Phil Galewitz

KFF Health News

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

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

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Holly K. Hacker

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

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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.

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

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Kaiser Health News

Photo of a man sitting on a couch next to a pair of cruntches

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

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

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

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

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