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A nurse puts on a face shield.

Bounties and Bonuses Leave Small Hospitals Behind in Staffing Wars

By Bram Sable-Smith February 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A hospital in Wisconsin sued to keep seven employees from taking jobs with a competitor. A health system in South Dakota is offering nurses $40,000 signing bonuses. Facilities with fewer resources are finding it difficult or impossible to compete for health care workers.

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Lee Stonum is seen on the left, sitting in his daughter's bed. A plush sloth sits to his right. Canvas prints and ivy hang on the walls behind him. The room is brightly lit and the walls and furniture are white.

When Teens Blow Off Parents’ Pleas to Get Vaccinated, the Consequences Can Be Deadly

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Kennedy Stonum, a 17-year-old high school junior, resisted getting vaccinated against covid-19, as did 20-year-old Tyler Gilreath, whose mother had nagged him for months to get the shots. Both died.

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Alzheimer’s Drug Targets People With Mild Cognitive Impairment. What Does That Mean?

By Judith Graham September 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The condition can be an early signal of Alzheimer’s disease, but not always. Other health concerns could be causing thinking or memory problems, and the new drug, Aduhelm, would not be appropriate for those patients.

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Cinco cosas que deberías saber sobre las pruebas caseras “gratis” para covid

By Damon Darlin January 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Los estadounidenses siguen escuchando que es importante hacerse pruebas caseras para covid con frecuencia. El problema es encontrar tests que sean lo suficientemente asequibles para poder comprarlos a menudo.

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Faxes and Snail Mail: Will Pandemic-Era Flaws Unleash Improved Health Technology?

By Bram Sable-Smith February 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The covid-19 pandemic exposed how state and local governments’ severely outdated technology can hinder unemployment benefits, food stamps, Medicaid, vaccine registrations, and the flow of other critical information. Now, with hefty federal pandemic relief and unexpected tax windfalls, states may finally have the chance to revamp their information technology for health care and social services. But can they?

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Readers and Tweeters Weigh In on Medical Debt, the Obesity Epidemic, and Opioid Battles

June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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A digital illustration in pencil and watercolor. A woman with pink, curly hair climbs up a spiral staircase. She is trying to avoid medical bills that fall from above like heavy snowfall. The staircase is colored various shades of vibrant blues and darken s at the center to appear bottomless. The image looks to be a dreamscape or nightmare of medical debt.

Cómo evitar, o deshacerse, de una deuda médica

By Yuki Noguchi, NPR News July 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Más de 100 millones de personas en el país, con o sin seguro de salud, tienen deudas médicas. Saber navegar un complejo sistema de facturación y “trampas” puede ayudar a saldarlas sin caer en bancarrota, o evitarlas.

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Schools, Pediatricians Look to Make Up Lost Ground on Non-Covid Vaccinations

By Kate Ruder November 18, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Health officials hope the rollout of covid shots for young children and other initiatives will boost routine vaccine rates that dropped during the pandemic and narrow socioeconomic disparities.

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Your Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Need Not Be a Mystery

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A new California law requires health insurance companies to notify consumers how much remains on their deductibles and how close they are to their annual out-of-pocket spending limits.

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Lee Stonum is seen on the left, sitting in his daughter's bed. A plush sloth sits to his right. Canvas prints and ivy hang on the walls behind him. The room is brightly lit and the walls and furniture are white.

Cuando los adolescentes no hacen caso al ruego de sus padres para que se vacunen, las consecuencias pueden ser mortales

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Poco más del 57% de los adolescentes de 12 a 17 años y el 62% de los jóvenes de 18 a 24 años están completamente vacunados. Para estas franjas de edad covid también puede ser mortal.

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A photo illustration of athletes Justin Renfrow, Riley Cote, and Mike Lee surrounded by psychedelic mushrooms.

Pain, Hope, and Science Collide as Athletes Turn to Magic Mushrooms

By Markian Hawryluk and Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN April 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A group of former professional athletes traveled to Jamaica to try psychedelics as a way to help cope with the aftereffects of concussions and a career of body-pounding injuries. Will this still largely untested treatment work?

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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

By Noam N. Levey June 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.

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Public Favors Masks in Classrooms but Balks at Mandating Vaccinations for Students

By Jordan Rau August 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With schools reopening, poll finds two-thirds of parents support mandating masks for unvaccinated students, but resistance to vaccinating students remains high. “My child is not a test dummy,” one Black parent told pollsters. Some parents deferred the decision to their teens.

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Democrats’ Plans to Expand Medicare Benefits May Pinch Advantage Plans’ Funding

By Michelle Andrews October 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As lawmakers weigh new spending provisions to cover dental, hearing and vision services for Medicare beneficiaries, a group supporting Medicare Advantage plans is airing commercials that raise concerns about the funding for those private plans.

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Live Performers Find Red State Rules a Tough Act to Follow

By Bruce Alpert November 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Theater companies and musical ensembles are restarting live performances after a crippling pandemic pause. In some conservative states, artists find creative ways to get around state laws that go against public health recommendations.

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California Law Aims to Strengthen Access to Mental Health Services

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The law doesn’t take effect until July, but its passage should force insurers to expand their rosters of therapists. Here’s how you can challenge your health plan’s mental health services until then.

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New Montana Law Sows Confusion, Defiance Over School Quarantines

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR August 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Some counties are changing their covid quarantine policies in line with a law that bans discrimination based on a person’s vaccine status. But one county has decided to defy the rule.

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Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites

By Lauren Weber September 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic is devastating rural America, where lower vaccination rates are compounding the already limited medical care.

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A photo shows a roadway lined with trash and debris. Four RVs are seen parked on the side of the road.

Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis

By Angela Hart June 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The homeless tragedy in Portland, Oregon, now spills well beyond the downtown core, creating a crisis of conscience for a fiercely liberal city that has generously invested in homeless support services.

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DC’s Harllee Harper Is Using Public Health Tools to Prevent Gun Violence. Will It Work?

By Amanda Michelle Gomez October 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Expectations are high for the city’s first-ever gun violence prevention director to curb the surging murder rate with interventions outside of traditional law enforcement.

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