California Continues Progressive Policies, With Restraint, in Divisive Election Year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California “a proud reproductive freedom state” and crit...

Helene and CVS Land Double Whammy for 25,000 Patients Who Survive on IV Nutrition

The CVS representative popped into Lisa Trumble’s third-floor Berkshire Medical Center hospital room in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to announ...

As Hospitals Get Bigger, Medical Debt Is Harder for Patients To Shake

If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt,  KFF has...

Public Health Departments Face a Post-Covid Funding Crash

During the coronavirus pandemic, states received a rush of funding from the federal government to bolster their fight against the disease. ...

Harris apoya la reducción de la deuda médica. Los “conceptos” de Trump preocupan a defensores.

Defensores de pacientes y consumidores confían en que Kamala Harris acelere los esfuerzos federales para ayudar a las personas que luchan co...

California Hospitals Scramble on Earthquake Retrofits as State Limits Extensions

More than half of the 410 hospitals in California have at least one building that likely wouldn’t be able to operate after a major earthquak...

Cash Shortages and Complex Rules Impede Native American Health-Care Access

Each year, the  Indian Health Service  rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund outside care that it doesn’t provide, forcing patients ...