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Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis

By Charlotte Huff February 15, 2024 KFF Health News Original

After a decade of work, a Kentucky program launched to diagnose lung cancer earlier is beginning to change the prognosis for residents by catching tumors when they’re more treatable.

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In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who’s Been Sued by the Hospital

By Mitchell Black and Noam N. Levey January 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals nationwide face growing scrutiny over how they secure payment from patients, but at one community hospital, the debt collection machine has been quietly humming along for decades.

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Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors

By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile and Rae Ellen Bichell November 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Corneas, the windshields of the eye, are the most transplanted part of the human body. But four former employees at Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank told of numerous retrieval problems, including damage to eyes and removal from the wrong body.

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How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers

By Aneri Pattani Data visualizations by Lydia Zuraw December 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, we uncovered how billions in opioid settlement funds were used by state and local governments in 2022 and 2023. Find out where the money went.

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California’s Expanded Health Coverage for Immigrants Collides With Medicaid Reviews

By Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano Updated March 26, 2024 Originally Published March 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A state policy to extend Medi-Cal to qualified Californians without legal residency is running up against a federal requirement to resume eligibility checks. The redetermination process is causing many Latinos, who make up a majority of Medi-Cal beneficiaries, to be disenrolled.

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Launch Prices For Some Medications Outpace Inflation, Review Finds

October 24, 2025 Morning Briefing

The cost when new drugs hit the market are up 51% after discounts, Stat reports. Other pharmaceuticals in the news include generic Trikafta, Enbrel, Blenrep, and more.

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Another GOP Primary Debate … Another Night of Verbal Clashes

By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs November 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

In a faceoff that took some strange turns, five presidential hopefuls focused on foreign affairs and inflation but still revealed the party’s political struggles over its abortion position. Once again, former President Donald Trump did not appear on the debate stage.

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Republican Debate Highlights Candidates’ Views on Abortion

By KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs August 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Though health policies in general got little airtime, the discussion of whether candidates support a federal abortion ban underscored how Republicans, in a post-Roe environment, face political challenges on the issue.

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Missouri Senate Panel Pushes Resolution To Reinstate Abortion Ban

May 1, 2025 Morning Briefing

A Republican effort to overturn Amendment 3 — which voters approved in November with 51.6% of the vote — advanced Wednesday, St. Louis Public Radio reported.

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Millions in US Live in Places Where Doctors Don’t Practice and Telehealth Doesn’t Reach

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Holly K. Hacker Data visualizations by Lydia Zuraw March 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 3 million Americans live sicker, shorter lives in the hundreds of rural counties where doctor shortages are the worst and poor internet connections mean little or no access to telehealth services.

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Médicos deben racionar la penicilina por el dramático aumento de casos de sífilis

By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN February 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A nivel nacional, las tasas de sífilis están en su punto más alto en 70 años. Entre 2018 y 2022, las tasas de esta enfermedad de transmisión sexual subieron alrededor del 80%.

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A digital illustration drawn with colorful gouache and pencil shows morel mushrooms being tossed in a cast-iron skillet. The skillet is on the left side of the image and, behind it, the background is a bright red, illuminated by hot flames. One mushroom flies out of the pan toward the right, where the background is icy blue and cold, which implies it has not been cooked to a safe temperature.

Hongos misteriosos son el centro de brote de intoxicación alimentaria

By Keely Larson December 18, 2023 KFF Health News Original

​Según el Código Alimentario de la FDA, la gran mayoría de las más de 5,000 especies de hongos carnosos que crecen naturalmente en América del Norte no han sido sometidas a pruebas de toxicidad.

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Surprise-Billing Law Loophole: When ‘Out of Network’ Doesn’t Quite Mean Out of Network

By Harris Meyer February 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers find ways to get around new surprise-billing laws, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.

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Abortion Bans Are Motivating Midterm Voters, Poll Shows

By Emmarie Huetteman October 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A new KFF poll shows Democrats and those living in states where abortion is illegal say the issue has made them more motivated to vote. It also shows that 70% of Republicans oppose total abortion bans.

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Senate Megabill That Would Erode Social Safety Net Now Heads To House

July 2, 2025 Morning Briefing

Hospital associations on Tuesday slammed the legislation, which would devastate millions of sick or poor Americans. The bill passed 51-50 on a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance after three Republicans joined Democrats in opposing it.

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Colorado Voters to Decide Whether All Schoolkids Get a Free Lunch

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio and Ivy Winfrey, NPR November 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In September, a popular pandemic benefit expired: free school lunch for all children attending public schools. Some states are stepping up to try to keep the free food available, and it is on the ballot next week in Colorado.

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‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness

By Fred Clasen-Kelly December 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.

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An Arm and a Leg: How a Surprise Bill Can Hitch a Ride to the Hospital

By Dan Weissmann August 16, 2023 Podcast

The No Surprises Act has helped rein in out-of-network medical bills, but ground ambulances are a costly exception. Hear why this service can still hit patients with big bills and what to do if you get one.

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En California, la cobertura de salud ampliada a inmigrantes choca con las revisiones de Medicaid

By Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano March 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

El proceso de redeterminación ha afectado de forma desproporcionada a los latinos, que constituyen la mayoría de los beneficiarios de Medi-Cal.

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High Inflation and Housing Costs Force Many Americans to Delay Needed Care

By Stephanie Colombini, WUSF April 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A recent Gallup Poll suggests that Americans are putting off medical care because of costs. Inflation and rising rents make it harder for people to make ends meet.

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