EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl Memorial’s three-bed emergency department — a two-hour drive from the closest hospital with more advanced…
Durante la pandemia, los recursos federales se orientaron a reforzar los presupuestos de los estados para que pudieran responder a la emergencia por covid-19. Sin embargo, ya desde entonces, las autoridades de salud pública advirtieron que se avecinaba un inminente ciclo de auge y debacle en el financiamiento. Anticiparon que la crisis se presentaría cuando…
Jump start Open Enrollment for 2025 coverage by previewing plans with personalized price estimates based on your estimated income and household size. Image Preview personalized 2025 plans & prices Take a sneak peek at 2025 plans and price estimates now to get ahead for Open Enrollment starting November 1. You’ll answer a few quick questions about your…
Dr. Tina Saw is the founder and CEO of Oral Genome, a healthcare startup that’s developing saliva tests to detect and prevent oral diseases. In response to emailed questions, Saw talked about her company’s approach. The post This Diagnostic Startup Uses Saliva to Detect Oral Diseases Earlier appeared first on MedCity News.
En los estados que desde hace años se han negado a ampliar Medicaid para cubrir a un número mayor de adultos de bajos ingresos, quienes ya están en el programa no están sujetos a las nuevas reglas de la Ley One Big Beautiful Bill, que les exigirían demostrar que están trabajando para poder obtener y…
The Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit is provided by private plans, either Medicare Advantage plans that offer drug coverage (MA-PDs) or, for those in traditional Medicare, stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs). New data from CMS shows that 56 million people are enrolled in Part D plans as of February 2026, with more in MA-PDs…
The truth is there are ways to understand our cancer risk more precisely than we do today, and there are tools to manage it. What’s missing is awareness, access, and a system built to help us use these tools before something goes wrong. The post Why We’re Still Finding Cancer Too Late appeared first on…
KFF’s latest Tracking Poll finds that one-third of the public report using AI chatbots for health information and advice in the past year. And a federal judge suspended, for now, the appointments of thirteen members of ACIP, halting a scheduled meeting and staying recent, widely debated, changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.
Finding a nursing home for yourself or a parent can be daunting. Many facilities are understaffed and the worker shortages have gotten worse since the start of the pandemic. KFF Health News senior correspondent Jordan Rau shares tips about finding nearby homes, evaluating staffing levels, what to look for when visiting, and more. Find additional…
At the cybersecurity pre-conference forum, healthcare leaders discuss privacy standards for secure health data