Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas

Kaiser Health News, August 8, 2021

As the nation confronts its latest and worsening surge of covid cases, consumers are again facing delays getting tested, many turning to social media to complain. 

Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic's Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes

Kaiser Health News, August 7, 2021

As of Aug. 4, more than 480,000 people age 65 and older perished from covid — 79% of more than 606,000 deaths in the U.S. overall, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Pharmacies Face Extra Audit Burdens That Threaten Their Existence

Kaiser Health News, August 6, 2021

Pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, suspended in-person audits because of covid last year, shifting to virtual audits, much as in-person doctor visits shifted to telehealth. 

Hard Lessons From a City That Tried to Privatize Public Health

Kaiser Health News, August 6, 2021

Detroit’s iconic Herman Kiefer complex for decades was synonymous with public health in the eyes of many city residents. By the time the complex was abandoned in 2013, it had fallen into vermin-infested disrepair and housed a fraction of the dedicated employees who once...

Providence-KP Team Up to Attract Patients in California's Growing High Desert Region

Kaiser Health News, August 5, 2021

They intend to spend up to $1 billion to build a hospital in Victorville, a city of about 123,000 that sits 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

Feds to Nix Work Requirements in Montana Medicaid Expansion Program

Kaiser Health News, August 5, 2021

It's unclear what that means for the future of the Montana program.

2+2=? Senate Uses Murky Math as It Shelves Drug Pricing Rule to Fund Infrastructure

Kaiser Health News, August 5, 2021

The massive spending bill is the first of two likely to at least delay the so-called Medicare rebate rule released at the end of the Trump administration, which has yet to take effect.

Analysis: Don't Want a Vaccine? Be Prepared to Pay More for Insurance.

Kaiser Health News, August 4, 2021

How about an economic argument? Get a COVID shot to protect your wallet.

New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?

Kaiser Health News, August 3, 2021

Support for breastfeeding was upended last year, when it no longer seemed safe to take a baby class at the hospital or invite a nurse into one’s home.

Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South

Kaiser Health News, August 3, 2021

A tsunami of restrictive abortion regulations enacted by Republican-led legislatures and governors across the South have sent women who want or need an early end to a pregnancy fleeing in all directions.

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