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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 | 12:01 pm | January 23, 2017
As health care costs continue to rise, hospitals and doctors are trying to figure out how to find these patients and get to the root of their problems.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:52 am | January 23, 2017
Records reveal additional instances where Price set aside his priority of budget discipline in favor of special medical interests.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:55 am | January 20, 2017
"Taking health care coverage away from people is easy. Creating coverage for people is hard. We did the hard," he tweeted on Dec. 15.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:44 am | January 20, 2017
Department is influential in maintaining the nation's health with nutritional assistance, support for rural medicine, health education, more.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:32 am | January 19, 2017
Plans cited include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Highmark of Pennsylvania, SCAN Health Plan of California, some Humana, UnitedHealth plans.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:07 am | January 19, 2017
At least six members of the two Senate committees tasked with questioning or confirming Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., hold shares in healthcare companies
By Kaiser Health News | 10:33 am | January 18, 2017
Hospitals are showing a greater interest in family caregivers in part because of new penalties for hospital readmissions, expert says.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:35 am | January 17, 2017
Many orphan medicines, originally developed to treat diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people, come with astronomical price tags.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:17 am | January 17, 2017
Two former managers in interviews with KHN said they felt pushed to contribute or to nudge their subordinates into giving money to the PAC.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:53 am | January 16, 2017
Many say they voted for Trump because they were fed up with how much they were paying for health insurance.