Watch: She鈥檚 at High Risk of Breast Cancer. She Moved, and Her Screening Costs Soared.
This installment of InvestigateTV and 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series explores how the type of medical facility where a patient seeks care can affect the cost of that care 鈥 particularly when that facility is a hospital.
鈥楴ot Accountable to Anyone鈥: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options
Health insurers issue millions of prior authorization denials every year, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals process, with little hope of meaningful policy change ahead. For doctors, these denials are frustrating and time-consuming. For patients, they can be devastating.
Watch: RFK Jr. Dismisses All 17 Members of Vaccine Advisory Committee
麻豆女优 Health News鈥 C茅line Gounder joined CBS Evening News to discuss the unprecedented move by the Health and Human Services secretary.
Watch: In a 鈥楧ead Zone,鈥 Doctors Don鈥檛 Practice and Telehealth Doesn鈥檛 Reach
Chief rural health correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble explains how millions of rural Americans live in counties with doctor shortages and where high-speed internet connections aren鈥檛 adequate to access advanced telehealth services.
Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team鈥檚 Changes Undermine Food Safety
Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.
This News Might Ruin Your Appetite 鈥 And Summer
Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDA鈥檚 assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in your gut, causing health problems.
RFK Jr.鈥檚 Hearing With Senate HELP Committee: A Live Discussion
麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and 麻豆女优鈥檚 Jennifer Kates break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 first hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as HHS secretary 鈥 and answer your questions.
Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts
Taxpayers 鈥 through federal infrastructure programs 鈥 have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.
Watch: How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply
To a great extent, the FDA leaves it to food companies to determine whether their ingredients and additives are safe. Some chemicals and additives are tied to health risks while others are absent from product labels. Watch this video explainer to learn more.
Watch: Why Insurance Companies Are Denying Coverage for Prosthetic Limbs
Although knee replacements are usually covered by health insurance, amputees face roadblocks to coverage and often must prove their prosthetics are medically necessary.
Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. The reliance on outdated technology and piecemeal systems challenge staffs and erode patient care.
Watch: The Dr. Oz Show Comes to Congress
The Senate Finance Committee questioned Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump鈥檚 nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 麻豆女优 Health News reporters discussed the biggest takeaways from the hearing.
Under Trump, Social Security Resumes What It Once Called ‘Clawback Cruelty’
Last year, the government stopped cutting off people鈥檚 monthly Social Security benefits to claw back overpayments. Last week, under President Donald Trump, it reversed that change.
Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don鈥檛 Practice and Telehealth Doesn鈥檛 Reach
Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.
Watch: What Is Medicaid, Again?
麻豆女优 Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead discusses Medicaid’s history and role in the U.S. health system.
Recapping the RFK Jr. Hearings: A Live Discussion With 麻豆女优 Health News Journalists
麻豆女优 Health News reporters break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services.
Watch: ‘Going It Alone’ 鈥 A Conversation About Growing Old in America
Judith Graham, 麻豆女优 Health News’ “Navigating Aging” columnist, talks with older adults who live alone by choice or circumstance. They share what it means to thrive in later years.
Social Security Tackles Overpayment 鈥業njustices,鈥 but Problems Remain
With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O鈥橫alley鈥檚 efforts to address the agency鈥檚 overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.
What To Know About RFK Jr.’s Stances on Key Health Issues and What He Could Do at HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is coming into the nomination process in an unusual position, with a long list of his own policy priorities separate from the president-elect’s, and a public promise by Trump to let him “go wild” on his ideas. C茅line […]
Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans鈥 Health
麻豆女优 Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
