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Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service and a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan healthcare policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

By Kaiser Health News | 09:39 am | November 23, 2016
Health officials, policy experts call that step backwards to long waits for coverage, high prices, limited benefits and few health plan choices.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:10 am | November 23, 2016
Over five years, legislation would include $550 million in additional funding for FDA, $1.75 billion annually in added spending for NIH.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:00 am | November 22, 2016
Kentucky's enrollment has doubled since late 2013 and today almost a third of its residents are in the program.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:42 am | November 22, 2016
Only 2.5 percent of psychiatric patients seen at transitional care clinic return to ER within three months.
By Kaiser Health News | 03:04 pm | November 21, 2016
Decline in dementia rates translates to about one million fewer Americans suffering from the condition, expert says.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:45 pm | November 21, 2016
Farid Fata, Detroit-area cancer doctor, was convicted of raking in over $17 million by poisoning patients with unnecessary chemotherapy, other drugs.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:27 am | November 21, 2016
Upending the health law plays havoc with a health industry that had invested heavily in strategies geared to the ACA's financial incentives.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:47 am | November 18, 2016
Paul Markovich also criticized President-elect Donald Trump's support for the sale of insurance plans across state lines.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:25 am | November 17, 2016
Many people might consider it important to get covered in case ACA replacement options hinge on whether people had coverage in place, expert says.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:09 am | November 16, 2016
Texas went from just 2,314 "conscientious exemptions" in 2003 to 44,716 this year, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.