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‘All You Want Is to Be Believed’: The Impacts of Unconscious Bias in Health Care

By April Dembosky, KQED October 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

One woman shares her experience trying to get care in a Bay Area hospital for COVID symptoms. At nearly every turn, a doctor dismissed her complaints. Is bias part of why people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?

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¿Qué fue peor: la borrachera de la despedida de soltero o la cuenta por tratar la resaca?

By Markian Hawryluk September 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Recuperarse después de su despedida de soltero resultó en una factura médica que inicialmente fue de $12,460, en total. Más del doble del costo de su boda.

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Despite Red Flags At Surgery Centers, Overseers Award Gold Seals

By Christina Jewett September 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A decade ago, California stopped licensing surgery centers and then gave approval power to private accreditors that are commonly paid by the same centers they inspect. That system of oversight has created a troubling legacy of laxity, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds.

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Patients With Rare Diseases And Congress Square Off Over Orphan Drug Tax Credits

By Sarah Jane Tribble November 30, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The House and Senate want to reduce or eliminate federal tax credits for “orphan drugs” used to treat rare diseases, but patients are fighting against the plan.

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As Care Shifts From Hospital To Home, Guarding Against Infection Falls To Families

By Melissa Bailey September 19, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Despite a lack of medical training, relatives increasingly are assigned complex, risky medical tasks at home, such as maintaining catheters. If done incorrectly, blood clots, infections, even death can result.

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Despite Advance Directive, Dementia Patient Denied Last Wish, Says Spouse

By JoNel Aleccia August 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Oregon court says Alzheimer’s patient Nora Harris must be spoon-fed. But her husband says she never wanted to live like this.

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