‘Injections, Injections, Injections’: Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain March 2, 2022 By ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News HANFORD, Calif. — On May 13 of last year, the cellphones of thousands of California residents undergoing treatment for chronic...
States Curtail Public Health Powers for This Pandemic and Future Diseases September 16, 2021 By ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER and LAUREN WEBER Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are...
Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk September 10, 2020 By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to...
Next Showdown in Congress: Protecting Workers vs. Protecting Employers in Pandemic July 14, 2020 By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News Congressional leaders are squaring off over the next pandemic relief bill in a debate over whom Congress should step up...
Workers Overdose On the Job and Employers Struggle to Respond September 26, 2018 By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News PORTLAND, Ore. — Jimmy Sullivan prepared for his job as a bricklayer the same way every morning for years: injecting...
10 Regions of U.S. with Highest Health Insurance Premiums February 3, 2014 By Jordan Rau These are the 10 regions of the country with the highest premiums for people buying insurance on the health law’s...
Average Obamacare Premiums Will Be Lower Than Projected September 25, 2013 By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Staff Writers Just days before new online health insurance markets are...
Employers Could Save Billions Swapping COBRA For Obamacare September 24, 2013 By Jay Hancock, KHN Staff Writer Health-law provisions taking effect next year could save U.S. employers billions of dollars in...