- 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
- Under Fire, Social Security Chief Vows ‘Top-to-Bottom’ Review of Payment Clawbacks
- Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients
- House Panel to Hold Hearing on Erroneous Social Security Payments
- Social Security Chief Orders Broad Review of Benefit Overpayments
- Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress
- As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
- Cuando pienses en tu salud, no te olvides de tus ojos
- When You Think About Your Health, Don’t Forget Your Eyes
- Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability. Then It Asks for the Money Back.
- Rural Nursing Home Supporters Fear Proposed Staffing Standards Will Trigger More Closures
- Por qué los CDC recomiendan el nuevo refuerzo contra covid para todos
- Why the CDC Has Recommended New Covid Boosters for All
- Exclusive: CMS Study Sabotages Efforts to Bolster Nursing Home Staffing, Advocates Say
- A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers
- New Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Hopes — Along With Questions
- The Real Costs of the New Alzheimer’s Drug, Most of Which Will Fall to Taxpayers
- New Weight Loss Drugs Carry High Price Tags and Lots of Questions for Seniors
- En las personas mayores, un poco de sobrepeso no es tan malo
- In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn’t Such a Bad Thing
- Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients
- More States Drop Sales Tax on Disposable Diapers to Boost Affordability
- Dementia Can Take a Toll on Financial Health, as Some Families Learn the Hard Way
- Massage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find
- How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World
- Readers and Tweeters Weigh Marijuana’s Merits Against Those of Alcohol or Opioids
- ¿Mamografías a los 40? Nueva pauta para la detección del cáncer de seno genera debate
- La enfermedad cardiovascular podría matar a más adultos mayores hispanos
- Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate
- Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed to Kill More Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics
- When Older Parents Resist Help or Advice, Use These Tips to Cope
- How to Grow Your Social Network as You Age
- As US Life Expectancy Falls, Experts Cite the Health Impacts of Incarceration
- Aumenta el número de californianos mayores que muere por desnutrición
- The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated
- Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
- Being ‘Socially Frail’ Comes With Health Risks for Older Adults
- End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System
- Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.
- California’s Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, but Fails Many Others
- After People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment From Their Estates
- Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
- Readers and Tweeters Urgently Plea for a Proper ‘Role’ Call in the ER
- Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them
- California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
- Proposed Medicare Advantage Changes Cannot Accurately Be Called ‘Cuts,’ Experts Say
- A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
- As Long-Term Care Staffing Crisis Worsens, Immigrants Can Bridge the Gaps
- More Californians Are Dying at Home. Another Covid ‘New Normal’?
- Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
- Lo que necesitan saber los adultos mayores sobre covid y Paxlovid
- What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
- Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom
- Ending Involuntary Commitments Would Shift Burden of Dementia Care to Strapped Communities
- Siete preguntas que una persona mayor debe hacer antes de someterse a una cirugía compleja
- Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
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- Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
- Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
- The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’
- Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families
- The Colonoscopies Were Free. But the ‘Surgical Trays’ Came With $600 Price Tags.
- Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?
- Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?
- From Hospital to Hospitality: Spin Doctors Brand Getting Sick as an Adventure. It’s Not.
- A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns
- As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge
- This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices
- Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
- After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
- Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’
- Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.
- Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
- Programas de inteligencia artificial diagnostican retinopatía diabética en minutos
- A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary?
- A Battle Between Drugmakers and Insurers Hits Patients in the Wallet
- Sitios de telesalud prometen una cura para la “menopausia masculina” a pesar de prohibiciones
- Under Fire for Massive Health System Hack, Biden Team Leans on Insurers
- Cuando tu cobertura de salud dentro de la red… simplemente se esfuma
- When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients
- How Your In-Network Health Coverage Can Vanish Before You Know It
- Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions
- En California, la cobertura de salud ampliada a inmigrantes choca con las revisiones de Medicaid
- California’s Expanded Health Coverage for Immigrants Collides With Medicaid Reviews
- Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment
- The State of the Union Is … Busy
- America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans
- Journalists Examine Medicaid Unwinding, Farmworkers’ Mental Health, and the Big Opioid Payback
- Si eres pobre, un tratamiento de fertilidad suele ser un sueño inaccesible
- Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill
- The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA Turns 14
- Biden Said Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Cut the Deficit by $160B. That’s Years Away.
- Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for ‘Male Menopause’ Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads
- Covid and Medicare Payments Spark Remote Patient Monitoring Boom
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All
- California Is Expanding Insurance Access for Teenagers Seeking Therapy on Their Own
- A medida que más estados desautorizan el diagnóstico de “delirio excitado”, grupos policiales retroceden
- Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another
- As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back
- Ya hay una droga oral para la depresión postparto… pero cuesta $16,000
- Secret Contract Aims to Upend Landmark California Prison Litigation
- A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?
- Hospitales de California y defensores buscan financiación estable para retener a navegadores de salud conductual