I’m retiring from a fabulous news organization: KFF Health News. The managing editor is being promoted to my job and, here’s the best part, we are looking for a managing editor. Great reporters, security and excellent benefits. kff.bamboohr.com/careers/76

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia’s GOP Gov. Brian Kemp has pushed a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Critics say the money’s being wasted on the costly and ineffective alternative. Story via: Georgia Health News Renuka Rayasam ajc.com/news/health-ne…

As money flows to abortion rights initiatives in states, some donors focus on where anger over the Dobbs ruling could propel voter turnout and spur Democratic victories.

Bram Sable-Smith & Rachana D. Pradhan report for KFF Health News & USA TODAY

The U.S. EPA released its new regulations today on use of ethylene oxide, which sterilizes half of the medical devices in the U.S. but is also a known carcinogen. (1/7)

Ronny Jackson, Trump’s former physician turned GOP congressman, describes himself as a “retired rear admiral.”

He’s not. The Navy demoted him to captain in 2022.

Scoop with Alex Horton.

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A whistleblower has accused Aledade, a firm that oversees the US' largest independent network of primary care practices, of cheating Medicare out of millions using billing software “rigged” to make patients appear sicker than they were. By Fred Schulte kffhealthnews.org/news/article/w…

Air-ambulance company could have collected only about $10,000 for Tennesssee patient's 79-mile ride if she had Medicare Part B. But she lacked that coverage, and company is socking her estate with an $81,739 bill. kffhealthnews.org/MTgxODgzMA via @kffhealthnews

My The Washington Post latest dives deep into tax records:

Four major nonprofits that rose to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic by capitalizing on the spread of medical misinformation collectively gained more than $118 million between 2020 and 2022 washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02…

OBGYN on treating patients turned away by Catholic hospitals: 'We had many instances where people would have to get in their car to drive to us while they were bleeding, or patients who had had their water bags broken for up to five days or even up to a week.'

Many hospitals are doing quite well, especially when you factor in their huge investment arms. Do not buy the narrative that all hospitals are in dire straits. marketing.statnews.com/medicare-advan…

'We can’t do anything': How Catholic hospitals constrain medical care in America. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Washington, Oregon, and Colorado are now considered medical havens for women in states that have banned abortion. But there are so many Catholic hospitals in there that abortion care remains limited. From ⁦Rachana D. Pradhan⁩ and ⁦Hannah Recht⁩ usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

“More and more women are running into barriers to obtaining care as Catholic health systems have aggressively acquired secular hospitals.”

Eye-opening Rachana D. Pradhan Hannah Recht piece on growing collisions over reproductive health.

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'Nationally, nearly 800,000 people have only Catholic or Catholic-affiliated birth hospitals within an hour’s drive.' Strong Rachana D. Pradhan Hannah Recht piece for @kffhealthnews

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