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As Medicaid Costs Soar, States Try A New Approach

By Phil Galewitz June 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

New programs, known as ACOs, reward hospitals and physician groups that hold down costs by keeping enrollees healthy. The health care providers are asked to address social issues — such as homelessness, lack of transportation and poor nutrition — that can cause and exacerbate health problems.

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Si tienes hepatitis C, escupir puede ser un crimen

By Michelle Andrews June 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

En Ohio, un hombre que tiene hepatitis C fue sentenciado a 18 meses de prisión por escupirle a un oficial. Defensores dicen que estas leyes no son eficaces para detener la propagación de la enfermedad.

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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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ACA’s Popularity Grows, Even As GOP Lauds Change To Requirement To Have Coverage

By Phil Galewitz March 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Forty percent of people are unaware that Congress repealed the penalty for most people who don’t have insurance coverage starting in 2019.

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Obamacare crece en popularidad, a pesar de los esfuerzos de Trump por eliminarlo

By Phil Galewitz March 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La encuesta de la Kaiser Family Foundation encontró que el 54% de los estadounidenses tenía una opinión favorable de la ley de salud de 2010 que expandió la cobertura a millones.

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What Explains The Rising Overdose Rate Among Latinos?

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR May 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Opioid addiction is often portrayed as a white problem, but overdose rates are now rising faster among Latinos and blacks. Cultural and linguistic barriers may put Latinos at greater risk.

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Puerto Rico’s Slow-Going Recovery Means New Hardship For Dialysis Patients

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Since massive Hurricane Maria struck in September and knocked out the dialysis center on the tiny satellite island of Vieques, more than a dozen patients needing treatment now must fly several times a week to the main island.

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For One Father And Son In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria’s Cloud Has Not Lifted

By Sarah Varney March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The deadly storm turned a health challenge into a full-blown medical crisis for one young man with unconfirmed multiple sclerosis. And still he waits to see a neurologist.

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Pfizer Made Headlines By Rolling Back Price Increases To Appease Trump. In 2019, It Will Return To Business As Usual.

November 19, 2018 Morning Briefing

The company will raise the price of 41 of its drugs — about 10 percent of its portfolio of treatments. Trump administration officials did not take kindly to the announcement. The move illustrates the “perverse incentives of America’s drug pricing system,” said a spokeswoman for Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. In other drug cost news: brand-name price hikes drive up spending; an analysis looks at EpiPen’s cost-value ratio; the FDA wants more funding so the agency can review influx of gene therapy products; and more.

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At Some California Hospitals, Fewer Than Half Of Workers Get The Flu Shot

By Jocelyn Wiener February 27, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Vaccinations rates have climbed significantly among hospital workers in recent years, to 83 percent. But that rate masks wide variation among facilities and types of workers. Nationally, the rules are far from uniform or ironclad.

 

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En Puerto Rico, la pesadilla del huracán María no terminó para este padre y su hijo

By Sarah Varney March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Osvaldo Daniel Martínez tiene síntomas de esclerosis múltiple, pero todavía no ha podido tener un diagnóstico oficial porque no consiguen cita con un neurólogo.

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Dramático aumento de muertes por sobredosis de opioides en latinos. ¿Por qué?

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR May 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nuevos datos muestran que la epidemia de opioides está cambiando de cara, y que ya no es un problema exclusivo de los blancos no hispanos.

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Opioid Maker Funds Efforts To Fight Addiction: Is It ‘Blood Money’ Or Charity?

By Jenny Gold March 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Purdue Pharma, whose signature product helped fuel the opioid epidemic, now wants to help treat it — or at least salvage its own reputation.

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La lenta recuperación de Puerto Rico impacta en los pacientes de diálisis

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 13, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Catorce pacientes que viven en Vieques y necesitan diálisis tres veces por semana deben volar a la isla principal para recibir tratamiento, luego que el huracán María destruyera la clínica local.

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States Strive To Curb Costs For A Crucial — But Exorbitant — Hemophilia Treatment

By Barbara Feder Ostrov Photos by Heidi de Marco March 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Saving the lives of people with the bleeding disorder can require high doses of expensive blood-clotting factor. Taxpayers foot much of the bill as manufacturers profit enormously.

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About A Third Of Americans Unaware Of Obamacare Open Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz November 17, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Nonetheless, federal officials report sign-ups are robust so far this year.

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FDA Chief Says He’s Open To Rethinking Incentives On Orphan Drugs

By Sarah Jane Tribble December 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The FDA’s Scott Gottlieb says the agency is focused on the big picture, and he wants to know why pharma churns out drugs for some rare diseases but not for others.

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How The Shutdown Might Affect Your Health

By KFF Health News Staff January 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

For some federal health programs, a shuttered government means business as usual. But the congressional impasse over funding will hit others hard.

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Timeline: Despite GOP’s Failure To Repeal Obamacare, The ACA Has Changed

By Julie Rovner April 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A look at the most consequential events that have reshaped the federal health law since President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

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Pace Of U.S. Health Spending Slows In 2016

By Phil Galewitz December 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Dramatic increases in spending that came with the influx of newly insured consumers in 2014 and 2015 appear to be moderating.

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