Law & Politics

By Alan Lyndon States with the highest amount of gun laws have the lowest amount of gun-related deaths, according to a new study published in ...

By Alan Lyndon “Anybody there can do CPR. Give them the phone, please. … This woman’s not breathing enough. She’s going to die if we ...

By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News Doctors serving Medicare patients. Scientists looking for a better way to treat diabetes. HIV patients who can’t afford to ...

By Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee made clear Tuesday that finding a solution to the vexing ...

By Harvey B. Lefton, MD The sustainable growth rate (SGR) is the method that Medicare uses to calculate payments for physician services.  It was devised ...

By Jared Rhoads On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released the long-awaited final rule laying out the privacy ...

By Alan Lyndon TIME magazine has dedicated its current issue to just one article: “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us.”  This article, written ...

By Phil Galewitz and Alvin Tran (KHN) It’s official. The Obama administration will be running new health insurance marketplaces in half the states— including the major population centers of Texas, ...

By Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News Some hospitals with high readmission rates say they’re saving lives by bringing patients back at the first hint of trouble. ...

By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News  While physicians have sidestepped drastic Medicare payment cuts for 2013, doctors’ groups and lawmakers are gearing up for yet another battle ...