From a recent paper by Nasseh et al. 2026 in Health Services Research: Following acquisition, private equity-owned dental offices increased charges for dental care services by 3.3% (95% CI: 2.3%–4.4%), although allowed prices for these services remained statistically unchanged. Dental offices acquired by private equity firms tended to shift from diagnostic and preventive procedures to…
In this quickbite interview recorded at the Feb 2026 VIVE conference, I am talking with Miriam Paramore. Miriam is building RxUtility, which is helping consumers access the lowest drug prices at the point of dispensing. That means BOTH bringing in all those manufacturers coupons and getting the lowest cash prices. How does it work? Why…
Families of Idahoans with disabilities say their lives could be upended as lawmakers in the state’s Republican-dominated legislature mull sweeping cuts. Services at risk include the 24/7 care that allows a 39-year-old with cerebral palsy to live independently; the in-home caregiving that lets a 26-year-old with brain damage from a hemorrhage at birth stay in…
Star Quinn moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2023, the same year the state began covering dental costs for about 600,000 low-income adults enrolled in Medicaid. But when Quinn chipped a tooth and it became infected, she could not find a dentist near her home who would accept her government health coverage and was taking new…
KFF Health News Southern California correspondent Claudia Boyd-Barrett discussed how family members and lawyers of those in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody are struggling to find them in California hospitals on CapRadio’s Insight With Vicki Gonzalez on Feb. 25. Click here to hear Boyd-Barrett on Insight With Vicki Gonzalez. Read Boyd-Barrett’s “‘I Can’t Tell You’:…
Last year, as the California hospital where she worked was appeasing the Trump administration by erasing words like “equity” and “diversity” from its paperwork, Brandy Frye had seen enough. Frye, an emergency room nurse with 25 years of experience, felt that ignoring inequality’s role in health and sickness was an affront to the compassionate soul…
A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home without losing her balance. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance plan for the drug expired. “Why do I need a prior authorization for something that I am already prior-authorized to take? If my…
Over the course of 2025, Jayant Mishra of Mission Viejo, California, progressively developed scaly, itchy red patches on his skin. Then came the pain and swelling in the joints of his hands, making it difficult to do his work at a bank. His primary care doctor referred him to a rheumatologist, who diagnosed psoriatic arthritis….
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El mes pasado, Justin y Amy Miller colmaron sus autos con tres niños, dos perros, un dragón barbudo y todas las pertenencias que pudieron, y condujeron 2.000 millas desde Wisconsin hasta British Columbia, en Canadá, para dejar atrás los Estados Unidos del presidente Donald Trump. Los Miller se establecieron en Vancouver Island, su refugio rodeado…