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Lifestyle & Health

She Struggled To Get a Lifesaving Drug Even After Insurers Vowed To Help

LADUE, Mo. — Over four consecutive days in January, Margaret Hvatum ran a 5K, a 10K, a half-marathon, and a full marathon. The 70-year-old covered a c...

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Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe

A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcar...

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Democrats To Propose Bill Capping Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs for Enrollees

Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation Thursday to cap consumers’ potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional Med...

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Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years,...

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Indiana Takes On Powerful Hospitals by Capping Prices They Charge Employers

Tired of watching its employers struggle to afford the cost of healthcare, Republican-controlled Indiana is trying a traditionally liberal tactic to c...

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The Drip, Drip, Drip of Declining Coverage

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

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Trump Promised Cheaper Drugs. Some Prices Dropped. Many Others Shot Up.

Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated, or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of th...

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That Discount at the Pharmacy Counter May Pack Hidden Costs

Next time you go to the pharmacy, you might be offered a coupon on your prescription drugs. While it may sound like a great deal — with the prospect o...

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GOP Mulls More Health Cuts

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

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Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It

OAKLAND, Calif. — Rosa María Carranza leaned forward to hold a 3-year-old’s back as the girl climbed a rock in the forested hills of northeast Oak...

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Abortion Pills, the Budget, and RFK Jr.

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

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States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages

Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends. “The first time, i...