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Flooding from Hurricane Sandy raises heart disease risk years later

Although the material damage from 2012's Hurricane Sandy may have been repaired, the storm left a lasting impact on cardiovascular health, according to new findings from Weill Cornell Medicine and New York University researchers.

3 Sep 2025

Medicaid expansion boosts access to opioid use disorder treatment

Medicaid plays a key role for giving people with opioid-use disorder access to treatment, according to a Rutgers Health study.

2 Sep 2025

Most US neurologists prescribing multiple sclerosis drugs receive pharma industry payments

Nearly 80% of US neurologists prescribing drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) received at least one pharma industry payment, with higher volume prescribers more likely to be beneficiaries, finds a 5 year analysis of Medicare database payments, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

27 Aug 2025

Insurance status influences survival chances for critically ill patients

Does insurance play a role in which critically ill patients live or die? The unfortunate answer may be yes, due in part to a difference in the rate of inter-hospital transfer, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

26 Aug 2025

Native Americans want to avoid past Medicaid enrollment snafus as work requirements loom

Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the covid-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program.

22 Aug 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid!

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid. Sixty years later, the programs represent a fifth of the federal budget and provide coverage to nearly 1 in 4 Americans.

21 Aug 2025

Health care groups aim to counter growing ‘national scandal’ of elder homelessness

At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then the other, nursing them until their deaths.

18 Aug 2025

Breaking down why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up

Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year's coverage.

17 Aug 2025

Study shows economic benefits of continued COVID-19 vaccination

As the nation gears up for the rollout of an updated COVID-19 vaccine, a new study shows the economic benefits of continued broad vaccination in adults.

14 Aug 2025

Pregabalin raises heart failure risk in older adults compared to gabapentin, study finds

A large Medicare cohort study found that older adults prescribed pregabalin had a significantly higher risk of developing heart failure compared to those prescribed gabapentin. The elevated risk was most pronounced in individuals with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, especially women and White patients.

13 Aug 2025

Considering a life change? Brace for higher ACA costs

People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they're old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health insurance will cost next year. Sharp increases are expected.

12 Aug 2025

A guide to finding insurance at 26‌

It was supposed to be easier than this. When the Affordable Care Act was passed in March 2010, the goal was to help more Americans get health insurance. And, indeed, the establishment of online marketplaces and a broadening of the eligibility guidelines for Medicaid accomplished that.

11 Aug 2025

Even in states that fought Obamacare, Trump’s new law poses health consequences

GOP lawmakers in the 10 states that refused the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion for over a decade have argued their conservative approach to growing government programs would pay off in the long run.

8 Aug 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Kennedy cancels vaccine funding

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement that the federal government will cancel nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding is unnerving not only for those who develop vaccines, but also for public health experts who see the technology behind the first covid-19 shots as the nation's best hope to combat a future pandemic.

7 Aug 2025

Many patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes do not receive guideline-recommended treatment

Most patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) do not receive guideline-recommended treatment with hypomethylating agents (HMAs), according to results published in Blood Neoplasia.

6 Aug 2025

Staying in hurricane affected zones linked to increased mortality in the elderly

Hurricanes and related natural catastrophes like flooding are becoming more severe and more frequent around the world. Older people are especially at risk, but relatively little is known about long-term health effects.

6 Aug 2025

As California’s behavioral health workforce buckles, help is years away

This spring, the Good News Rescue Mission, which runs the only emergency homeless shelter in Shasta County, received a game-changing $17.8 million state grant to build a 75-bed residential treatment facility in a region where thousands struggle with drug and alcohol addiction.

6 Aug 2025

New policy statement highlights major gaps in U.S stroke rehabilitation and urges better care

Stroke remains a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States, and while treatments have advanced, systems designed to support stroke survivors in recovery continue to fall short of the needs of patients.

5 Aug 2025

New Medicaid federal work requirements mean less leeway for states

When President Donald Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut lawmakers in at least 14 states who were designing their own plans, according to health industry observers.

5 Aug 2025

Narrow Medicare drug coverage linked to worse outcomes in MS patients

Medicare drug plans are increasingly excluding coverage of new specialty drugs that treat complex conditions like cancers and autoimmune diseases. New research from the USC Schaeffer Center shows how these barriers may come at a cost to patients' health.

1 Aug 2025

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Flooding from Hurricane Sandy raises heart disease risk years later

Medicaid expansion boosts access to opioid use disorder treatment

Most US neurologists prescribing multiple sclerosis drugs receive pharma industry payments

Insurance status influences survival chances for critically ill patients

Native Americans want to avoid past Medicaid enrollment snafus as work requirements loom

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid!

Health care groups aim to counter growing ‘national scandal’ of elder homelessness

Breaking down why Medicare Part D premiums are likely to go up

Study shows economic benefits of continued COVID-19 vaccination

Pregabalin raises heart failure risk in older adults compared to gabapentin, study finds

Considering a life change? Brace for higher ACA costs

A guide to finding insurance at 26‌

Even in states that fought Obamacare, Trump’s new law poses health consequences

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Kennedy cancels vaccine funding

Many patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes do not receive guideline-recommended treatment

Staying in hurricane affected zones linked to increased mortality in the elderly

As California’s behavioral health workforce buckles, help is years away

New policy statement highlights major gaps in U.S stroke rehabilitation and urges better care

New Medicaid federal work requirements mean less leeway for states

Narrow Medicare drug coverage linked to worse outcomes in MS patients

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