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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Medicaid in the crosshairs, maybe

The future of the Medicaid health insurance program for those with low incomes is in doubt, as Congress works on a budget plan calling for major cuts while President Donald Trump both promises to support that plan as well as to protect the program.

20 Feb 2025

Older adults and women more likely to develop postoperative infections after heart surgery

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery - with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine.

19 Feb 2025

Medicare Part D beneficiaries face rising out-of-pocket costs for brand name drugs The Expe...

Expected out of-pocket costs for commonly prescribed brand name medications have grown substantially for Medicare Part D beneficiaries as drug plans increasingly tie patient costs to list prices, according to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics published in JAMA.

19 Feb 2025

Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again?

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees.

19 Feb 2025

Deny and delay? California seeks penalties for insurers that repeatedly get it wrong

When Colleen Henderson's 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

18 Feb 2025

Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections into ‘human pin cushions’

Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse — so she could get the pills that made her back feel better.

18 Feb 2025

Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution.

18 Feb 2025

NIDUS-Family care package reduces dementia support costs

The NIDUS-Family package of care uses goal setting to help people with dementia live well at home for longer.

17 Feb 2025

Intracranial hemorrhages linked to higher dementia risk

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have found that intracranial hemorrhages, or "brain bleeds" caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, double a person's risk of developing dementia later in life.

14 Feb 2025

Study reveals drastic variations in U.S. health care spending across counties

Researchers present the most comprehensive study on U.S. health care spending and variations across 3,110 counties by four payers, 148 health conditions, 38 age/sex groups, and seven types of care.

14 Feb 2025

Telehealth shows promise for substance use disorder treatment in rural areas

Recognition of telehealth as an effective strategy for delivering treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) has raised hopes for improving access to this treatment in settings with limited transportation or when time constraints compromise regular use of consistent access to in-person substance use treatment.

12 Feb 2025

Diabetes medications may help lower COPD flare-up risk, study finds

The study reveals SGLT-2is are linked to fewer COPD exacerbations in type 2 diabetes, suggesting a need for further clinical trials to confirm these findings.

11 Feb 2025

Medicare opioid safety policy shows initial success but effectiveness diminishes over time

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found that a 2019 Medicare opioid safety policy showed initial reductions in opioid prescribing to high-risk populations.

10 Feb 2025

Blood transfusions at the scene save lives. But ambulances are rarely equipped to do them.

One August afternoon in 2023, Angela Martin's cousin called with alarming news. Martin's 74-year-old aunt had been mauled by four dogs while out for a walk near her home in rural Purlear, North Carolina.

10 Feb 2025

$New clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for older adults with hip fractures$

New clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for older adults with hip fractures

Hip fractures in older adults can lead to serious complications, disability and even death. Traditionally, orthopaedic surgeons have repaired a common fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone, or femur, near the hip using screws and plates to piece together slightly separated pieces of bone.

8 Feb 2025

Some incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, mental health medications, or access to a doctor, he said.

7 Feb 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Chaos continues in federal health system

Confusion continues to reign at the Department of Health and Human Services, where policies seem to be changing at a breakneck pace even before a new secretary or other senior officials are confirmed by the Senate.

6 Feb 2025

Biden rule cleared hurdles to lifesaving HIV drug, but in Georgia barriers remain

Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has faced repeated challenges getting the lifesaving drug that can prevent new HIV infections.

6 Feb 2025

Trump’s already gone back on his promise to leave abortion to states

Abortion foes worried before his election that President Donald Trump had moved on, now that Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion policy, as he said on the campaign trail, "has been returned to the states."

5 Feb 2025

Trump’s order on gender-affirming care escalates reversal of trans rights

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his administration's reversal of transgender rights on Tuesday with an executive order that seeks to intervene in parents' medical decisions by prohibiting government-funded insurance coverage of puberty blockers or surgery for people under 19.

31 Jan 2025

Medicare News and Research

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Medicaid in the crosshairs, maybe

Older adults and women more likely to develop postoperative infections after heart surgery

Medicare Part D beneficiaries face rising out-of-pocket costs for brand name drugs The Expe...

Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again?

Deny and delay? California seeks penalties for insurers that repeatedly get it wrong

Pain clinics made millions from ‘unnecessary’ injections into ‘human pin cushions’

Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities

NIDUS-Family care package reduces dementia support costs

Intracranial hemorrhages linked to higher dementia risk

Study reveals drastic variations in U.S. health care spending across counties

Telehealth shows promise for substance use disorder treatment in rural areas

Diabetes medications may help lower COPD flare-up risk, study finds

Medicare opioid safety policy shows initial success but effectiveness diminishes over time

Blood transfusions at the scene save lives. But ambulances are rarely equipped to do them.

New clinical trial aims to improve outcomes for older adults with hip fractures

Some incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Chaos continues in federal health system

Biden rule cleared hurdles to lifesaving HIV drug, but in Georgia barriers remain

Trump’s already gone back on his promise to leave abortion to states

Trump’s order on gender-affirming care escalates reversal of trans rights

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