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Voces confiables ayudan a inmigrantes a superar el temor a la vacuna contra COVID

By Sheila Mulrooney Eldred December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Funcionarios de salud pública de todo el país se preparan para un desafío: persuadir a comunidades que han sido duramente afectadas por el virus para que se vacunen.

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Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their Products

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas June 17, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials say that some of the money changing hands has corrupted doctors and endangered patients.

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Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals

By Phil Galewitz November 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, a potent political force, fear lowering the eligibility age will cost them billions of dollars in revenue because federal reimbursements are lower than private insurers’.

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During ACA Open Enrollment, Picking a Plan Invites New COVID Complications

By Julie Appleby December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19’s “long haulers” — patients with lingering effects of the disease — have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, here’s help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.

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As Nation Awaits Vaccine, Biden Is Under Pressure to Name New FDA Chief ASAP

By Rachana Pradhan November 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

It typically takes months to install new leadership, but with COVID deaths set to surge through the winter, many Democrats say Biden doesn’t have that sort of time.

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It’s Open Enrollment. Here’s What You Need to Know

By Bernard J. Wolfson November 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For Californians who are buying their own insurance, enrollment in 2021 health plans runs through Jan. 31.

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Tough to Tell COVID From Smoke Inhalation Symptoms — And Flu Season’s Coming

By Mark Kreidler September 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Respiratory symptoms stemming from coronavirus infection and smoke inhalation are too similar to distinguish without a full workup. This is complicating the jobs of health care workers as wildfires rage up and down the West Coast.

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‘An Arm And A Leg’: The $7,000 COVID Test And Other Lessons From SEASON-19

By Dan Weissmann June 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“An Arm and a Leg” wraps an all-COVID podcast season with three different perspectives on what the pandemic is costing us — and what might come next.

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¿Viajas por las Fiestas? Para muchos es una decisión arriesgada

By Victoria Knight December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Muchos estadounidenses todavía piensan en viajar para las Fiestas en diciembre, a pesar de que las cifras de casos de COVID-19 y muertes en el país empeoran día a día.

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Altered Mindsets: Marijuana Is Making Its Mark on Ballots in Red States

By Justin Franz September 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Voters in Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and several other conservative-leaning states will decide in November whether to legalize medical or recreational marijuana.

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Trump-Biden Race Could Hinge on How Florida’s Pinellas County Swings

By Phil Galewitz and Margo Snipe, Tampa Bay Times September 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Few places loom as large in the race for the White House as here in Pinellas County, the largest swing county in the ultimate swing state. And polls show that many people will have the pandemic and its public health and economic consequences on their minds when they cast their votes.

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Drug Overdose Deaths Showed a One-Year Decline in 2018. But There’s More to the Story.

By Julie Appleby August 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The statistic is accurate but experts say other factors make it difficult to say indicators to think about that make it hard to say it’s a “huge win.”

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Trump Again Claims He’s Bringing Down Drug Prices, But Details of How Are Skimpy

By Victoria Knight August 26, 2020 KFF Health News Original

During his Monday speech at the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump pointed to his two of his recent executive orders as likely to lead to big reductions in prescription drug costs.

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Pfizer Trial Using Lower-Dose Vaccine In 5- To 11-Year-Olds

June 9, 2021 Morning Briefing

Adults get 30 micrograms of covid vaccine per shot, but Pfizer’s research and testing is moving toward 10 microgram doses for younger kids. Meanwhile research shows a single dose of the adult Pfizer vaccine is 51% protective against covid infections in real-world situations.

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Listen: Battling The Coronavirus While Reopening The Economy

April 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Julie Rovner discusses the Trump administration’s blueprint for reopening the economy and its effect on public health on WBUR’s “On Point.”

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Durante la inscripción de ACA, elegir un plan genera nuevas complicaciones de COVID

By Julie Appleby December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Las personas que compran su propio seguro médico enfrentan desafíos, en particular los pacientes que tuvieron COVID-19 y que presentan problemas de salud persistentes.

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Becerra HHS Nomination Advances; Floor Debate, Vote Expected Next Week

March 12, 2021 Morning Briefing

The vote to discharge California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination was approved 51-48, with centrist Sens. Joe Manchin and Susan Collins backing the measure.

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To ‘Keep The Lights On,’ Doctors And Hospitals Ask For Advance Medicare Payments

By Phil Galewitz April 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As part of the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, Medicare is offering to give hospitals and doctors accelerated payments.

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PPE Shortage Could Last Years Without Strategic Plan, Experts Warn

By Jessica Glenza, The Guardian August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The rolling shortages of personal protective gear continue even in hospitals, as buyers look directly for manufacturers — often through a maze of companies that have sprung up overnight.

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Shingles Vaccination Rate Soars But Leaves Many Behind

By Phil Galewitz July 9, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A federal study finds 35% of people 60 and older were vaccinated for shingles by 2018, up from 7% in 2008, but low-income people and those who are Black or Hispanic are far less likely to get vaccinated.

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