The Collapse Of A Hospital Empire — And Towns Left In The Wreckage
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Lauren Weber for Kaiser Health News) SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. — The money was so good
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Emerging Health Issues
ER Redo: As Rural Hospital Closes, Emergency Care Is On The Blink With Fate Uncertain
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) FORT SCOTT, Kan. — For more than 30 minutes, Robert Findley lay
Read MoreTop U.S. medical centers roll out DNA sequencing clinics for healthy (and often wealthy) clients
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) Seizing on the surging popularity of at-home DNA testing kits, top academic medical institutions are
Read MoreHepatitis A Races Across The Country
(By Laura Ungar for Kaiser Health News) AKRON, Ohio — Just before the Fourth of July, Trenton Burrell began feeling
Read MoreCanadians are hopping mad about Trump’s drug importation plan. Some of them are trying to stop it.
(By Nicholas Florko and Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Canadians are furious about the Trump administration’s plan to import their prescription
Read MoreClass-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Medicare paid for Betty Gordon’s knee replacement surgery in March, but the 72-year-old
Read MoreTrump Wants To Take Guns Away From People In Crisis. Will That Work?
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) In his response Monday to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,
Read MoreSuperstar Athletes Popularize Unproven Stem Cell Procedures
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Baseball superstar Max Scherzer — whose back injury has prevented him from pitching for
Read MoreHow our health systems are working to prevent hospital drug shortages
(By Barclay E. Berdan, Scott Reiner, and Terry Shaw for STAT) Drug shortages are a major challenge for hospitals. Today, 121
Read MoreHospitals to publish the prices negotiated with insurers
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would require hospitals to publish the prices that are negotiated with insurers
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