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2020’s Jump In Life Insurance Payouts Biggest Since 1918’s Flu Epidemic

December 10, 2021 Morning Briefing

In 1918 U.S. life insurer’s death payouts jumped 41% due to the flu and, though smaller than that, in 2020 death benefits surged up 15.4%, mostly due to the pandemic. The Washington Post covers the long-term career damage long covid is causing. Other covid news, including surges, are also reported.

Miles de niños perdieron a sus padres por covid. ¿Adónde está la ayuda?

By JoNel Aleccia June 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Más de 46,000 niños han perdido a uno o ambos padres a causa de covid desde febrero de 2020. Los sobrevivientes luchan por conseguir ayuda médica y financiera para superar el duelo.

‘I Wanted to Go in There and Help’: Nursing Schools See Enrollment Bump Amid Pandemic

By Michelle Andrews February 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs reportedly grew nearly 6% percent in 2020.

Big Business Boosts Vaccine Effort, but It’s ‘Complex Choreography’ to Get Shots in Arms

By Will Stone January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Corporations like Starbucks, Honeywell, Microsoft, Costco and Google are lining up to help with vaccine logistics. But the problem of the moment is supply, not systems.

More Than 2,900 Health Care Workers Died This Year — And the Government Barely Kept Track

By Christina Jewett and Robert Lewis and Melissa Bailey December 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The National Academy of Sciences cites journalists’ “Lost on the Frontline” project in a push to expand federal tracking of worker fatalities.

Georgians Flocked To ACA Exchanges During Special Enrollment

September 27, 2021 Morning Briefing

More than 147,000 residents selected an ACA health plan between Feb. 15 and Aug. 15, AP reported. During the same period last year, about 41,000 people in Georgia signed up. Other news is from Kentucky, Ohio and Arizona.

Appendicitis Is Painful — Add A $41,212 Surgery Bill To The Misery

By Julie Appleby January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A young man averted medical disaster after a friend took him to the nearest hospital just before his appendix burst. But more than a year later, he’s still facing a $28,000 balance bill for his out-of-network surgery.

Le cobran $41,212 por sacarle el apéndice

By Julie Appleby January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nadie le dijo que el hospital estaba fuera de la red del plan médico que tenía a través de su trabajo. En cualquier caso, no hubiera podido irse a otro lugar. Su apéndice estaba a punto de reventar.

Salesforce, Google, Facebook. How Big Tech Undermines California’s Public Health System.

By Angela Hart May 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has outsourced his way through the covid-19 pandemic, tasking his private-sector allies in Silicon Valley and the health care industry with fundamental public health duties such as testing, tracing and vaccination. Among the losers: the state’s weakened public health system.

What We Know About the Airborne Spread of the Coronavirus

By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact September 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has gone back-and-forth on this issue. One thing remains clear: Though science is evolving, indications do point toward the potential for airborne transmission.

Surprising Activists, Supreme Court Upholds Arizona’s Voting Restrictions

July 2, 2021 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on the Supreme Court’s ruling that supported Arizona’s voting restrictions, including covering a dissenting judge who wrote a “blistering” 41-page dissent describing Arizona’s laws as suppressing minority voters.

California Businesses Go From Simmer to Boil Over Newsom’s Fine Dining

By Bernard J. Wolfson and Anna Almendrala November 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Small-business owners struggling to remain afloat are increasingly defying new shutdown orders, in some cases pointing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry dinner as a reason not to comply.

For Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is ‘Paralyzing’

By Charlotte Huff November 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19’s toll weighs heavily on nurses, who can suffer stress and other psychological problems if they don’t believe they are able to help their patients sufficiently.

Medicare Open Enrollment Is Complicated. Here’s How to Get Good Advice.

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

It’s a complex program with many options — as well as confusing rules and nuances. Here’s how to get reliable guidance.

Public Health Programs See Surge in Students Amid Pandemic

By Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Kathy Young, The Associated Press November 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Catalyzed by the paltry response to the pandemic and the inequities it is causing, people are flocking to graduate programs in public health to become the next front-line workers.

People Proving to Be Weakest Link for Apps Tracking COVID Exposure

By Rae Ellen Bichell November 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Contact tracers in many states are stretched thin. Colorado is among the latest states to launch an app that aims to help, based on the COVID contact-tracing tool built by Apple and Google. But there’s a chicken-and-egg problem: More people will use them if they prove to work, but the apps become effective only if more people use them.

As Broad Shutdowns Return, Weary Californians Ask ‘Is This the Best We Can Do?’

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Jenny Gold November 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California’s ping-ponging approach to managing the pandemic — twice reopening large portions of the service sector economy only to shut them again — has residents and business owners on edge. But experts say the push and pull on businesses may be what success looks like in much of the U.S. for months to come, given COVID-19’s pervasive spread.

App-Based Companies Pushing Prop. 22 Say Drivers Will Get Health Benefits. Will They?

By Rachel Bluth October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Ride-sharing and delivery services such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are bankrolling California’s Proposition 22, which would keep their drivers classified as independent contractors, not employees. But health benefits? That’s something of a stretch.

For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too

By Charlotte Huff October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Because loved ones are often kept apart from critically ill COVID-19 patients, the families may be especially vulnerable to symptoms including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that can be debilitating.

One School, Two Choices: A Study in Classroom vs. Distance Learning

By John M. Glionna October 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Most students at one Marin County school attend in person, while a dozen study from home. Those on campus are constantly nagged to use hand sanitizer and submit to the thermometer. Home-schoolers yell to their parents for help, while the parents pray that Zoom doesn’t freeze.

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