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Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For Four Tiny Screws

By Liz Szabo May 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A woman with foot pain was floored by the high cost of titanium screws used in her surgery. “Unless the metal [was] mined on an asteroid, I do not know why it should cost that amount,” she says.

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After Opioid Overdose, Only 30 Percent Get Medicine To Treat Addiction

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR June 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Patients revived from an opioid overdose who get methadone or Suboxone treatment for addiction afterward are much more likely to be alive a year later, says a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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Luego de una sobredosis de opioides, solo el 30% recibe tratamiento contra la adicción

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR June 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Solo 3 de cada 10 pacientes revividos tras sufrir una sobredosis de opioides reciben el tratamiento de seguimiento que puede evitar una futura tragedia.

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Sickle Cell Patients, Families And Doctors Face A ‘Fight For Everything’

By Jenny Gold December 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Premature death, a dearth of treatments, mistreatment in emergency rooms and a woeful lack of funding are just a few of the problems confronting people with sickle cell disease.

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