Key Facts About Health Care Affordability for People With Medicare
This brief draws on data from various sources. Data on income and savings of Medicare beneficiaries, including the share of...
Pharmacy retailers defeat Florida hospitals’ opioid lawsuit
A Florida judge ruled in favor of CVS, Walgreens and Walmart in a lawsuit brought by 16 hospitals accusing the...
Hantavirus Outbreak Revives COVID-Era False Health Claims — The Monitor
Highlights A hantavirus outbreak linked to a Dutch cruise ship in early May was followed by false health claims that...
UnitedHealth to nix nearly two thirds of pediatric prior auths
UnitedHealthcare is set to eliminate close to two-thirds of pediatric prior authorization requirements by the end of the year. The...
A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls
On April 30, 2026, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed legislation that includes Medicaid policy changes and closes an estimated...
Massachusetts AG sues UnitedHealth over alleged Medicaid fraud
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging that the insurance giant “manipulated the health status” of Medicaid...
Medicare Advantage Out-of-Pocket Limits: Variation and Trends
For coverage of Medicare benefits, people face a choice between traditional Medicare and private Medicare Advantage plans. While there are...
Penn Medicine to roll out K Health AI clinical agents
The University of Pennsylvania Health System will deploy a suite of artificial intelligence clinical agents from K Health across the...
Drew Altman, Founding President and CEO of KFF, Announces Retirement Plans; Board Appoints Larry Levitt and Mollyann Brodie as Next Leadership Team
After nearly 40 years shaping the national health policy landscape and leading it through pivotal debates, KFF announced today that...
A New Hope for Early-Stage Patients
For millions of families around the world, Alzheimer’s disease has long come with one painful truth: treatments could only help...
