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Desesperados, renuncian a la custodia de sus hijos para que reciban atención mental

By Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media January 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Muchos padres toman esta terrible decisión para que sus hijos puedan recibir costosos tratamientos psiquiátricos. Qué está fallando.

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Well-Known Transgender Surgeon Resigns Following Furor Over Instagram Pictures Of Patients’ Genitals

March 15, 2019 Morning Briefing

Dr. Christopher Salgado, 50, worked at the L.G.B.T.Q. Center for Wellness, Gender and Sexual Health at the University of Miami Health System. “The purpose really was to be educational with it, but it went awry,” he said. However, critics were not only upset about the pictures but the captions that appeared to be mocking, as well.

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Dissecting The Rhetoric Vs. Reality Of Trump’s Tough Talk On Drug Prices

By Sarah Jane Tribble April 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump’s upcoming speech on drug prices comes after months of public comments and debate about tackling the issue.

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Texas Disability Groups Want A Voice At The Table In Gun Debate

By Ashley Lopez, KUT April 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A disability rights groups in Texas wants to make sure people who’ve been disabled by gun violence in Texas get a chance to talk to lawmakers.

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Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Ask Us Anything!

August 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico answer listeners’ questions about health policy and politics.

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Medicare Financial Outlook Worsens

By Phil Galewitz June 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Medicare board of trustees said the program’s hospital insurance trust fund could run out of money by 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast.

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How Soon Is Soon Enough To Learn You Have Alzheimer’s?

By Alex Smith, KCUR July 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Only about half of people with Alzheimer’s symptoms get a diagnosis, partly out of fear of an incurable decline, doctors suspect. But Jose Belardo says facing the future allows him to plan for it.

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C-SPAN: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Talks To KHN

April 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” program. The conversation ranged from how the nation should combat the opioid epidemic to reining in drug prices.

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Insulin’s Steep Price Leads To Deadly Rationing

By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media September 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and 26 when he died. He couldn’t afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies. So he tried to stretch the doses.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes July 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don’t have to.

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PrEP Campaign Aims To Block HIV Infection And Save Lives In D.C.

By Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR April 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Washington, D.C., is trying to stop new cases of HIV in the district by making sure residents who might be at risk are taking PrEP, medicine that cuts the risk of contracting the virus by 92 percent.

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Juul, el producto de tabaco que consumen estudiantes en las escuelas

By Ana B. Ibarra March 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Su parecido con un flash drive hace que sea difícil de detectar. Tiene nicotina y temen que impacte en una nueva generación de fumadores.

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The Juul’s So Cool, Kids Smoke It In School

By Ana B. Ibarra March 26, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The teenage smoking sensation appearing on high school campuses across the country is an easy-to-hide, high-nicotine device called the Juul. Educators and health care advocates fear that vulnerable young people may become addicted.

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Day-Tripping To The Dispensary: Seniors In Pain Hop Aboard The Canna-Bus

By Stephanie O'Neill September 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Marijuana dispensaries are reaching out to seniors seeking help with the aches and pains of aging. They’re discovering an array of products, and some interesting side effects.

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States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Preexisting Conditions Shield Gets Axed

By Harriet Blair Rowan July 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A coalition of Republican states has launched a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, including provisions requiring insurers to offer coverage to people with preexisting conditions without raising rates. An analysis shows that some of these states have the highest proportion of such residents.

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Para los Dreamers, el sueño de convertirse en médicos pende de la “compasión” legal

By Ana B. Ibarra March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

De los 700,000 jóvenes beneficiarios de DACA, 99 son estudiantes de medicina. Pero sus años de residencia se pueden ver opacados por las nuevas políticas migratorias.

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The Dream Among ‘Dreamers’ To Become A Doctor Now ‘At The Mercy’ Of Courts

By Ana B. Ibarra March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.

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Listen: Device Is Said To Ease Opioid Withdrawal, But Does The Evidence Support It?

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media May 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A device called the Bridge is supposed to mitigate the misery of withdrawal sickness, but scientific evidence doesn’t yet show that it works.

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Facebook Live: Vaping Unveiled

May 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nicotine-loaded e-cig juices that spoof popular treats — marketed to help adults kick the smoking habit— instead may be luring youths into addiction. California Healthline’s Facebook Live peeled back the curtains on this wolf in sheep’s clothing.

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Staggering Prices Slow Insurers’ Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy

By Michelle Andrews July 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some state Medicaid programs are not paying for the procedures, and Medicare’s complicated payment rates have hospitals concerned that it will not cover all the costs.

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