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Despite Repeated Calls For Unity, Democrats Throw Debate Punches On Health Plans

By Emmarie Huetteman September 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

When it came to health care plans, there were big ideas and big numbers, even though fewer candidates were on the stage.

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As UVA Scales Back Lawsuits, Pain For Past Patients Persists

By Jay Hancock November 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Patients were thrilled last month when UVA announced it would scale back lawsuits and provide more financial assistance, but the excitement has waned.

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‘Invincible’ Teen Vapers Face Fears, Ask For Help

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio October 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Starting to vape is easy, but quitting a nicotine habit can be tough, teens are finding. Some vaping cessation programs have begun to reach out to teens where they live — on their phones.

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Some Academics Quietly Take Side Jobs Helping Tobacco Companies In Court

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio November 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Faced with lawsuits from sick smokers, tobacco firms argue the health risks were “common knowledge” for decades, and they often pay professors to help make that point as expert witnesses.

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They Enrolled In Medical School To Practice Rural Medicine. What Happened?

By Lauren Weber October 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Eight years ago, a new medical program opened in Salina, Kan., as an experimental way to promote rural medicine. Hailed as a solution to the rural doctor shortage, only three of its eight newly minted doctors are now working in the most rural communities.

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Trump escucha quejas de la industria y bajan las multas en hogares de adultos mayores

By Jordan Rau March 15, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Bajo la administración actual, la multa promedio se redujo a $28,405, muy por debajo de los $41,260 en 2016, el último año en el cargo del presidente Barack Obama.

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Vapers Seek Relief From Nicotine Addiction In — Wait For It — Cigarettes

By Ana B. Ibarra September 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Even though e-cigarette makers market their products as a safer alternative to cigarettes, a growing number of vapers are trying to quit— and they’re turning to cigarettes to help them.

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HHS Had Planned To End Support For Community-Based Testing Programs, But Reversed Course Amid Criticism

April 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

Under the community-based coronavirus testing site program, the federal government supplies expertise, testing materials, protective equipment and lab contracts to local authorities in 41 sites. The federal government had wanted states to take over the programs. More regional testing news is reported out of California, Georgia and Colorado, as well.

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Judge Rules Johnson & Johnson Should Pay $344M In Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Related To Its Marketing Practices

January 31, 2020 Morning Briefing

The award was more than twice the size of the $117 million settlement Johnson & Johnson reached to resolve claims by 41 states and the District of Columbia for similar deceptive marketing accusations arising from the sale of pelvic mesh products.

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El precio de una rodillera pone de rodillas a un jugador de fútbol

By Paula Andalo March 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Un ingeniero amante del fútbol sufrió una lesión y se encontró pagando por una rodillera con ajustes el mismo valor de un iPhone.

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De no creer: jóvenes buscan aliviar su adicción al “vapeo”… fumando cigarrillos

By Ana B. Ibarra September 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Una unidad de Juul, que proporciona alrededor de 200 bocanadas, contiene tanta nicotina como un paquete de cigarrillos. Los jóvenes vuelven a fumar para frenar otra adicción.

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Sobering Up: In An Alcohol-Soaked Nation, More Seek Booze-Free Social Spaces

By Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today July 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A national trend of boozeless bars is cropping up nationwide to create social spaces without the hangovers, DUIs and alcoholism culture. It’s part of a new push for sober options.

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Pain Clinics’ Doctors Needlessly Tested Hundreds Of Urine Samples, Court Records Show

By Fred Schulte April 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Whistleblower lawsuits accuse Tennessee chain of bilking millions from Medicare for unnecessary urine drug tests.

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Grocery Store Workers Grow Increasingly Fearful In Workplace That ‘Feels Like A War Zone’

April 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

The nation’s 3 million grocery store workers have been on the front lines with little to protect themselves. “They’ve started telling people, ‘Go to the grocery store as little as possible.’ And yet I’m going there every day,” said Doug Preszler, a grocery store worker in Iowa. At least 41 workers have died. More news on the food supply reports on Smith shutting its pork plants, Amazon’s putting new shoppers on wait lists, and P&G’s efforts to make toilet paper in town that’s been hit hard.

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Why So Many Older Americans Rate Their Health As Good Or Even Excellent

By Judith Graham June 13, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As people advance in age, the expectations for what constitutes good health change. People focus on positive emotions and satisfaction with life, while physical ailments play a less important role.

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After A Rural Hospital Closes, Delays In Emergency Care Cost Patients Dearly

By Sarah Jane Tribble Photos by Christopher Smith August 19, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The loss of the longtime hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., forces trauma patients to deal with changing services and expectations.

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Americans Ready To Crack Down On Drug Prices That Force Some To Skip Doses

By Jay Hancock March 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In a new poll, consumers give thumbs up to ads that display drug prices and the removal of barriers to generics, among other cost-cutting measures.

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FDA Announces Sweeping Plan To Review Safety Of Surgical Staplers

By Christina Jewett March 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The FDA said it might reclassify the widely used devices featured in a recent Kaiser Health News investigation.

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En un país inundado de alcohol, surgen espacios de diversión sobrios

By Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today July 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Los espacios libres de alcohol atraen a personas que quieren navegar la vida social sin la presión de tener que beber, o a otras en recuperación.

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Medicare Trims Payments To 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents

By Jordan Rau March 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The penalties are part of a program set up by the Affordable Care Act to prompt hospitals to pay more attention to safety issues that can lead to injuries, such as falls or hospital-acquired infections.

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