Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to ‘Extract Every Dollar.’

For most of last year, St. Agnes Medical Center, based in Fresno, California, looked like a white knight poised to rescue smaller Madera Com...

Industry Groups in California Vie for New Medicaid Money

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s powerful health care industry just notched a historic win: The state is going to give it an $11.1 billion ...

Congress Considers Easing Regulations on Air Transport of Donated Organs

What do kidney and pancreas transplants have to do with airplane regulations? Tucked into the hundreds of pages of legislative language to ...

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Long Road to Reining in Short-Term Plans

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF ...

With More People Giving Birth at Home, Montana Passed a Pair of Laws to Make It Easier

Ashley Jones’ three children were born in three different places — a hospital, a birth center, and at home. Jones, who is 31 and lives in B...

As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending

POTTSTOWN, Pa. — The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exem...

Mental Health Respite Facilities Are Filling Care Gaps in Over a Dozen States

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or th...