Healthcare Is Scary. Channel Your Fears Into a Haiku. – KFF Health News

(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) Something wicked this way comes, and it’s 5-7-5. Our annual Halloween haiku…

Drugs Are Widely Used To Sedate Dementia Patients. Her Sons Wanted To Keep Her Off Them. – KFF Health News

In December 2024, Marjorie Tingley’s adult sons received an urgent email from the dementia care unit…

US Poised To Boot Legal Immigrants From Medicaid, Including Refugees and Sex-Trafficking Victims – KFF Health News

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with legal status are at risk of losing government health coverage…

These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen. – KFF Health News

NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise. Inside…

Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities – KFF Health News

About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed…

Confusion and Angst Follow State's Early Rollout of Medicaid Work Rules – KFF Health News

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school…

She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway. – KFF Health News

Autumn Daniels is no stranger to migraine headaches, which have troubled her since childhood. The migraine…

Republicans and Democrats Find a Unifying Target: Pharmacy Benefit Managers – KFF Health News

Amye Joseph says America’s political polarization has made it an “interesting time” in her Tennessee household.…

Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues – KFF Health News

The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer…

Journalists Discuss What RFK Jr. Recently Told the Anti-Vaccine Group He Founded – KFF Health News

KFF Health News contributor Erin Rode discussed California prison heat protections on KVPR’s Central Valley Daily…