Health News

After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery...

A Few More Good Things From 2025
Dan Weissmann
An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical...

Medicaid Health Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of GOP Changes
Claudia Boyd-Barrett
ORANGE, Calif. — Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her local health plan one...

Journalists Zero In on ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws and Turbulent Obamacare Enrollment Season
KFF Health News senior correspondent Renuka Rayasam discussed gun violence in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on KALW’s Your Call on Dec. 19.
Click here to hear Rayasam...