Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result.

Coverage for hundreds of thousands of Arkansas Medicaid enrollees next year is in question after the Trump administration ...

Drug test strips are credited with saving lives, but a new policy will limit how funds can be used for them. Advocates of ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and older adults are at higher risk. But only ...

A century-old rural Michigan hospital converted to a stripped-down model Congress created to help keep small facilities ...

Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration ...

Ahead of Medicaid work requirements, a health plan in California hopes to stanch the number of people losing coverage by ...

The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren’t required to provide services that help people ...

More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. This story ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In an open-air barn at the edge of the University of Florida, veterinarian Juan Campos Krauer examines a dead armadillo’s footpads and ears for signs of infection. This story also ...

KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a ...