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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Republicans in COVID Disarray

President Donald Trump’s sobering view of COVID-19 didn’t last long – this week, he was back to pushing hydroxychloroquine, a drug that has been shown not to work in treating the virus. Meanwhile, Republicans on Capitol Hill are still scrambling to agree among themselves and with the White House on the next coronavirus relief bill, as both a moratorium on evictions and extra unemployment payments expire. And the debate over drug prices, which was going to be one of the biggest health issues of this election year, makes a brief appearance. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Markian Hawryluk, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” story about a surprise bill from a surprise surgical assistant.

July 30, 2020

Underfunded and Under Threat

Get the Data: Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus

We’re releasing our public health infrastructure data on Github for journalists, researchers and interested readers to use.

By Hannah Recht

July 30, 2020

Missourians to Vote on Medicaid Expansion as Crisis Leaves Millions Without Insurance

Around the country, Medicaid enrollment is up as people who have lost jobs during the pandemic seek health insurance. Expanding eligibility for Missouri’s program, which could help thousands of recently unemployed residents, will be on the ballot Tuesday.

By Cara Anthony

July 30, 2020

Spotlight

Medi-Cal Agency’s New Head Wants to Tackle Disparities and Racism

Will Lightbourne, the new director of the California Department of Health Care Services, says government must address the racial disparities laid bare by COVID-19 and improve care for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

By Samantha Young

July 30, 2020

Namaste Noir: Yoga Co-Op Seeks to Diversify Yoga to Heal Racialized Trauma

In dealing with her son’s violent murder, fear over the coronavirus pandemic and the stress of coping with systemic racism, Beverly Grant has found strength and peace through yoga. The Denver native is part of a yoga co-op seeking to bring the ancient practice to more diverse communities as a health care tool.

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield

July 30, 2020

COVID-19

Where Mask-Wearing Isn’t Gospel: Colorado Churches Grapple With Reopening

Long considered one of the country’s evangelical strongholds, Colorado Springs cautiously returned to church after nearly two months without religious gatherings. But how congregations are handling Colorado’s new mask rules varies in this conservative city.

By Jakob Rodgers

July 29, 2020

COVID-19

Analysis: When Is a Coronavirus Test Not a Coronavirus Test?

If it takes 12 days to get results, testing is basically pointless.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal

July 29, 2020

COVID-19

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

The FDA must approve any coronavirus vaccine before it’s widely distributed, but political pressure could cloud the decision.

By Arthur Allen

July 29, 2020

COVID-19

In Texas, More People Are Losing Their Health Insurance as COVID Cases Climb

During the pandemic, nearly 700,000 additional Texans have lost health insurance. The Lone Star State already had more uninsured people than any other. It has given people with COVID symptoms pause before seeking medical care.

By Ashley Lopez, KUT

July 28, 2020

KHN & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Biden Is Right. Pay for Home Health Workers Is Paltry.

These workers rely on public assistance — and, sometimes, a side gig to get by.

By Stephanie Stapleton

July 28, 2020

Picture Of Health

Dental and Doctors’ Offices Still Struggling with COVID Job Loss

Newly released employment data underscores the lingering toll the pandemic has taken on a range of outpatient services in California and across the U.S., from pediatric and family medical practices to dental offices, medical labs and home health care.

By Phillip Reese

July 28, 2020

COVID-19

The COVID-19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment

For the first time since 2017, Medicaid enrollment has begun increasing again, but not by as much as many analysts expected.

By Phil Galewitz

July 28, 2020

Bill of the Month

Watch: When a Surprise Helper During Surgery Is Out-of-Network

"CBS This Morning" features the July installment of KHN-NPR's Bill of the Month about a surgical assistant's out-of-network bill for helping during knee surgery.

July 27, 2020

‘It’s About Love and Solidarity’: Mutual Aid Unites NYC Neighbors Facing COVID

Mutual aid groups, in which volunteers give their time and resources to help others in the community, are seeing a resurgence in New York with the coronavirus pandemic.

By Elizabeth Lawrence

July 27, 2020

Employers Require COVID Liability Waivers as Conflict Mounts Over Workplace Safety

While Congress negotiates liability protection for reopening businesses as part of its latest pandemic bailout package, some employers are already requiring workers to sign waivers agreeing not to sue if they get COVID-19 on the job.

By Harris Meyer

July 27, 2020

COVID-19

The Color of COVID: Will Vaccine Trials Reflect America’s Diversity?

Although racial minorities, older people and those with underlying medical conditions are most at risk from COVID-19, they’ve historically been the least likely to be included in clinical trials for treatments for serious diseases. Will that change with COVID-19?

By JoNel Aleccia

July 27, 2020

Last Thing Patients Need During Pandemic: Being Last to Know a Doctor Left Network

Health plan network changes occur all the time as doctors retire, relocate or leave networks. Unfortunately, patients may be the last to find out about such changes because there are often few requirements that either providers or insurers inform them.

By Michelle Andrews

July 27, 2020

The Friday Breeze

Must-Reads of the Week From Lauren Olsen

Newsletter editor Lauren Olsen wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

By Lauren Zamarron

July 24, 2020

In The Line Of Fire

Less-Lethal Weapons Blind, Maim and Kill. Victims Say Enough Is Enough.

Time and again over the past two decades, peace officers have targeted demonstrators with munitions designed only to stun and stop. Protests this year in reaction to George Floyd’s death in police custody have reignited a controversy surrounding their use.

By Donovan Slack, USA TODAY, Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, Jay Hancock, and Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY

July 24, 2020

With DACA Ruling, Did Supreme Court Grant Trump New Powers To Reshape Health Care?

There’s a theory now being embraced by President Donald Trump that the Supreme Court’s recent DACA decision makes it harder for a new president to undo the executive action of a predecessor. He cited it in a recent interview, saying that finding gave him the power to issue new health care and immigration plans. And some legal scholars disagree.

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact

July 24, 2020

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