Journalists Track Hospitals' Delivery of Charity Care and the Menace of 'Forever Chemicals'

KFF Health News senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk discussed how the community of Pueblo is pushing back against a nonprofit hospitals’ lack of charity care on Colorado Public Radio on Aug. 17.

KFF Health News former senior editor Andy Miller discussed PFAS, otherwise known as “forever chemicals,” on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 18. Miller also discussed a KFF survey on weight loss drugs and health care fraud on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 11 and Aug. 4, respectively.

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<h1>Journalists Track Hospitals’ Delivery of Charity Care and the Menace of ‘Forever Chemicals’</h1>
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			August 26, 2023		</time>
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<p>KFF Health News senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk discussed how the community of Pueblo is pushing back against a nonprofit hospitals’ lack of charity care on Colorado Public Radio on Aug. 17. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/17/pueblo-nonprofit-hospitals-charity-spending-medical-debt/">Click here to hear Hawryluk on Colorado Public Radio</a></li><li>Read Hawryluk’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medical-debt-hospitals-charity-care-community-benefit-colorado/">“Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending”</a></li></ul><p>KFF Health News former senior editor Andy Miller discussed PFAS, otherwise known as “forever chemicals,” on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 18. Miller also discussed a KFF survey on weight loss drugs and health care fraud on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Aug. 11 and Aug. 4, respectively. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2023-08-18/the-georgia-health-report-pfas-chemicals-in-personal-care-cookware-and-more">Click here to hear Miller on the Aug. 18 “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2023-08-11/the-georgia-health-report-weight-loss-medication">Click here to hear Miller on the Aug. 11 “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wuga.org/show/wuga-health-desk/2023-08-04/the-georgia-health-report-healthcare-fraud">Click here to hear Miller on the Aug. 4 “The Georgia Health Report”</a></li><li>Read Miller’s <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/epa-pfas-grassroots-toxic-forever-chemicals-georgia/">“EPA Action Boosts Grassroots Momentum to Reduce Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’”</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-track-hospitals-delivery-of-charity-care-and-the-menace-of-forever-chemicals/?share=x">X</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-track-hospitals-delivery-of-charity-care-and-the-menace-of-forever-chemicals/?share=facebook">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-track-hospitals-delivery-of-charity-care-and-the-menace-of-forever-chemicals/?share=linkedin">LinkedIn</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Journalists%20Track%20Hospitals%27%20Delivery%20of%20Charity%20Care%20and%20the%20Menace%20of%20%27Forever%20Chemicals%27&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTY1ODgwOQ&share=email">Email</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-track-hospitals-delivery-of-charity-care-and-the-menace-of-forever-chemicals/#print">Print</a></li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/journalists-track-hospitals-delivery-of-charity-care-and-the-menace-of-forever-chemicals/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1737657&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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