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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 | 10:27 am | June 19, 2017
Some of the policies under consideration have slipped out, and pressure points of the debate are fairly clear.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:53 am | June 19, 2017
Documents reveal behind-the-scenes discussions influenced by pharmaceutical industry, led by former Gilead lobbyist Joe Grogan.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:49 am | June 16, 2017
Attorney cast blame on the hospital for failing to follow the company's cleaning instructions.
By Kaiser Health News | 02:13 pm | June 15, 2017
As many as 28 percent of patients offered home health care when they're being discharged from a hospital -- mostly older adults -- say "no."
By Kaiser Health News | 09:53 am | June 09, 2017
U.S. minorities tend to receive fewer medical services considered effective like flu shots, aspirin following heart attack, study author says.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:22 am | June 09, 2017
Insurers blame financial losses and mounting uncertainty over federal funding and rules that govern the exchanges.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:13 am | June 09, 2017
Some oppose the law; many others, however, believe patients should have access to aid-in-dying but don't want to be involved themselves.
By Kaiser Health News | 11:18 am | June 08, 2017
President Donald Trump's strategy to overhaul federal health law is threatening to upend the individual health insurance market with key policies.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:38 am | June 08, 2017
Pre-existing condition coverage proved life-changing, yet many are still priced out of coverage and view ACHA with disdain.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:53 am | June 08, 2017
Costs for prescription drugs have been rising faster than those for any other health segment, marked by high-profile cases like EpiPen and Daraprim.