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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 | 11:05 am | September 30, 2016
Only 25 percent of hospitals funded teams in 2013 that included a physician, advanced practice or RN, social worker, chaplain, analysis shows.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:06 am | September 29, 2016
More than 3,000 cases have been reported in the continental United States, though most were contracted by people traveling abroad.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:21 am | September 29, 2016
Views come as the skyrocketing prices of some drugs are under intense scrutiny, with new evidence showing massive price hikes by some companies.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:52 am | September 27, 2016
The proposed new recommendation would allow women at average risk for breast cancer to begin screening as early as age 40 and receive a mammogram every one or two years.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:33 am | September 26, 2016
However, the ballot measure doesn't earmark exactly how much of that money should go to doctors or other health providers.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:16 am | September 23, 2016
Drop in competition on the insurance exchange threatens to drive up premiums for many in the state.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:22 am | September 21, 2016
The HSA-plan deductible coverage restrictions can be a sticking point when employers and insurers consider what plans to offer.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:06 pm | September 20, 2016
The first drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy could sell for $350,000 a year.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:14 am | September 20, 2016
Policymakers see the health law as a way to connect millions of ex-prisoners to care, cut recidivism and save money by reducing expensive visits to hospital emergency rooms.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:42 am | September 20, 2016
Health centers and emergency departments are experimenting with a variety of programs that aim to divert patients with dental complaints into specialty clinics.