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Watch: Mark Cuban Says You Can’t Fix Healthcare Until Every Price Is Known
The ongoing debate over the U.S. health system shouldn’t be based on whether the government or the private sector is the dominant player, billionaire...
What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently
It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection — then spent six weeks...
Gounder Brings Clarity to Egg Freezing, AI Virus Creation, and New Trump Vaccine Order
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed Americans’ skepticism toward public health experts and President Donald Trump’s executive order on childhood...
My Husband Was Kicked Out of Hospice for Dying Too Slowly
“No more operations,” he said.
It was mid-January 2026, and my then-73-year-old husband, Mike Salmon, had just started bouncing back from a three-month ordeal of...
Journalists Dig Into HHS’ Covid Injury List, ACA Sign-Ups, and Telehealth
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to offer compensation for automatic covid...
Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process
One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care,...
Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on...
As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing...
Healthy Sesame Ginger Cabbage Rolls
Once upon a time I was addicted to Chinese food. And I don’t mean real Chinese food; I mean the processed, Americanized version at...
Journalists Discuss Raw-Milk Marketing, Extreme Heat, Opioid Settlement Spending
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the health risks of consuming raw milk and an outbreak of infant botulism linked...
