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  • A scientist works at the Pfizer vaccine research and development facility in Pearl River, New York, US, on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Pfizer Inc. emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic as the worlds most visible drugmaker, but its success has left investors impatient for an encore. Photographer: Amir Hamja/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesHealth

    Pfizer is on the hunt for new blockbuster drugs, backed by its COVID fortune

    By Arthur Allen and Kaiser Health News
  • Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, seen on Oct. 24, 2022, is owned by Atrium Health. Atrium Health, North Carolina’s largest hospital system, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for. (Fred Clasen-Kelly/KHN)Finance

    Hospitals said they lost money on Medicare patients. Some made millions, a state report has found

    By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Kaiser Health News
  • Doctor listening to newborn baby's heartbeatHealth

    Routine births are turning into moneymaking ‘emergency’ events at hospitals that work with private equity-backed staffing companies

    By Rae Ellen Bichell and Kaiser Health News
  • Patricia MaynardHealth

    Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

    By Susan Jaffe and Kaiser Health News
  • Home caregiver with elderly manHealth

    Britain’s hard lessons from handing elder care over to private equity

    By Christine Spolar and Kaiser Health News
  • Undertaker showing coffins to a widowHealth

    Death is anything but a dying business as private equity cashes in on the $23 billion funeral home industry

    By Markian Hawryluk and Kaiser Health News
  • Eye care storyHealth

    Private equity sees the billions in eye care as firms target high-profit procedures

    By Lauren Weber and Kaiser Health News
  • Dr. Lawrence Cohen, an internal medicine doctor and chief medical officer at Beverly Hospital, examines patient Lorenzo Rodriguez at BeverlyCare’s main primary care clinic, located on the hospital campus. (Heidi de Marco/KHN)Health

    Hospitals divert primary care patients to health center ‘look-alikes’ to boost finances

    By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News
  • California governor Gavin NewsomHealth

    Gavin Newsom pins political rise on abortion, guns, and health care

    By Angela Hart and Kaiser Health News
  • Private Equity HospiceHealth

    Hospices have become big business for private equity firms, raising concerns about end-of-life care

    By Markian Hawryluk and Kaiser Health News
  • Elderly woman in kitchenHealth

    ‘True Cost of Aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities

    By Judith Graham and Kaiser Health News
  • Mother holds child's handHealth

    Parents are becoming drug developers to find a cure for their children’s rare diseases

    By Jared Whitlock and Kaiser Health News
  • NYC protestors following Roe v. Wade rulingHealth

    As companies offer abortion benefits, experts warn it could compromise employee privacy

    By Darius Tahir and Kaiser Health News
  • Residents taking yoga at an assisted care facility in BostonHealth

    Medicaid weighs attaching strings to nursing home payments to improve patient care

    By Susan Jaffe and Kaiser Health News
  • AARP logoHealth

    AARP’s billion-dollar bounty

    By Fred Schulte and Kaiser Health News