Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy produce, and bringing telehealth to libraries, day cares, and senior centers.
They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.
Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.
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RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know.
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can be acquired by indirect contact with infected blood.
Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.
People on Medicaid deemed “medically frail” won’t need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.
New Work Requirement Adds Red Tape to Missouri’s Snarled Food Aid System
Watch: Trump Considers Extending Obamacare Subsidies
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation
After Shutdown, Federal Employees Face New Uncertainty: Affording Health Insurance
More People Are Caring for Dying Loved Ones at Home. A New Orleans Nonprofit Is Showing Them How.
What the Health? From KFF Health News: Trump Almost Unveils a Health Plan
Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler’s 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing
Kids and Teens Go Full Throttle for E-Bikes as Federal Oversight Stalls
Deadly Denials
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.
