Category: Kaiser Health News

Exclusive: Over 900 Health Workers Have Died of COVID-19. And the Toll Is Rising.

KHN and The Guardian unveil an interactive database documenting front-line health care worker deaths. The majority of them are people of color — and nurses face the highest toll.

Pandemic Hampers Reopening of Joint Replacement Gold Mine

The COVID-19 pandemic brought knee and hip replacements to a virtual halt because they aren’t usually considered emergency procedures. But they are profitable, and hospital systems are now counting on the surgeries to help restore their financial health.

Pandemic Hampers Reopening of Joint Replacement Gold Mine

The COVID-19 pandemic brought knee and hip replacements to a virtual halt because they aren’t usually considered emergency procedures. But they are profitable, and hospital systems are now counting on the surgeries to help restore their financial health.

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session

Starting in August 2020, a new episode every other week. No time like a pandemic to learn more about how to fight the high cost of health care.

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Financial Self-Defense School Is Now in Session

Starting in August 2020, a new episode every other week. No time like a pandemic to learn more about how to fight the high cost of health care.

Business Is Booming for Dialysis Giant Fresenius. It Took a $137M Bailout Anyway.

Half of the money the Trump administration gave dialysis companies was collected by Fresenius, an international juggernaut with a robust balance sheet, a KHN analysis has found.

Business Is Booming for Dialysis Giant Fresenius. It Took a $137M Bailout Anyway.

Half of the money the Trump administration gave dialysis companies was collected by Fresenius, an international juggernaut with a robust balance sheet, a KHN analysis has found.

As Crisis Grows, Farms Try to Balance Health of Field Workers and Food Supply

Skeptics say the lack of enforceable federal safety standards geared toward the coronavirus allows these employers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.