Lifestyle & Health

Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst...

On HALO — August 7, 2026

My Husband Was Kicked Out of Hospice for Dying Too Slowly

On HALO — August 14, 2026

Journalists Cover Cyclospora and Measles Outbreaks, and Chan...

On HALO — August 8, 2026

Headless FDA Gets a New Nominee

On HALO — August 20, 2026

The Medicare GLP-1 Discount Has One Big Catch: Some Sick Patients Don’...

In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldn’t afford...

On HALO – August 25, 2026

Headless FDA Gets a New Nominee

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner...

On HALO – August 20, 2026

Medicare’s Paying Less for Cataract Surgery. Eye Doctors Are Turning t...

Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which...

On HALO – August 19, 2026

What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently

It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis — a bone infection...

On HALO – August 18, 2026

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 j...

On HALO – August 14, 2026

Journalists Cover Cyclospora and Measles Outbreaks, and Changing Healt...

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the cyclosporiasis outbreak...

On HALO – August 8, 2026

Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billin...

A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations t...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

A New Option for Long-Term Care Costs

Kelly Haggett figures that a mandatory surcharge added to Washington state’s payroll tax cost her about $500 l...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free....

Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

She Struggled To Get a Lifesaving Drug Even After Insurers Vowed To He...

LADUE, Mo. — Over four consecutive days in January, Margaret Hvatum ran a 5K, a 10K, a half-marathon, and a fu...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

Trump’s Personnel Agency Says It Will Remove Some Identifying Info as...

The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions...

On HALO – August 7, 2026

A Sales Tax on Doctor Visits and Medicine? In Missouri, Some Worry

ST. LOUIS — Missouri healthcare advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worrie...

On HALO – August 7, 2026