through Health System’s Cracks
- Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain
- Older Americans Living Alone Often Rely on Neighbors or Others Willing To Help
- Election Outcome Could Bring Big Changes to Medicare
- Trump Wants Harris To Pay a Political Price for Generous Immigrant Health Policies
- Trump quiere que Harris pague un precio político por ofrecer salud a inmigrantes sin papeles
- Florida Medical Device Maker Exactech Declares Bankruptcy
- Long-Term Care Facilities Must Provide Addiction Care, Advocates Say
- Beneficiarios de Medicare gastarán menos en medicamentos en 2025
- Medicare Drug Plans Are Getting Better Next Year. Some Will Also Cost More.
- Millions of Aging Americans Are Facing Dementia by Themselves
- Older Men’s Connections Often Wither When They’re on Their Own
- Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise To Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices
- Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home
- La vejez en soledad, así vive un número histórico de estadounidenses
- Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
- In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
- Watch: Tips on Finding a Good Nursing Home
- Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition
- La actividad física es clave para aliviar el Parkinson, pero las minorías no acceden a estos programas
- Exercise Is Key for Parkinson’s Relief. But Bias, Underdiagnosis Hold Black Patients Back.
- ‘Scared to Death’: Nurses and Residents Confront Rampant Violence in Dementia Care Facilities
- Florida’s RSV Season Has Started, and It’s Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.
- Journalists Drill Down on Ongoing Covid Risks, Escalating Health Care Costs
- Harris, alguna vez la voz de Biden sobre el aborto, tendría un enfoque abierto en temas de salud
- Harris, Once Biden’s Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health
- Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices
- Despite Past Storms’ Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless
- How to Find a Good, Well-Staffed Nursing Home
- Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries
- 1st Biden-Trump Debate of 2024: What They Got Wrong, and Right
- Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From Aspen: Health and the 2024 Elections
- Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.
- Americans With HIV Are Living Longer. Federal Spending Isn’t Keeping Up.
- Biden Plan To Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say
- Residencias de adultos mayores quedan a oscuras en la lucha contra los incendios forestales
- Nursing Homes Are Left in the Dark as More Utilities Cut Power to Prevent Wildfires
- Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs
- New Help for Dealing With Aggression in People With Dementia
- Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits
- Journalists Demystify Bird Flu, Brain Worms, and New Staffing Mandates for Nursing Homes
- Biden’s Nursing Home Staffing Rule Surfaces Horror Stories
- Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm
- Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them.
- Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
- How Primary Care Is Being Disrupted: A Video Primer
- The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
- Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions
- Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica
- Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’
- Sitios de telesalud prometen una cura para la “menopausia masculina” a pesar de prohibiciones
- Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
- An Arm and a Leg: The Medicare Episode
- Biden Said State of the Union Is Strong and Made Clear His Campaign Is Off and Running
- Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud
- Say That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Alabama Court Rules Embryos Are Children. What Now?
- Death and Redemption in an American Prison
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Biden Wins Early Court Test for Medicare Drug Negotiations
- Nuevas normas de elegibilidad son un alivio financiero para casi 2 millones de personas en Medi-Cal
- New Eligibility Rules Are a Financial Salve for Nearly 2 Million on Medi-Cal
- Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?
- Una decisión difícil: cuando los adultos mayores tienen que dejar de conducir
- Preparing to Hang Up the Car Keys as We Age
- Medicare Advantage Is Popular, but Some Beneficiaries Feel Buyer’s Remorse
- What’s Indoor Air Quality Like in Long-Term Care Facilities During Wildfires? Worse Than You’d Think.
- Watch: Older Americans Say They Feel Stuck in Medicare Advantage Plans
- America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
- In a Fractious Rerun, GOP Rivals Haley and DeSantis Debate Health Care. Trump Sits It Out.
- Adultos mayores se sienten “atrapados” en planes de Medicare Advantage
- Older Americans Say They Feel Trapped in Medicare Advantage Plans
- ‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness
- Social Security Chief Apologizes to Congress for Misleading Testimony on Overpayments
- ‘Financial Ruin Is Baked Into the System’: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care
- ‘Until It Is Fixed’: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks
- People With Disabilities Hope Autonomous Vehicles Deliver Independence
- Social Security Clawbacks Hit a Million More People Than Agency Chief Told Congress
- Watch: The Long-Term Care Crisis: Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America
- What to Know About Home Care Services
- In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks
- What to Know About Assisted Living
- New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B
- Prevención del VIH: proponen que Medicare cubra PrEP para adultos mayores
- Adult Children Discuss the Trials of Caring for Their Aging Parents
- Nursing Homes Say They Can’t Afford Higher Staffing. But Their Finances Are Often Opaque.
- Biden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on ‘Heartbreaking’ Clawbacks
- A New Era of Vaccines Leaves Old Questions About Prices Unanswered
- Una charla necesaria: qué le ocurre al cuerpo y la mente a medida que se envejece
- Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as You Age
- Senators Demand Answers From Social Security on Clawbacks Tied to Covid Relief
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- Indiana Hospitals Pull Merger Application After Pushback Over Monopoly Concerns
- FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Hospital Merger
- Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn
- Extended-Stay Hotels, a Growing Option for Poor Families, Can Lead to Health Problems for Kids
- The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
- Tennessee Tries To Rein In Ballad’s Hospital Monopoly After Years of Problems
- States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
- The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many
- Junk Food Turns Public Villain as Power Shifts in Washington
- La inteligencia artificial iba a reducir los costos de salud, pero resulta que necesita de costosos seres humanos
- Can Medical Schools Funnel More Doctors Into the Primary Care Pipeline?
- Médicos y enfermeras siguen haciendo su trabajo, mientras los incendios jaquean el sistema de salud de Los Ángeles
- Doctors, Nurses Press Ahead as Wildfires Strain Los Angeles’ Health Care
- Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
- Indiana State Senator Moves To Scrap Hospital Monopoly Law He Helped Create
- Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
- Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity
- Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to Frustration With Health Industry
- Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump’s Return
- Elección de Trump y desafíos legales retrasan las inscripciones en el Obamacare
- Federal ACA Marketplace Enrollment Lagging
- He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.
- Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges
- Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change.
- Cinco cambios críticos que puede sufrir Medicaid bajo Trump
- Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on the Chopping Block
- Medicaid Expansion Debate Will Affect Other Health Policy Issues Before Montana Legislature
- Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule
- Inmigrantes temen por su salud bajo Trump, pero tienen esperanzas en la economía
- Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes
- How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California
- Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden.
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': New Year, New Congress, New Health Agenda
- In Settling Fraud Case, New York Medicare Advantage Insurer, CEO Will Pay up to $100M
- Federal Watchdog Urges Crackdown on Medicare Advantage Home Visits
- Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters
- TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
- California Sets 15% Target for Primary Care Spending Over Next Decade
- New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers
- Beyond Hard Hats: Mental Struggles Become the Deadliest Construction Industry Danger
- Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope.
- La salud, un proyecto inconcluso del gobernador de California
- Health Care Is Newsom’s Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.
- Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and Violence Hurt Health
- LGBTQ+ People Relive Old Traumas as They Age on Their Own
- How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers