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- Cyberattacks Plague the Health Industry. Feds' Response Feeble and Fractured https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ransomware-cyberattacks-cybersecurity-health-care-hhs-hospitals/ 2 comments
- Feds killed 2014 plan to curb Medicare Advantage overbilling https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicare-advantage-overbilling-diagnostic-codes-cms-killed-rule/ 75 comments
- US city-country mortality gap widens https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/rural-urban-mortality-gap-widening/ 176 comments
- After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ballad-health-er-wait-times-copa-monopoly-appalachia-hospitals/ 198 comments
- Medicare Advantage increasingly popular with seniors but not hospitals, doctors https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicare-advantage-payment-rates-friction/ 121 comments
- Science Says Teens Need More Sleep. So Why Is It So Hard to Start School Later? https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/school-start-times-sleep-parents/ 3 comments
- Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/drugmakers-are-abandoning-cheap-generics-and-now-us-cancer-patients-cant-get-meds/ 98 comments
- Science quickly needs to figure out a different (and better) way to publish findings. Public health is at risk. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cdc-trump-mmwr-bird-flu-studies-blocked-meddling/ 5 comments science
- Patients Couldn’t Pay Their Utility Bills. One Hospital Turned to Solar Power for Help. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/solar-power-hospital-shares-offsets-patients-utility-bills-boston/ 22 comments upliftingnews
- Toddler’s Snakebite Treatment Costs Family $297,000 | A recent report highlights how hospitals will often egregiously mark up the costs of antivenom. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/toddlers-backyard-snakebite-bills-totaled-more-than-a-quarter-million-dollars/ 3 comments health
- Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dental-implants-investigation-failures-unnecessary-healthy-teeth/ 65 comments health
- Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion, California AG Said https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/california-attorney-general-lawsuit-emergency-abortion-catholic-hospitals/ 204 comments nottheonion
- Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/sterilization-rates-after-dobbs-tubal-ligations-vasectomies-double/ 58 comments health
- Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/older-women-understudied-health-needs-longevity/ 195 comments health
- Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/fact-check-biden-prescription-drug-prices-nation-comparison/ 364 comments economics
- What’s Keeping the US From Allowing Better Sunscreens? https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/better-sunscreen-ingredients-animal-testing-us-vs-other-countries-regulations-cancer-risk/ 57 comments health
- As Bans Spread, Fluoride in Drinking Water Divides Communities Across the US https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/fluoride-drinking-water-local-bans/ 149 comments health
- Ten Doctors on FDA Panel Reviewing Abbott Heart Device Had Financial Ties With Company - KFF Health News https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/abbott-triclip-fda-advisory-panel-payments-funding-conflict-of-interest/ 4 comments health
- ‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth - KFF Health News https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/fourth-wave-opioid-epidemic-fentanyl-millennium-health-report/ 2 comments health
- US Military Says National Security Depends on ‘Forever Chemicals’ https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/us-military-says-national-security-depends-on-forever-chemicals/ 27 comments environment
- Anti-Abortion Groups Shrug Off Election Losses, Look to Courts, Statehouses for Path Forward https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/anti-abortion-election-losses-statehouses-courts/ 67 comments law
- Eight in 10 adults say it would be impossible or very difficult to pay $60,000 for a year of ongoing help with daily activities for themselves or a family member at an assisted living facility or at home. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dying-broke-extra-fees-drive-assisted-living-profits/ 5 comments economy
- Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/using-opioid-settlement-cash-for-police-gear-like-squad-cars-and-scanners-sparks-debate/ 3 comments health
- Pioneering Study Links Testicular Cancer Among Military Personnel to ‘Forever Chemicals’ https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pioneering-study-links-testicular-cancer-among-military-personnel-to-forever-chemicals/ 11 comments science
- NYC Could Mandate Indoor Air Quality Standards In Public Buildings https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/nyc-could-mandate-indoor-air-quality-standards-in-public-buildings/ 3 comments technology