Officials warn that sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid, food aid and clean energy programs could unravel key safety nets ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...

American health care is blessed with motivated clinicians, care teams and hospital and health system leaders who strive to ...

Cuts to public health and Medicaid don’t make costs disappear — they just shift them downstream to the health care system. Hospitals are already seeing the fallout: longer wait times, overburdened ...

This latest move by health insurers will give patients faster access to health care with "fewer challenges navigating the ...

The health care system’s administrative complexity ballooned beginning in the 1960s, driven by the rise of state-run Medicaid programs, private insurers and increasingly fragmented billing systems.

A new Public Policy Institute of California poll for June revealed a decline in support for Gov. Gavin Newsom, while President Donald Trump’s lower approval rating remained mostly unchanged.

Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.

And they’re encouraging health care providers to take steps to prepare for potential encounters with immigration law enforcement.

An up-to-date assessment of environmental emissions in the US health care sector is essential to help policy makers hold the health care industry accountable to protect public health. We update ...

As Hinge Health goes public, CEO Dan Perez tells STAT the goal is to automate physical therapy in any way it can.

Proposed cuts threaten health insurance for tens of millions, tariffs will drive up drug prices, key programs are being cut, some medical experts say.