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Estadounidenses van a México a comprar insulina por un costo mucho más bajo

By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media February 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Millones cruzan la frontera para tratamientos y para comprar medicinas. La pregunta es si es una práctica legal. En Utah establecen turismo médico.

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Cuarentena por paperas en Louisiana puede violar los derechos de inmigrantes detenidos

By Shefali Luthra and Julie Appleby March 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Un brote de paperas y una cuarentena en el Centro de Procesamiento de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Pine Prairie, en Louisiana, impidió que los inmigrantes obtuvieran recursos legales, incluidos sus representantes legales.

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Health Care Industry ‘Pays Tribute’ To California’s Influential Lawmakers

By Samantha Young December 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The leaders of California’s legislative health committees who wield power over state health policy have been showered with money from the health care sector, with drug companies, health plans, hospitals and doctors providing nearly 40 percent of their 2017-18 campaign funds.

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Health Care Tops Guns, Economy As Voters’ Top Issue

By Phil Galewitz October 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Nearly three-quarters of voters say that health care is the most important issue for them, but fewer than half are hearing much from candidates about it, according to a poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Imagine Their Surprise: Lost Wallets That Have Money In Them More Likely To Be Returned, Researchers Report

June 21, 2019 Morning Briefing

If there’s money in the wallet, ”It suddenly feels like stealing,” researchers said. And the more money in the wallet, the higher the rate of return. They planted 17,000 “lost wallets” across 355 cities in 40 countries. On average, 40% of people given cashless wallets reported them, compared with 51 percent of people given wallets with money.

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Long Waits To See Doctors In Puerto Rico, Where Medical Needs Are Great Post-Maria

July 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on how the island’s mounting physician shortage is making it even more difficult to get care.

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Lethal Plans: When Seniors Turn To Suicide In Long-Term Care

By Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia April 9, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In a nation where the suicide rate continues to climb, such deaths among older adults are often overlooked. A six-month investigation by KHN and PBS NewsHour finds that older Americans are quietly killing themselves in nursing homes, assisted living centers and adult care homes.

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Earwax, Of All Things, Poses Unrecognized Risk In Long-Term Care

By JoNel Aleccia August 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Up to two-thirds of residents in nursing homes may have impacted earwax, which can worsen hearing loss, falls and cognitive decline.

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Gavin Newsom Is Bullish On Single-Payer — Except When He’s Not

By Brian Rinker October 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The front-runner in the California governor’s race, known for his political audacity, has officially endorsed the controversial move to create one public insurance program for all Californians. Yet he also faces formidable challenges, and liberal critics fear he’ll retreat.

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Biorhythms And Birth Control: FDA Stirs Debate By Approving ‘Natural’ App

By Michelle Andrews August 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Critics worry about the message federal officials are sending by approving a new birth control option, which uses a mobile phone app for women to track their body temperature and menstrual cycle to avoid pregnancy. But the more choices the better, some reproductive health experts say.

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Year One Of KHN’s ‘Bill Of The Month’: A Kaleidoscope Of Financial Challenges

December 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A crowdsourced investigation in which we dissect, investigate and explain medical bills you send us.

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Más que nada, la cera en los oídos genera riesgos para adultos mayores en hogares

By JoNel Aleccia August 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La cera excesiva en los oídos de los adultos mayores puede causar sordera, vértigo y otros problemas en el conducto auditivo.

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Podcast Turns 1. Justice Kennedy Retires. Now What?

June 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the possible impact of the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on health issues. Also, in honor of our first anniversary, the panelists offer up their thoughts on the biggest health policy stories of the past year.

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Politicians Hop Aboard ‘Medicare-For-All’ Train, Destination Unknown

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Shefali Luthra October 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Candidates are charging toward midterm elections on a platform of single-payer and universal coverage rhetoric. Yet “Medicare-for-all” and single-payer mean different things to different people.

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Energy-Hog Hospitals: When They Start Thinking Green, They See Green

By Julie Appleby August 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some hospitals have taken steps to be more energy-efficient. Though at times these changes barely represent rounding errors in their budgets, comprehensive efforts are beginning to make a difference.

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Polémica por aprobación de la FDA de una app “natural” para control de la natalidad

By Michelle Andrews August 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Natural Cycles guía a la mujer para que registre su temperatura corporal y su ciclo menstrual, con el fin de estimar cuáles son los días de ovulación.

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Most Texans Want State To Expand Medicaid And Help Poor Get Health Care

By Ashley Lopez, KUT June 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Texans think the Legislature should expand Medicaid to more low-income people and make health care more affordable, according to a survey released today from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Episcopal Health Foundation.

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Listen: How A ‘Hippie Clinic’ In San Francisco Inspired A Medical Philosophy

By Carrie Feibel, KQED January 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Haight Ashbury Free Clinic still serves people living on the fringes in San Francisco. This radio story recounts its 51-year history.

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4 Takeaways From Trump’s Plan To Rescind CHIP Funding

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump is recommending that Congress approve his plan to take back about $7 billion in funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Plan. Experts are divided about whether it would have any effect.

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Trump amenaza con recorte de $7 mil millones al programa de salud infantil CHIP

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Una estrategia presupuestaria permitiría a la administración retirar fondos del programa de salud que ofrece cobertura a 9 millones de niños en todo el país.

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