PolicyAug 18, 2026
What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently
These specialized units can help keep older patients out of the hospital, lower their healthcare costs, and more.
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PolicyAug 18, 2026
Drive for Nuclear Power Boosts Uranium Industry — And Tribal Health Concerns in Southwest
Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium are raising concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry’s deadly legacy.
PolicyAug 18, 2026
Lincoln Financial and Integrated Benefits Institute Outline How Employers Can Close Workforce Mental Health Gap
Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) and long-standing research partner, Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), released new research exploring how mental health challenges are shaping today’s workforce, and ...
PolicyAug 18, 2026
Kratom poison center cases have surged 6,500% in the U.S.
Kratom use and serious health problems linked to it have risen dramatically across the United States over the past decade. Poison center reports jumped from just 19 cases in 2010 to more than 1,200 in 2023, while severe…
PolicyAug 17, 2026
Health and Human Services announces more than $96 million in mental health funding
The Colorado State Department of Human Services is set to receive $1,135,245 in funds to help people transition out of homelessness.
PolicyAug 17, 2026
Mental health now drives one in three TPD claims: AIA data
AIA Australia paid more than $2.4 billion across 34,000 claims in 2025. Mental health was the dominant driver across both income protection and total and permanent disability. For advisers managing ...
PolicyAug 17, 2026
Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start
California is the first to launch state-branded insulin as Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry. But the new CalRx drug label has been slow to reach pharmacies and patients.
PolicyAug 17, 2026
Kennedy’s Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots
The Trump administration is working to implement the president’s new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism — even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closed-door research has…
PolicyAug 16, 2026
HHS Awards $96.7M in Grants and Funding for Mental Health Care
The Department of Health and Human Services awarded $96.7 million in grants and other funding to expand mental health, suicide prevention, substance-use treatment and disaster-related emotional ...
PolicyAug 16, 2026
Beyond Hospitalisation: How Group Health Insurance is Evolving into a Complete Employee Health Benefit
Group Health Insurance is one policy your employer buys to cover the whole team. At its core, it pays your hospital bills. The base cover has always paid for a hospital stay of 24 hours or more.
PolicyAug 16, 2026
This 10-cent heart drug cuts hospitalizations by 25%
A centuries-old heart drug costing less than ten cents a day could help keep heart-failure patients out of the hospital. New research suggests low-dose digoxin can reduce heart-failure hospitalizations by about 25%…
PolicyAug 15, 2026
Mental health insurance in India: From policy wording to patient access
Mental health remains one of the most neglected areas of Indian healthcare. Psychiatry and psychology are still too often treated ...
PolicyAug 15, 2026
Gounder Brings Clarity to Egg Freezing, AI Virus Creation, and New Trump Vaccine Order
KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder made several TV appearances recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a roundup.
PolicyAug 14, 2026
My Husband Was Kicked Out of Hospice for Dying Too Slowly
Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result. Here’s how to get appropriate care after receiving a terminal diagnosis.
PolicyAug 14, 2026
Trump Team’s Use of Arcane Budget Rule Threatens Medicaid Coverage
Coverage for hundreds of thousands of Arkansas Medicaid enrollees next year is in question after the Trump administration refused to renew a key state waiver. The state might not be the last to have to adjust to an…
PolicyAug 14, 2026
Is the behavioral health access problem actually a quality problem?
Intermountain Health addresses the behavioral health access problem by embedding measurement-based care to improve patient outcomes.
PolicyAug 14, 2026
Expert Tips On Finding The Right Mental Health Therapist For You
If you've decided to pursue therapy, you may be wondering what steps to take to find a therapist who's a good match. We spoke with an expert to find out.
PolicyAug 13, 2026
TAL data confirms mental health as life insurance’s defining claims problem
Mental ill health is now the leading cause of life insurance claims not just at one insurer but across the Australian industry ...
PolicyAug 13, 2026
People With Disabilities Say Medicaid’s Limits on Income Stifle Career Advancement
Special Medicaid programs in many states allow disabled people to work while receiving benefits, and most limit how much participants can earn and the assets they can hold. Some Iowans are pushing lawmakers to remove…
PolicyAug 12, 2026
‘Not what the royal commission intended’: The missing mental health windfall
A $1.2 billion levy that was designed to significantly improve Victoria’s problem-plagued mental health system has resulted in ...
PolicyAug 12, 2026
BCACC's Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCCs) surpass the 10,000 mark, strengthening access to professional mental health care across BC
In a significant milestone for mental health in British Columbia, the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), BC's largest association for clinical counsellors and psychotherapists, recently ...
PolicyAug 12, 2026
Hospital Prepayment Requirements Add New Wrinkles to Patients’ Financial Responsibility
Hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly asking for payment before providing care, collecting more of what patients might owe as rising insurance deductibles add to Americans' financial pressures.
PolicyAug 12, 2026
Years After He Quit Smoking, a Lung Cancer Scan Saved His Life
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and older adults are at higher risk. But only about a quarter of patients eligible for screening are up to date.
PolicyAug 12, 2026
Mental health ‘stretch targets’ mark significant step forward
The targets are intended to help reduce variation in services and encourage providers to improve performance at a time when ...
PolicyAug 12, 2026
Mental Health Board Opens FY27 Funding Applications
The Madison County Mental Health Board is accepting applications for Fiscal Year 2027 funding to support programs addressing ment ...
PolicyAug 11, 2026
A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis
Drug test strips are credited with saving lives, but a new policy will limit how funds can be used for them. Advocates of harm reduction strategies who responded to a mass overdose in Baltimore say distributing them will…
PolicyAug 10, 2026
Mental health: one step forward and two steps back?
Letters: Dr Kate Martin is encouraged by the new network of community clinics, while Prof Dr John R Ashton says the forthcoming mental health strategy is an opportunity to grasp the nettle, while Marj ...
PolicyAug 10, 2026
Many States Cover Doula Care, but Access to a ‘Birthing Bestie’ Is Often Out of Reach
Virginia Medicaid started covering doula care four years ago. But logistical and administrative challenges leave many expectant parents without the support of a doula.
PolicyAug 10, 2026
Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs
A federal disclosure rule is offering new insight on the effect of healthcare monopolies on pricing, following a wave of U.S. mergers.
PolicyAug 10, 2026
Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes welcomes mental health funding for city
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust has received a share of government funding to support mental health care.