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Hay una nueva variante de covid-19 y aumentan los casos. Lo que necesitas saber

By Julie Appleby January 8, 2024

A nivel nacional, se ha registrado un marcado aumento en las visitas a salas de emergencia y hospitalizaciones por covid-19, influenza y el virus respiratorio sincitial.

Daily Edition for Friday, January 5, 2024

January 5, 2024

Masks, covid cases, TB treatment, gun violence, flu, weight-loss drugs, prescription costs, and more are in the news.

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: How the Loss of a Rural Hospital Compounds the Collapse of Care

January 5, 2024

Six years ago, the hospital in Fort Scott, Kansas, shuttered, leaving residents in the small community without a cornerstone health care institution. In the years since, despite new programs meant to save small hospitals, dozens of other communities have watched theirs close.

Older Americans Say They Feel Trapped in Medicare Advantage Plans

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 5, 2024

As enrollment in private Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the insurance works, including from those who say they have become trapped in the private plans as their health declines.

Adultos mayores se sienten “atrapados” en planes de Medicare Advantage

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 5, 2024

Al parecer el programa de planes privados para adultos mayores comienza a presentar obstáculos cuando surgen enfermedades.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': New Year, Same Abortion Debate

January 4, 2024

Some Supreme Court justices were wrong if they assumed overturning “Roe v. Wade” would settle the abortion issue before the high court. At least two cases are awaiting consideration, and more are in the legal pipeline. Meanwhile, Congress once again has only days until the next temporary spending bill runs out, with no budget deal in sight. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, about how public health can regain public trust.

Most People Dropped in Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Never Tried to Renew Coverage, Utah Finds

By Phil Galewitz January 4, 2024

Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic “unwinding”?

Daily Edition for Thursday, January 4, 2024

January 4, 2024

Medicaid, suicide prevention, covid hospitalizations and deaths up, mental health reform, Medicare, smoking, and more are in the news.

Woman Petitions Health Insurer After Company Approves — Then Rejects — Her Infusions

By Lauren Sausser January 4, 2024

Even people with good insurance aren’t guaranteed affordable care, as this California Healthline follow-up to one patient’s saga shows.

States Begin Tapping Medicaid Dollars to Combat Gun Violence

By Samantha Young January 4, 2024

The Biden administration is allowing states to use money from the insurance program for low-income and disabled residents to pay for gun violence prevention. California and six other states have approved such spending, with more expected to follow.

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