They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten. Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how one Kansas family is coping […]

  Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks   Fred Clasen-Kelly The Social Security Administration’s new chief is promising to overhaul the agency’s system of clawing back billions of dollars it claims was wrongly sent to beneficiaries, saying it “just doesn’t seem right or fair.” In an interview with KFF Health News, […]

  Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes Harris Meyer Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a […]

  West Virginia City Once Battered by Opioid Overdoses Confronts ‘Fourth Wave’ Taylor Sisk HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County. The arrival of prescription opioids onto seemingly every block of Huntington, a city of about 46,000 people, augured […]

  California Attorney General Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports Molly Castle Work California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showing up on consumer credit reports, a Democratic-led effort to offer protection to patients squeezed by health care bills. Bonta […]

  Why Covid Patients Who Could Most Benefit From Paxlovid Still Aren’t Getting It Arthur Allen Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near […]

  When It Comes to Ketamine, Meta’s Posting Policy Is No Party to Decipher Darius Tahir People keep talking about ketamine. The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires, and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions. Whether on Facebook or Instagram, […]

  California May Face More Than $40M in Fines for Lapses in Prison Suicide Prevention Don Thompson If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could face more than $40 million in fines after […]

  VIP Health System for Top US Officials Risked Jeopardizing Care for Soldiers David Hilzenrath Top U.S. officials in the Washington area have received preferential treatment from a little-known health care program run by the military, potentially jeopardizing care for other patients including active-duty service members, according to Pentagon investigators. Share Your Executive Medicine Story […]

  Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs. Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S. Joe Biden on Feb. 22, 2024, at a campaign reception It’s well […]