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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contemplating a Post-‘Roe’ World

In anticipation of the Supreme Court rolling back abortion rights this year, both Democrats and Republicans are arguing among themselves over how best to proceed to either protect or restrict the procedure. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance when the federal government declares an end to the current “public health emergency.” Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Jay Hancock, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about a couple whose insurance company deemed their twins’ stay in intensive care not an emergency.

Feb. 24, 2022
Letters to the Editor

Readers and Tweeters Have Mental Health Care on Their Minds

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Feb. 24, 2022
COVID-19

Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved at ‘Warp Speed’ to Help the Masses

Clinical trials of covid-19 vaccines excluded pregnant people, which left many women wondering whether to get vaccinated.

By Liz Szabo

Feb. 24, 2022
COVID-19

Covid Aid to Protect Montana Prisons and Jails Sits Unused

Montana has yet to start spending nearly $2.5 million in federal aid to boost covid detection and mitigation in the state’s prison and jails.

By Katheryn Houghton

Feb. 24, 2022
COVID-19

Watch: Seniors Share How They’ve Made It Through the Pandemic

Nine seniors from across the country talk frankly about feeling alone and constrained, missing church, and family routines. They also share newfound hope and discoveries that arose from the crisis.

Feb. 24, 2022
Targeted by Politicians, Trans Youth Struggle With Growing Fear and Mental Health Concerns

Transgender young people and their parents have stepped up to testify against legislation targeting them. But as rhetoric escalates in the political fray, what does the anti-trans legislative push mean for their mental health?

By Sandy West

Feb. 23, 2022
Other States Keep Watchful Eye on Snags in Washington’s Pioneering Public-Option Plan

Washington was the first state in the U.S. to introduce a public option for health insurance, but the rollout hasn’t been smooth. Other states with public options in the works are taking notice.

By Markian Hawryluk

Feb. 23, 2022
Bill of the Month

An $80,000 Tab for Newborns Lays Out a Loophole in the New Law to Curb Surprise Bills

The insurance company said that the birth of the Bull family’s twins was not an emergency and that NICU care was “not medically necessary.” The family’s experience with a huge bill sent to collections happened in 2020, but it exposes a hole in the new No Surprises law that took effect Jan. 1.

By Jay Hancock

Feb. 23, 2022
‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain

In May 2021, Lags Medical Centers, one of California’s largest chains of pain clinics, abruptly closed its doors amid a cloaked state investigation. Nine months later, patients are still in the dark about what happened with their care and to their bodies.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Jenny Gold

Feb. 22, 2022
COVID-19

Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?

Those who are living with disabilities, chronic illnesses or are immunocompromised because of medications or cancer treatment feel that their needs are not being considered as states open back up and lift mask mandates.

By Victoria Knight

Feb. 22, 2022
KHN On Air

Journalists Review Hospital Penalties and Problems Riddling Medicaid Rx Program

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Feb. 19, 2022
COVID-19

Inmates Who Died Asked for Release Before Falling Ill With Covid

Covid is running rampant through the Alderson women’s prison in West Virginia, in one of the deadliest outbreaks this year at a federal correctional facility. This comes as Bureau of Prisons officials take heat for how the agency has handled the pandemic.

By LJ Dawson

Feb. 18, 2022
Missouri Takes Months to Process Medicaid Applications — Longer Than Law Allows

Missouri has more people waiting to have their Medicaid applications processed than it has approved since the expansion of the federal-state health insurance program. Although most states process Medicaid applications within a week, Missouri is taking, on average, more than two months. Patient advocates fear that means people will stay uninsured longer, leading them to postpone care or get stuck with high medical bills.

By Bram Sable-Smith and Phil Galewitz

Feb. 18, 2022
Navigating Aging

As Covid Slogs On, Seniors Find Fortitude Waning and Malaise Growing

The spread of the omicron variant has dashed the hopes of many older adults that the country was exiting the worst of the pandemic, leaving them anxious while their patience wears thin.

By Judith Graham

Feb. 18, 2022
‘I Just Want to Stay in One Spot’: From Homeless to Housed in Rugged Del Norte

California’s homeless crisis is often understood through cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where the sheer number of people living unsheltered can quickly capsize the programs designed to help them. But in remote counties like Del Norte, California’s Project Homekey is having a tangible impact.

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Feb. 18, 2022
Podcast

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: It’s Health Costs, Stupid (2022 Edition)

As the pandemic wanes, for now, the ever-rising cost of health care is again taking center stage. Meanwhile, a year into the Biden administration, the FDA finally has a Senate-confirmed commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf. Tami Luhby of CNN, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Hannah Wesolowski of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, about how the pandemic has worsened the nation’s mental health crisis and what can be done about it.

Feb. 17, 2022
COVID-19

Teen Traveled to Philly to Get Vaccinated Against His Parents’ Wishes

Nicolas Montero is 16, and that’s old enough to get a vaccine on his own in Philadelphia. Vaccine regulations vary around the country and, in more than a dozen states, teens can consent to their own medical care.

By Nina Feldman, WHYY

Feb. 17, 2022
COVID-19

As Politics Infects Public Health, Private Companies Profit

Localities in California and Colorado are contracting with private companies to create their own health departments, spurred by a disregard for regional covid safety mandates.

By Vignesh Ramachandran

Feb. 17, 2022
State Constitutions Vex Conservatives’ Strategies for a Post-Roe World

Conservative lawmakers may find their anti-abortion agendas complicated by state constitutions that explicitly grant citizens the right to privacy, regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court does.

By Nick Ehli

Feb. 17, 2022
Postcard From Boston

What Does It Say About Your Neighborhood If the Supermarket Isn’t So Super?

A mother-and-daughter team went comparison-shopping to see what grocery store shelves revealed about inequity in America.

By Chaseedaw Giles

Feb. 16, 2022

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Noticias en español

Florida retrasa la ampliación de seguro médico infantil mientras aumenta el número de niños sin cobertura

By Daniel Chang

April 28, 2026
La ayuda que más necesitan muchos estadounidenses mayores

By Paula Span

April 27, 2026
En Connecticut, los médicos ahora demandan a pacientes por facturas impagas más que los hospitales

By Noam N. Levey, Katy Golvala, CT Mirror, and Jenna Carlesso, CT Mirror

April 27, 2026
En California, legisladores buscan proteger a pacientes bajo custodia del ICE

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

April 22, 2026
Tu nuevo terapeuta: conversador, indiscreto… y difícilmente humano

By Darius Tahir

April 17, 2026