‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes
HENRICO, Va. — Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the...
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Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and...
Journalists Talk Public Health Data Under Trump, Therapists’ Discontent With Insurers
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how mental health therapists are finding it difficult to work with insurance companies on...
Treatment Tops Housing in Trump Homeless Policy
Is homelessness a mental health and addiction crisis, or is it driven by an affordable housing crisis? That question underpins...
He Had Short-Term Health Insurance. His Colonoscopy Bill: $7,000.
Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his...
Their Physical Therapy Coverage Ran Out Before They Could Walk Again
Mari Villar was slammed by a car that jumped the curb, breaking her legs and collapsing a lung. Amy Paulo...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Ax Falls at HHS
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of...
With Few Dentists and Fluoride Under Siege, Rural America Risks New Surge of Tooth Decay
In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000...
Trump Turns Homelessness Response Away From Housing, Toward Forced Treatment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly...
‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers
The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was...
