By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News Last week, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, promised to pursue a smörgåsbord of changes to his state’s healthcare system: state negotiation of drug prices, a requirement that every Californian have health insurance, more assistance to help middle-class Californians afford it and healthcare for undocumented immigrants up to age 26. […]
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Healthcare has emerged as the top issue for voters headed into the midterm elections, but fewer than half of them say they are hearing a lot from candidates on the issue, according to a new poll released Thursday. Seven in 10 people list healthcare as “very important” as they […]
By Sandra G. Boodman, Kaiser Health News Calvin Brown doesn’t have a primary care doctor — and the peripatetic 23-year-old doesn’t want one. Since his graduation last year from the University of San Diego, Brown has held a series of jobs that have taken him to several California cities. “As a young person in a […]
Hurricane Florence was one of the worst storms ever to hit the North Carolina and South Carolina coastline, causing an estimated $17 billion in damages and displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. Disaster relief workers are helping residents pick up the pieces, but there are still ways those outside of the area can help. We’ve […]
By Steven Findlay, Kaiser Health News Mission Health, the largest hospital system in western North Carolina, provided $100 million in free charity care last year. This year, it has partnered with 17 civic organizations to deliver substance abuse care to low-income people. Based in bucolic Asheville, the six-hospital system also screens residents for food insecurity; […]
Last-minute negotiations failed for a third time early Monday morning between Providence-based healthcare system Lifespan and healthcare union workers in the midst of a planned 3 p.m. strike. United Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Local 5098 rejected the contract proposal from Providence-based healthcare company Lifespan early Monday morning. The Rhode Island healthcare workers strike is planned […]
Healthcare burnout is both regularly talked about among the community and widely studied among academic institutions. Just last week, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released a survey which asked healthcare leaders if they felt burnt out at their job. The results were predictable—45 percent of 1,746 respondents said they feel burnout, 28 percent said they felt […]
Maine’s Medicaid-eligible residents, which make up more than 70,000 people, were set to enroll on July 2 as part of the expansion plan approved by nearly 59 percent of voters last November. But after a month of battles between advocacy groups and stonewalling efforts by Gov. Paul LePage’s administration, the enrollment date has passed and […]
The American Nurses Association and American Medical Association released statements Tuesday asking for President Donald Trump’s administration to end ongoing migrant family separation practices at the U.S. border as quickly as possible. Both organizations said in their statements that forced separations will have “irreparable” negative effects on the physical and mental health of the separated children […]
Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News and Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Small employers will more easily be able to band together to buy health insurance under rules issued Tuesday by the Trump administration, but the change could raise premiums for plans sold through the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplaces, analysts say. The move loosens restrictions […]
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