¿Por qué mueren más personas mayores después de sufrir caídas?
Durante un tiempo, pasear al perro se volvió peligroso. Earl Vickers solía sacar a Molly, su perra mezcla de pastor alemán, bóxer y algo más, a caminar por la playa o por su vecindario en Seaside, California. Sin embargo, hace algunos años comenzó a tener problemas para mantenerse en pie. “Cada vez que otro perro […]
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or around his neighborhood in Seaside, California. A few years ago, though, he started to experience problems staying upright. “If another dog came toward us, every single time I’d end up on […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Countdown to Government Shutdown
The Host Oct. 1 is the start of the next fiscal year, and unless Congress reaches agreement on continued spending, big parts of the government could shut down that day. Democrats, whose votes will be needed in the Senate, would like Republicans to extend the Biden-era extra tax credits for Affordable Care Act insurance plans […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: On Capitol Hill, RFK Defends Firings at CDC
The Host Just days after his firing of the brand-new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a defiant Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. secretary of health and human services, defended that action and others before a sometimes skeptical Senate Finance Committee. Criticism of Kennedy’s increasingly anti-vaccine actions came not just from […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid!
The Host On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark legislation creating Medicare and Medicaid. Sixty years later, the programs represent a fifth of the federal budget and provide coverage to nearly 1 in 4 Americans. In addition, the way Medicare and Medicaid structure and pay for medical care has set the standard […]
Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness
Rachel Nassif, day center director at the PACE Organization of Rhode Island, with program participant Roberta Rabinovitz. Rabinovitz goes to the center, in East Providence, for all her medical care, and an occasional lunch. PACE also set her up with a studio apartment in an assisted living facility in Bristol.(Felice J. Freyer for KFF Health […]
Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up
Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage. Such drug plans are used by millions of people who enroll in what is called original Medicare, the classic federal government program that began […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Kennedy Cancels Vaccine Funding
The Host Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the federal government will cancel nearly $500 million in mRNA research funding is unnerving not only for those who develop vaccines, but also for public health experts who see the technology behind the first covid-19 shots as the nation’s best hope to […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Next on Kennedy’s List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
The Host In his ongoing effort to reshape health policy, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly plans to overhaul two more government entities: the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Ousting the existing members of the task force would give Kennedy a measure of […]
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Here Come the ACA Premium Hikes
The Host Much of the hubbub in health care this year has been focused on Medicaid, which faces dramatically reduced federal funding as the result of the huge budget bill signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month. But now the attention is turning to the Affordable Care Act, which is facing some big changes […]