Company Recalls Medical Scopes Linked To Seattle Deaths The company behind a medical device that has caused deadly bacterial infections in Seattle will voluntarily recall its scopes. A global outbreak of infe... Ruby de Luna
Time Is Running Out To Get A Health Insurance Plan The clock is ticking for you to get health insurance coverage for 2016: You've got until the end of January, state officials say. And remember: Not... Ruby de Luna
Low Vaccination Rate Puts Washington At Risk For Outbreak Washington is prepared for infectious outbreaks — or so it seems. But a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health... Ruby de Luna
California-Based Kaiser Permanente To Acquire Group Health Group Health members are reacting to the news of Kaiser Permanente acquiring the Seattle-based cooperative. KUOW’s Ruby de Luna went to Edmonds where... Ruby de Luna
Attention Washingtonians: It's Open Enrollment Season It’s that time of year again: open enrollment period, when consumers choose a health plan for medical coverage. Customers can browse for insurance at... Ruby de Luna
When 'Vent Kids' Can't Go Home, It Costs Washington State Big Dozens of young Washington children who are dependent on ventilators could be living at home, but are stuck in expensive hospitals instead. That's... Jeannie Yandel
Seattle VA Dumped Paperwork In Yellow Bucket And Ignored It U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is calling for disciplinary action after a Veterans Affairs investigation found that staffers in Seattle dumped mail about vets’... Patricia Murphy
Delivering Grim News – It's All In How You Say It Greta Austin has spent a lot of time in medical waiting rooms. Two years ago last fall, her father came to Seattle from Wisconsin for treatment, and she... Ruby de Luna
Area VA Networks To Receive More Than $50 Million For New Hires Veterans Affairs Puget Sound will get $22 million over the next two years and plans to hire more than 120 additional medical personnel for specialties... Patricia Murphy
How Obamacare Has -- And Hasn't -- Worked Ross Reynolds interviews journalist and author Steven Brill about his new book, "America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight... Ross Reynolds
