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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

Uncle Sam wants you … to help stop insurers’ bogus Medicare Advantage sales tactics

After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare Advantage and drug plans, the Biden administration hopes to unleash a special weapon to make sure companies follow the new rules: you.

30 Nov 2023

Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors — but not hospitals and doctors

A hospital system in Georgia. Two medical groups in San Diego. Another in Louisville, Kentucky, and nearly one-third of Nebraska hospitals.

29 Nov 2023

Medicaid ‘unwinding’ makes other public assistance harder to get

An hour before sunrise, Shelly Brost walked a mile in freezing rain to the public assistance office. She was running out of time to prove she still qualified for food aid after being stymied by a backlogged state call center.

29 Nov 2023

Study finds high rates of inadequate health insurance coverage for commercially insured children

Inadequate health coverage is a particular problem for commercially insured children, according to a new study released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

28 Nov 2023

Back pain? Bum knee? Be prepared to wait for a physical therapist

At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job.

28 Nov 2023

Health care is front and center as Desantis and Newsom go mano a mano

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — political rivals from opposite coasts and proxies for red and blue America — are set to square off for a first-of-its-kind debate Nov. 30 in Georgia.

27 Nov 2023

What would a Desantis presidency look like for health care?

On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Ron DeSantis touts himself as a champion of medical freedom, outlawing vaccine mandates and protecting doctors who refuse to provide certain medical treatments on moral grounds.

24 Nov 2023

Sickle Cell Disease patients and the use of disease-modifying treatments

New disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), namely, crizanlizumab, L-glutamine, and voxelotor, have recently been approved.

23 Nov 2023

1 in 3 people dropped by Utah Medicaid left uninsured, a ‘concerning’ sign for nation

About 30% of Utah residents who were cut from Medicaid this year say they became uninsured, according to state officials who conducted a first-of-its-kind survey of people disenrolled from the program.

22 Nov 2023

A guide to long-term care insurance

If you're wealthy, you'll be able to afford help in your home or care in an assisted living facility or a nursing home. If you're poor, you can turn to Medicaid for nursing homes or aides at home.

22 Nov 2023

Long-term acute care hospital closures may have unintended consequences for patient care

Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) are common sites of post-acute care for patients recovering from severe respiratory failure requiring long-term mechanical ventilation.

21 Nov 2023

Lost in the mix of Medicaid ‘unwinding’: Kentucky cut off her health care over a clerical error

The day her Medicaid coverage ended, Beverly Likens was in the hospital after a scary trip to the emergency room.

21 Nov 2023

What to know about assisted living

Are you confused about what an assisted living facility is, and how it differs from a nursing home? And what you can expect to pay? Here's a guide to this type of housing for older people.

20 Nov 2023

Extra fees drive assisted living profits

Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home.

20 Nov 2023

Beyond insulin: Medi-Cal expands patient access to diabetes supplies

June Voros sprang from her couch as a high-pitched beep warned her that she needed a quick dose of sugar.

17 Nov 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Congress kicks the (budget) can down the road. Again.

Congress narrowly avoided a federal government shutdown for the second time in as many months, as House Democrats provided the needed votes for new House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to avoid his first legislative catastrophe of his brief tenure.

16 Nov 2023

Compensation is key to fixing primary care shortage

Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.

16 Nov 2023

UVA researchers receive NIH grant to optimize online weight-management programs for rural residents

University of Virginia School of Medicine public health researchers, together with colleagues at the University of South Carolina, have received a $3.37 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to determine if online behavioral weight-management programs for rural residents can be improved by adding a human touch.

15 Nov 2023

The unusual way a Catholic health system is wielding an abortion protest law

A Catholic hospital system is suing several California patients and their advocates because the patients allegedly refused to be discharged.