Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help
By Amy Maxmen
September 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandemic.
How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives
By Amy Maxmen
Updated October 29, 2024
Originally Published October 28, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths aren’t inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.
Cómo una regla federal propuesta sobre el calor podría haber salvado la vida de trabajadores agrícolas
By Amy Maxmen
October 28, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Los trabajadores están sufriendo, y muriendo, cada vez más, a medida que los veranos se vuelven progresivamente más calurosos debido al cambio climático.
He Thinks His Wife Died in an Understaffed Hospital. Now He’s Trying to Change the Industry.
By Kate Wells, Michigan Public
April 19, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Nurses are telling lawmakers that there are not enough of them working in hospitals and that it risks patients’ lives. California and Oregon legally limit the number of patients under a nurse’s care. Other states trying to do the same were blocked by the hospital industry. Now patients’ relatives are joining the fight.
Death Is Anything but a Dying Business as Private Equity Cashes In
By Markian Hawryluk
September 22, 2022
KFF Health News Original
Investors are banking on increased demand in death care services as 73 million baby boomers near the end of their lives.
Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic’s Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes
By Judith Graham
August 6, 2021
KFF Health News Original
The latest research shows that although deaths in nursing homes received enormous attention, far more older adults who perished from covid lived outside of institutions. People with dementia and other severe neurological conditions, chronic kidney disease and immune deficiencies were hit especially hard.
Older COVID Patients Battle ‘Brain Fog,’ Weakness and Emotional Turmoil
By Judith Graham
October 20, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Seniors tend to have more serious symptoms than younger coronavirus patients, including the aftereffects of hospital-based delirium. Doctors recommend physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and cognitive rehabilitation.
Scooter Madness In Austin Puts Safety Concerns In High Gear
By Sharon Jayson
February 6, 2019
KFF Health News Original
As Austin and other cities across the USA deal with the invasion of e-scooters, injuries mount — along with calls for regulations. The findings from a CDC study may shed light on solutions.
Some Panic, Others Shrug At Prospect Of Losing Obamacare
By Jenny Gold
November 15, 2016
KFF Health News Original
Consumers who feel they pay too much for skimpy coverage may welcome Donald Trump’s changes to the health law, but those who are sick are deeply worried.
Obamacare: indiferencia y pánico ante los cambios
By Jenny Gold
November 15, 2016
KFF Health News Original
Las 20 millones de personas que han ganado cobertura bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible (ACA) aún no saben cómo sus vidas cambiarán bajo la presidencia de Donald Trump, y las reacciones van de la ansiedad a la apatía.
Long Waits For Consumers When Medicare Is ‘Secondary Payer’
By Michelle Andrews
January 28, 2013
KFF Health News Original
A new law sets schedules for providing details about medical claims in cases where a beneficiary suffers a personal injury due to someone else’s negligence.
The Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals
September 25, 2011
KFF Health News Original
Details on revenues, spending and total assets of 39 children’s hospitals from around the country.
Graphic: HHS Discretionary Spending In President’s Proposed 2011 Budget
February 2, 2010
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By Christopher Weaver KFF Health News Staff WriterFEB 02, 2010 The lion’s share – by far – of the Department of Health and Human Services’ budget is consumed by Medicare and Medicaid, the towering entitlement programs that cover health care for the elderly/disabled and low-income, respectively. Together, and with additional smaller mandatory spending programs, they […]
