鈥楬ard to Get Sober Young鈥: Inside One of the Country鈥檚 Few Recovery High Schools
A few dozen high schools across the U.S. combine education with recovery treatment for substance use disorders to keep kids sober and in school.
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Raincoats, Undies, School Uniforms: Are Your Clothes Dripping in 鈥楩orever Chemicals鈥?
The full health risks of wearing apparel made with PFAS, also known as 鈥渇orever chemicals,鈥 are still unknown. But states are taking action so clothing makers will remove them.
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Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
Persistent fatigue 鈥 the feeling of having no energy 鈥 can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.
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A Doctor鈥檚 Love Letter to 鈥楾he People鈥檚 Hospital鈥
Could a charity hospital founded by a crusading Dutch playwright, a group of Quakers, and a judge working undercover become a model for the U.S. health care system? In this episode of the podcast 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann speaks with Dr. Ricardo Nuila to find out.
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States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees
At least eight states have implemented or are considering limits on what patients can be billed for the use of a hospital鈥檚 facilities even without having stepped foot in the building.
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Minnesota Overhauled Substance Use Treatment. Rural Residents Still Face Barriers.
A recent policy change in Minnesota promotes quick evaluations and care for people with substance use disorders. But because of gaps riddling rural treatment systems nationwide, the promise of swift care isn鈥檛 reaching rural Minnesotans.
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FDA Evaluates 鈥楽afety Concerns鈥 Over Dental Devices Featured in KHN-CBS Investigation
A KHN and CBS News investigation found that a dental appliance called the AGGA has been used by more than 10,000 patients, and multiple lawsuits allege it has caused grievous harm to patients.
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In Texas, Medicaid Coverage Ends Soon After Childbirth. Will Lawmakers Allow More Time?
Pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage ends just two months after childbirth in Texas 鈥 some advocates and researchers say that cutoff contributes to maternal deaths and illnesses in the state.
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Readers and Tweeters Are Horrified by Harm Tied to Dental Device
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Judge鈥檚 Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past
A U.S. District Court ruling overturned the section of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive health services 鈥 from colonoscopies to diabetes screenings and more 鈥 available at no cost to consumers.
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Localize This: Public Reporting of Opioid Settlement Cash
麻豆女优 Health News鈥 recent investigation offers a great opportunity for reporters to investigate an important issue of government accountability from a state or local angle.
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A Judicial Body Blow to the ACA
A federal judge in Texas has dealt a big setback to the Affordable Care Act. The same judge who tried in 2018 to declare the entire ACA unconstitutional has now ruled that the law鈥檚 main provisions for preventive care are unconstitutional and, therefore, unenforceable nationwide. Also this week, North Carolina became the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the ACA. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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States Try to Obscure Execution Details as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection
Pharmaceutical companies have put the brakes on many states鈥 ability to execute prisoners using lethal injections. Lacking alternatives, states are trying to keep the public from learning details about how they carry out executions.
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$50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We鈥檙e Tracking How It鈥檚 Spent.
Spending the money effectively and equitably is a tall order for state and local governments, and a lack of transparency in the process is already leading to fears of misuse.
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A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency
Hospitals are facing mixed reviews regarding their efforts to comply with a federal requirement that they post information about prices related to nearly every health care service they provide.
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ER鈥檚 Error Lands a 4-Year-Old in Collections (For Care He Didn鈥檛 Receive)
A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her 鈥 because it was her child鈥檚 name on the bill, not hers.
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GOP Lawmaker Calls for Tracking Homeless Spending, Working With Democrats on Mental Health
Republican state Sen. Roger Niello wants to know whether taxpayers are getting their money鈥檚 worth before spending more. Yet the fiscal conservative from the suburbs of Sacramento sees opportunities for bipartisanship on mental health.
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Truly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Doctors have no national standards on when to order urine tests to check whether adult ADHD patients are properly taking their prescription stimulants. Some patients are subjected to much more frequent testing than others.
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Congressman Seeks to Plug 鈥楽hocking Loophole鈥 Exposed by KHN Investigation
A federal lawmaker has introduced a House bill that would close one of a laundry list of oversight gaps revealed in a recent KHN investigation of the system regulators use to ban fraudsters from billing government health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
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As Colorado Reels From Another School Shooting, Study Finds 1 in 4 Teens Have Quick Access to Guns
The study analyzed Colorado kids鈥 responses to how quickly they could get their hands on a loaded gun without their parents鈥 knowledge. More than 1 in 10 said they could do so within 10 minutes.
