How Much Will That Surgery Cost? 🤷 Hospital Prices Remain Largely Unhelpful.

It’s a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between health plans and hospitals — information that had...

Trump Says He’ll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk.

Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than three years in prison after...

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 mana...

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 was in pain from a femur surgery t...

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 KFF ...

Montana Examines Ways To Ease Health Care Workforce Shortages

HELENA, Mont. — Mark Nay’s first client had lost the van she was living in and was struggling with substance use and medical conditions that...

In New York, Providers Must Put Patient Costs on the Table

The routine is familiar for most people: When checking in for an appointment with a doctor or other health care provider, patients typically...