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Heartbreaking Bills, Lawsuit and Bankruptcy — Even With Insurance

By Laura Ungar September 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

With health insurance that can leave him on the hook for more than a quarter of his salary every year, a Kentucky essential worker who has heart disease is one of millions of Americans who are functionally uninsured. At only 31, he has already been through bankruptcy and being sued by his hospital. This year, he faced a bill for more than $10,000.

As Schools Spend Millions on Air Purifiers, Experts Warn of Overblown Claims and Harm to Children

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett May 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A KHN investigation found that more than 2,000 schools have spent millions of dollars for systems, lured by air purifier companies’ claims that experts say mislead or obscure the potential for harm from toxic ozone.

Medical Debt Soars To $140B; States Without Medicaid Expansion Hit Hard

July 23, 2021 Morning Briefing

The debt estimate, from a study in JAMA, was up from $81 billion in 2016. Other reports look at the cost of prescription medicine and contraception.

Perspectives: 340B Issue An Unneeded Distraction For Safety-Net Hospitals

June 22, 2021 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.

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

By Cara Anthony July 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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.

Sanofi Expands mRNA Vaccine Efforts By Buying Translate Bio For $3.2B

August 3, 2021 Morning Briefing

Translate Bio was already Sanofi’s partner in an effort to try to build an mRNA covid vaccine. Separately, reports say the Federal Trade Commission has reluctantly withdrawn a remaining claim in a lawsuit over a so-called pay-to-delay deal with Abbvie.

Essential Worker Shoulders $1,840 Pandemic Debt Due To COVID Cost Loophole

By Sarah Varney June 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Carmen Quintero had symptoms of COVID-19, couldn’t get tested and ended up with a huge bill. She also was told to self-isolate and assume she had the coronavirus — which is hard when you live with elders.

Listen: Battling The Coronavirus While Reopening The Economy

April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Rovner discusses the Trump administration’s blueprint for reopening the economy and its effect on public health on WBUR’s “On Point.”

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

By Donovan Slack, USA TODAY and Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY and Jay Hancock, KHN and Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY July 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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.

The Pandemic Is Hurting Pediatric Hospitals, Too

By Bernard J. Wolfson May 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Children’s hospitals were generally in good shape before COVID-19, but now their revenues are plunging as beds they reserved to assist in the pandemic effort remain empty.

How Is COVID-19 Altering Cancer Care? We Want To Hear From You.

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Listen: Why It Takes So Long To Get COVID-19 Test Results

April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Appleby talks about the behind-the-scenes steps that can add time to the process of testing for the coronavirus.

LA County Authorities Cautious Despite Declining COVID Numbers

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The county, a hotbed of coronavirus infection in California, has seen a steady reduction in positive test results, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths over the past few weeks. But officials are concerned about public behavior over the Labor Day holiday weekend and wary of relaxing strictures too soon.

House Passes $715B Bill Laying Out Opening Position On Infrastructure Talks

July 2, 2021 Morning Briefing

The public works legislation, passed in a mostly party-line vote, focuses on transportation and water safety initiatives.

As Covid Surges In South, Florida Detects Variant First Identified In Colombia

July 29, 2021 Morning Briefing

Florida’s community transmission is ranked “high” by the CDC, possibly playing a role in the local detection of cases of a new covid variant (B.1.621) first detected in Colombia. Meanwhile, Texas’ case rate tops 10,000 daily for the first time in nearly six months, and southern hospitals are strained.

House Panel Advances $120B HHS Budget Bill; Senate Spending Deals On Uncertain Ground

July 16, 2021 Morning Briefing

Annual funding for the Department of Health and Human Services would get a 24% boost in the package approved by the House Appropriations Committee Thursday. On the Senate side, congressional reporters track the status of intertwined infrastructure and “human infrastructure” spending measures.

Epidemia de obesidad en los Estados Unidos amenaza la eficacia de una vacuna contra COVID

By Sarah Varney August 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Otras vacunas han demostrado ser menos efectivas en adultos obesos que en la población general, dejándolos más vulnerables a infecciones y enfermedades.

Biden Scrapping Trump Plan To Shift 340B Discounts on Insulin, Epi-Pens

June 16, 2021 Morning Briefing

The policy would have threatened to withhold grant funds from community health centers if they charged low-income patients more than what they paid for the life-saving injections. Other news is on the increasing price of Medicare drugs, incentives at skilled nursing facilities, Florida’s Medicaid budget and a program in Connecticut that will give “baby bonds” to new parents on Medicaid.

Ever Heard of a Surgical Assistant? Meet a New Boost to Your Medical Bills

By Markian Hawryluk July 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A college student’s bill for outpatient knee surgery is a whopper — $96K — but the most mysterious part is a $1,167 charge from a health care provider she didn’t even know was in the operating room.

Just 10 Days: That’s How Long It Takes Cases Of UK Strain To Double In The US

February 8, 2021 Morning Briefing

Researchers predict the B.1.1.7 variant likely will become the predominant strain in the United States in just a month. Public health measures that work on other strains may not be enough to stop B.1.1.7, experts say.

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