✕

Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.

Kaiser Health News

Nonprofit News Organization

Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.

Housing and Urban Issues
The Blind Struggle to Access Some COVID Vaccine Websites
Many COVID vaccine websites across the nation violate disability rights laws, blocking blind people from signing up or receiving information. In at least seven states, blind residents were unable to register without assistance.
March 02, 2021
 · Kaiser Health News
Trends
California Has a Lot to Lose if SCOTUS Ends Obamacare
Attorney General Xavier Becerra is optimistic about the fight, but if the court strikes down the health-care law the effect could be catastrophic. Experts don’t expect a decision from the court until Spring 2021.
November 12, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Housing and Urban Issues
Black Doctors in Philadelphia Make COVID Testing More Equitable
Black Americans are disproportionately affected by the disease and the lack of testing. Black doctors have mobilized efforts to make testing more accessible for those without insurance or who are skeptical of new diseases.
October 14, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Housing and Urban Issues
COVID-19 Tests America’s Rural Hospital Capabilities
Community hospitals took loan money from Congress to cope with the surge in patients during the height of COVID-19. But the loans will soon fall due and many medical centers don’t know how they will pay the money back.
August 27, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Trends
Momentum to Modernize Public Health Data Grows Amid Pandemic
There is no national data network that allows quick and effective responses to disasters or disease outbreaks. Many doctors still have to fax documents to public health agencies, a problem many want to change.
August 24, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Workforce
COVID Health Workers Don’t Always Qualify for Workers’ Comp
In some states, COVID-19 is classified as “ordinary disease of life,” like the flu, and is not covered by workers’ compensation. If it were covered, the health system could owe up to $16 billion in workers’ comp nationally.
July 15, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Housing and Urban Issues
Austin Combats Housing Crisis by Printing a Neighborhood
An Austin neighborhood is designed for formerly homeless and includes some 3-D-printed houses. While it reduces price and time of construction, not all are convinced 3-D-printing is the solution to the housing crisis.
March 11, 2020
 · Kaiser Health News
Archive
Despite Efforts To Corral Medicaid Spending, States Expand Benefits
While congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been seeking major cuts in federal funding of Medicaid, 26 states this year expanded or enhanced benefits and at least 17 plan to do so next year, according to a report released Thursday.
October 20, 2017
 · Kaiser Health News
Archive
An Idea Borrowed From South Africa: Ordinary Citizens Fill Gaps In Health Care
A New York group seeks to show that a health coach who is also a neighbor can help patients and save money.
October 31, 2016
 · Kaiser Health News
Archive
Porn Emails Not Allowed to Factor Into Pennsylvania AG's Trial
A prosecutor in Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane's looming criminal trial told a judge Tuesday that Kane's request to tell a jury about her unearthing of offensive emails would mire jurors in "a distraction, a red herring."
July 29, 2016
 · Kaiser Health News
Load More
gov-footer-logo-2024.png
gt-footer-logo.png
ii-footer-logo.png
nav-footer-logo.png
cdg-footer-logo.png
cde-footer-logo.png
cpsai-footer-logo.png
em-footer-logo.png