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• KFF Health News: The Growing Inequality in Life Expectancy Among Americans

  January 22, 2025: The life expectancy among Native Americans in the western United States has dropped below 64 years, close to life expectancies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. For many Asian Americans, it’s around 84 — on pa Read More >

• KFF Health News: Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores

  January 08, 2025: The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before President Joe Biden is set to leave o Read More >

• KFF Health News: In Year 7, ‘Bill of the Month’ Gives Patients a Voice

  January 02, 2025: In 2024, our nationwide team of gumshoes set out to answer your most pressing questions about medical bills, such as: Can free preventive care really come with add-on bills for items like surgical trays? Or, why does it cost so m Read More >

• KFF Health News: TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead

  November 26, 2024: President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in heal Read More >

• KFF Health News: Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits

  November 14, 2024: A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on billions of dollars in overcharges linked to Medicare Advantage home visits. But so far, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Lines of Attack Form Against the Affordable Care Act

  August 22, 2024: The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too much and provide incentive for fraud. Read More >

• KFF Health News: Despite Past Storms’ Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless

  July 18, 2024: HOUSTON — As Tina Kitzmiller sat inside her sweltering apartment, windows and doors open in the hope of catching even the slightest breeze, she was frustrated and worried for her dog and her neighbors. It had been days since Read More >

• KFF Health News: The Concierge Catch – Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many

  July 01, 2024: “You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn’t going to see you anymore.” That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out abou Read More >

• KFF Health News: Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm

  May 09, 2024: Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine Read More >

• KFF Health News: Few Firm Beliefs and Low Trust — Americans Not Sure What’s True in Age of Health Misinformation

  August 24, 2023: Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topi Read More >