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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 | 09:54 am | October 07, 2016
There are several measures Trump could take on Day One of his presidency to cripple the law's effectiveness.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:18 am | October 07, 2016
80 percent of infected people don't show symptoms, so a test is the only way to know if they have contracted Zika.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:16 pm | October 06, 2016
The Hill-Burton Act was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946; its effect on healthcare in the U.S. was nothing short of monumental.
By Kaiser Health News | 01:49 pm | October 06, 2016
Medicare wants to more than double payment offered to dialysis providers to educate patients to $95.57 for 2.66 hours of a nurse's time.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:07 am | October 05, 2016
Critics say the procedure is being oversold, leading some patients to get a treatment they don't need.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:05 am | October 03, 2016
This summer, the federal government directed $1.4 million to five pilot projects located in southwest Virginia as well as Tennessee and Kentucky.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:55 am | October 03, 2016
Since the medicine generally expires every year, the cost to replace EpiPens adds up fairly quickly, especially for consumers who do not have insurance or have high-deductible plans.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:34 am | October 03, 2016
Naltrexone and acamprosate are the two drugs on the market for patients with alcohol cravings.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:37 am | September 30, 2016
The ticket, known as a rare pediatric disease priority review voucher, is part of a program created by Congress in 2007 to encourage the development of drugs for tropical diseases and later expanded to rare pediatric disorders.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:16 am | September 30, 2016
Under a 10-year partnership, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and the UC system form an ACO that will be offered to large, self-funded employers statewide.