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More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned.

Historically, alcohol use disorder has disproportionately affected men. But targeted advertising and changes in societal norms over the past 50 years have led to an upsurge in alcohol-related diseases and deaths among women. “It’s a very taboo topic,” one expert said.

California Is Expanding Insurance Access for Teenagers Seeking Therapy on Their Own

A California law that takes effect this summer will grant minors on public insurance the ability to get mental health treatment without their parents’ consent, a privilege that their peers with private insurance have had for years. But the law has become a flashpoint in the state’s culture wars.

As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge

With artificial intelligence in health care on the rise, eye screenings for diabetic retinopathy are emerging as one of the first proven use cases of AI-based diagnostics in a clinical setting.

Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions

Used to operating with scarce resources, Montana Medicaid providers say gaps in state payments have left them struggling further.

Navigating Aging

The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies.

Special Coverage

Faces of Medi-Cal

Faces of Medi-Cal

Amid mental health staffing crunch, Medi-Cal patients help one another.

Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash

Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers

Who knows best how to spend opioid settlement cash?

Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids

One doctor thinks he has a solution and is putting it into practice at two children’s hospitals in Northern California.

Bill of the Month

This investigation by KFF Health News and NPR dissects and explains your medical bills every month.

KFF Health News / CMG TV Stations Investigation

Overpayment Outrage

New Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley is promising to change how the agency reclaims billions of dollars it wrongly pays to beneficiaries, saying the existing process is “cruel-hearted and mindless.”

Children's Health

Lawsuits allege that several children under 18 in South Carolina have undergone genital exams during abuse investigations — even when there were no allegations of sexual abuse.

Navigating Aging

Say That Again

Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults, but necessary.

Meta’s Ketamine Posting Policy

Despite growing awareness that the party drug is dangerous, the social media company is open to promotion of the drug in treating mental health.

The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals

The expansion of Catholic hospitals nationwide leaves patients at the mercy of the church’s religious directives, which are often at odds with accepted medical standards.

Weekly Podcast

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA Turns 14

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