Phil Galewitz

  • Side view close-up of pregnant woman touching her belly. Pregnancy health & wellbeing concept.Health

    Florida becomes the nation’s first state to allow doctors to perform C-sections outside of hospitals

    By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News
  • HOUSTON, TEXAS – JUNE 09: The exterior of the Houston Methodist Hospital is seen on June 09, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Houston Methodist Hospital has suspended 178 employees without pay for 14 days for their refusal to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Health

    Forget the nurse call button. Patients now stay connected by wearing one

    By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News
  • Senior man sorting prescription medications at kitchen tableHealth

    Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors

    By Phil Galewitz, Holly K. Hacker, and others
  • Informational brochures on Medicaid expansion during an event held by New Hanover County Department of Health and Human Services at a library in Wilmington, N.C., on Dec.16, 2023. North Carolina's expansion of Medicaid began on December 1st, and its estimated that more than 600,000 people statewide are now eligible for healthcare coverage that they otherwise could not afford.Health

    Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

    By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News
  • Photo of a man sitting on a couch next to a pair of cruntchesHealth

    States are turning to the big health insurance companies to keep Medicaid enrollees insured once pandemic protections end

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News
  • Dr. Lawrence Cohen, an internal medicine doctor and chief medical officer at Beverly Hospital, examines patient Lorenzo Rodriguez at BeverlyCare’s main primary care clinic, located on the hospital campus. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)Health

    Hospitals divert primary care patients to health center ‘look-alikes’ to boost finances

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News
  • This free-standing emergency room in the Denver suburb of Arvada is one of nine owned by UCHealth, part of the University of Colorado. The health system has converted 10 other stand-alone emergency rooms into other uses, mostly primary care or urgent care centers, in the past two years. (Markian Hawryluk/KHN)Health

    Colorado is offering hospitals Medicaid money to close down free-standing ERs

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News
  • As president, Donald Trump encouraged states to bring in drugs from Canada, where prices are cheaper. It’s not clear if the new administration will follow suit.Health

    States move ahead with Canada drug importation while awaiting signal from Biden

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News
  • Of the 23 health insurance co-ops that sprung from the Affordable Care Act, only three will remain by January, serving Maine, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.Health

    Only three of 26 Obamacare-era nonprofit health insurance co-ops will soon remain

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News