Patient advocates say they frequently hear from people who thought they didn’t need to sign up for Medicare when they turned 65 because they had group health coverage. That delay sometimes forces ...

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. To protect Ellen’s identity, KFF ...

Salmonella Outbreak Tied To Pistachio Cream Sickens People In 2 States The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 13 announced a Salmonella Oraneinburg outbreak linked to ...

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers argues that the First Amendment allows it to protect donor information from New Jersey officials investigating whether the clinics are misrepresenting themselves ...

A new drug is helping families who’ve spent years padlocking fridges, chaining garbage cans, and hiding food as their ...

The Senate bill would expand Medicaid work requirements to include the parents of older children, not just childless adults. Other Medicaid news covers a poll indicating Americans' support for federal ...

Judge William G. Young of the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered much of the funding to be restored, pending an appeal. “I’ve never seen a record where racial ...

"I no longer have confidence that these data will be used objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions," Dr. Fiona Havers told colleagues.

The legislation introduced Monday in both chambers would essentially allow Medicare to compete with private insurance, Fierce Healthcare reported. Part E would sustain itself through premiums, and ...

Health insurers issue millions of prior authorization denials every year, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals ...

Rural hospitals would take an outsize hit from Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs.

A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence ...