Shefali S. Kulkarni is a web reporter for Kaiser Health News. Prior to joining KHN, Shefali wrote for The Daily Beast, The Village Voice and Willamette Week. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Journalism School where she concentrated in Digital Media. Shefali is a long-time member of the South Asian Journalists Association. |
Contact: SKulkarni@kff.org
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the co-founder of Doctors for America, talked about his organization's recent bus tour and what concerns physicians about the way the nation's health system operates.
Oct 24, 2012
Treatment can involve medical care, mental health treatments and nutritional therapy, but insurers say there is little research to show what is the best course of action.
Oct 19, 2012
Arkansas hopes a unique collaboration with the state's big insurers can help them and the state.
Oct 01, 2012
Covering more than 11.4 million people, high-deductible health care plans are no longer a novelty—they are becoming mainstream. Here's a brief guide to this popular type of health insurance.
Apr 27, 2012
KHN's Shefali S. Kulkarni interviews Dr. Anne Beal, COO of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Jan 09, 2012
Health Savings Accounts are increasingly among the options that consumers can consider when making their health insurance choices. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages they offer.
Nov 09, 2011
Seven experts explore what it would take to muster the political will to revamp the popular health care program.
Jul 26, 2011
Alan D. Aviles, the longest serving president of the nation’s largest municipal health system, discusses his efforts to stabilize HHC’s finances in the face of dramatic budgetary challenges -- including the health law’s reduction in special funding for safety net hospitals and state efforts to reduce Medicaid costs.
Jul 07, 2011
Budget shortfalls are forcing many states to tighten their AIDS drug assistance programs and bump low-income patients to waiting lists.
May 22, 2011
In the continuing Democratic assault on the House GOP’s 2012 budget bill, a group of senators today warned of dire consequences on the plan to transform Medicaid into a block grant program.
May 04, 2011