Colleen DeGuzman

Colleen DeGuzman was a Peggy Girshman Fellow at KFF Health News until March 2024.

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Ad Targeting Manchin and AARP Mischaracterizes Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

KFF Health News Original

The advocacy group American Commitment said empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices would raid it of billions of dollars. Drug pricing experts say that that’s not the case and that such policies would instead reduce costs for the Medicare program and seniors.

Medi-Cal’s Reliance on Prisoners to Make Cheaper Eyeglasses Proves Shortsighted

KFF Health News Original

In California, where inmates manufacture glasses for Medi-Cal, enrollees and providers can wait months for their orders. Now, state lawmakers are considering allowing clinics to order from private labs as well.

It’s Hot Outside — And That’s Bad News for Children’s Health

KFF Health News Original

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine takes a sweeping look at how heat — which can be a byproduct of air pollution and climate change — adversely affects people’s health, especially that of kids.

Miles de niños tienen problemas de vista que no se detectan a tiempo

KFF Health News Original

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) estiman que más de 600,000 niños y adolescentes son ciegos o tienen un trastorno de la vista. Muchos no reciben tratamiento a tiempo.

Children’s Vision Problems Often Go Undetected, Despite Calls for Regular Screening

KFF Health News Original

Eye exams for children are required under federal law to be covered by most private health plans and Medicaid, and many states mandate school vision screenings. But a federal survey finds that a quarter of children and teens are still not getting the recommended tests.