Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000…
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Journalists Dig Into Measles, Abortion Access, and Medicaid Expansion
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health, discussed the 2024 U.S. measles outbreak on WAMU’s “A1” on March 26.…
Mayes, other Democratic AGs ask SCOTUS to block red state bans on emergency abortions
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to…
Is GOP candidate Neil DeSanti illegally registered & voting?
Republican hopeful Neil DeSanti is mounting his fourth campaign for elected office since 2020, hoping to secure a seat…
Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage
Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either…
A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox
Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease’s twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World…
Republicans continue to oppose extending operations for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind
Senate Republicans continue to thwart efforts to allow the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind to operate for more…
Lake has lost all rights to litigate defamation case
Kari Lake and her allies have spent the last couple of days criticizing anyone who said she had given up on defending…
As Maricopa County breaks eviction filing records, leaders tout safety net programs
Maricopa County has seen a rising tide of eviction filings over the past four years, breaking previous records, but the…
A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission has long argued that competition makes the economy better. But some states have stopped the agency from blocking…