Medicare News and Research

RSS

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Former President Donald Trump's election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation's public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care.

6 Nov 2024

Community health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas

Kelly Engebretson was excited to get fitted for a prosthetic after having part of his leg amputated. But he wasn't sure how he'd get to the appointment.

6 Nov 2024

Study reveals low rates of palliative care for heart failure patients in the U.S.

A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis.

5 Nov 2024

Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare

On the campaign trail, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are eager to portray themselves as guardians of Medicare.

5 Nov 2024

Traumatic brain injury should be recognized as a chronic condition, experts say

A commentary, published in the Journal of Neurotrauma, calls for traumatic brain injury to be recognized as a chronic condition as are diabetes, asthma, depression and heart failure.

5 Nov 2024

Polypharmacy linked to negative health outcomes in older adults with Alzheimer's

Polypharmacy, commonly defined as taking five or more medications daily, is a significant health care concern impacting over 30% of older adults.

1 Nov 2024

Trump wants Harris to pay a political price for generous immigrant health policies

Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. Now 87, she's still living in the U.S. without authorization. Like many longtime immigrants, she has worked — and paid taxes, including Medicare taxes — all that time.

1 Nov 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The campaign's final days

With the 2024 election campaign in its final days, House Speaker Mike Johnson this week floated "massive" health care reform if former President Donald Trump wins — changes that are also dependent, of course, on whether Republicans control Congress next year.

1 Nov 2024

Researchers aim to identify the "sweet spot" for safely scheduling surgery after heart attack

After a heart attack, aging adults face double or triple the risk of life-threatening complications – like a debilitating stroke or another heart attack – when they move forward with elective noncardiac surgeries too soon, according to new University of Rochester research published in JAMA Surgery.

30 Oct 2024

Toddler’s backyard snakebite bills totaled more than a quarter million dollars

This spring, a few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard.

30 Oct 2024

Vance wrongly blames rural hospital closures on immigrants in the country illegally

During a recent presidential campaign rally in Wisconsin, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) was asked how a Trump administration would protect rural health care access in the face of hospital closures, such as two this year in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.

29 Oct 2024

NYU Langone Health sets benchmark for heart attack survival rates

NYU Langone Health has the lowest heart attack mortality rate in the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

28 Oct 2024

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.

28 Oct 2024

Expanded access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives

Researchers explore the potential benefits of expanding access to novel weight loss drugs to enhance survival rates in overweight and obese individuals.

28 Oct 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Less than two weeks to go

As abortion and other reproductive issues gain more prominence in the looming election, some Republicans are trying to moderate their anti-abortion positions, particularly in states where access to the procedure remains politically popular.

24 Oct 2024

Voters fret high medical bills are being ignored by presidential rivals

Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills.

24 Oct 2024

Medicare choices spark revolving door for older adults

Right now across the country, tens of millions of older adults and people with serious disabilities have a choice to make: whether to stick with their current Medicare option, or change during Open Enrollment.

22 Oct 2024

Study highlights life-saving potential of access to effective obesity treatments

Expanding access to new, highly effective weight-loss medications could prevent more than 40,000 deaths a year in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at Yale School of Public Health and the University of Florida.

22 Oct 2024

Research reveals AI's potential to transform hospital reporting processes

A pilot study led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially lead to easier, faster and more efficient hospital quality reporting while retaining high accuracy, which could lead to enhanced health care delivery.

21 Oct 2024

Medicare drug plans are getting better next year. some will also cost more.

When Pam McClure learned she'd save nearly $4,000 on her prescription drugs next year, she said, "it sounded too good to be true." She and her husband are both retired and live on a "very strict" budget in central North Dakota.

21 Oct 2024

Medicare News and Research

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Community health workers spread across the US, even in rural areas

Study reveals low rates of palliative care for heart failure patients in the U.S.

Election outcome could bring big changes to Medicare

Traumatic brain injury should be recognized as a chronic condition, experts say

Polypharmacy linked to negative health outcomes in older adults with Alzheimer's

Trump wants Harris to pay a political price for generous immigrant health policies

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The campaign's final days

Researchers aim to identify the "sweet spot" for safely scheduling surgery after heart attack

Toddler’s backyard snakebite bills totaled more than a quarter million dollars

Vance wrongly blames rural hospital closures on immigrants in the country illegally

NYU Langone Health sets benchmark for heart attack survival rates

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

Expanded access to weight-loss drugs could save thousands of lives

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Less than two weeks to go

Voters fret high medical bills are being ignored by presidential rivals

Medicare choices spark revolving door for older adults

Study highlights life-saving potential of access to effective obesity treatments

Research reveals AI's potential to transform hospital reporting processes

Medicare drug plans are getting better next year. some will also cost more.

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

Latest News