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O’laysha Davis lays her infant daughter down on a pink blanket beside a window. Davis lovingly looks down at her as she sleeps.

Being Black and Pregnant in the Deep South Can Be a Dangerous Combination

By Lauren Sausser December 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Being Black has always been dangerous for pregnant women and infants in the South. And researchers say things are continuing to move in the wrong direction.

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How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID

By Elizabeth Lawrence June 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

During the coronavirus pandemic, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and other serious anxieties may struggle to distinguish concerns brought on by their conditions from the fears shared by the general public. But some patients say successful treatment has armed them to handle COVID-19’s uncertainties.

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Bike Fatalities Are On The Rise

By Phillip Reese January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

More than 450 cyclists died in traffic accidents in California from 2016 through 2018, marking the highest three-year death rate in 25 years. Among the factors at play: more cars on roads, distracted driving and a pronounced consumer shift toward SUVs.

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Corralling Hard-To-Reach Voters With Traveling Voting Machines

By Anna Almendrala March 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

In advance of the Super Tuesday primary, California’s Los Angeles County is rotating new touch-screen voting machines among 41 locations, including adult day care centers and jails, to increase voting among populations with historically low turnout.

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More Americans Have Officially Died Of Coronavirus Than Number Who Were Killed In WWI

June 17, 2020 Morning Briefing

The total number of confirmed deaths in the U.S. hit 116,854 Tuesday, just passing the 116,516 American service members believed to have died in the first World War.

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One Implant, Two Prices. It Depends On Who’s Paying.

By Victoria Knight December 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Breast implants — used for both cancer and cosmetic surgeries — give a glimpse into how hospitals mark up prices of medical devices to increase their bottom lines.

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¿Cuánto cuesta un implante de senos? Depende quién pague…

By Victoria Knight December 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Un implante de senos por razones cosméticas es mucho más económico que uno que se realiza luego del tratamiento por una enfermedad… ¿Por qué?

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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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A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

By Alison Kodjak, NPR News April 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Why is the price of a CT scan 33 times higher in an hospital emergency room than in an outpatient imaging center just down the street?

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Marketplace Confusion Opens Door To Questions About Skinny Plans

By Julie Appleby November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Regulators are beginning to scrutinize claims by companies that their alternative plans help people meet Obamacare requirements.

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Obamacare: confusión abre la puerta a planes de salud “sospechosos”

By Julie Appleby November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Los promocionan como una alternativa económica a los planes de ACA. Pero expertos en mercados de seguros dudan sobre el tipo de cobertura que ofrecen.

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Study: Medicare Beneficiaries May Face ‘Treatment Gap’ For Painkiller Abuse, Misuse

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 20, 2016 KFF Health News Original

The incidence of opioid use disorder is growing rapidly within the Medicare population.

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More Than 1.3M Floridians May Lose Their Obamacare Subsidies, More Than Any Other State

By Daniel Chang, Miami Herald June 3, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The subsidies are at the center of a Supreme Court case challenging the health law. In King v. Burwell, the plaintiffs argue that the language of the health law restricts the subsidies to states that established their own exchanges.

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HHS Releases Poverty Guidelines For 2014

By Jordan Rau January 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The federal government has released slightly higher poverty level guidelines for 2014, but those won’t alter the income thresholds that are being used now to determine what kind of financial assistance is available to buy insurance under the health law. The guidelines will be relevant in the fall, when people look to buy coverage for […]

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Tales Of Obamacare: From Elation To Frustration

By Marcia Frellick, Chicago Tribune February 27, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Chicago-area consumers navigate the health law’s new insurance exchanges.

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South Florida Insurance Rates Will Be Among Lowest In State, Report Says

By Evan S. Benn and Patricia Borns, Miami Herald September 26, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Miami-Dade and Broward County residents who buy health insurance through federally run online marketplaces opening Tuesday will be paying some of the cheapest rates available in Florida, according to federal data released Wednesday.

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Monthly Premiums For A ‘Benchmark’ Silver Plan In Federally Run Insurance Marketplaces

September 29, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This chart lists sample premiums in the 36 states where the federal government is running the online insurance marketplaces.

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N.Y. Governor Raps Insurers, Health Providers For ‘Unacceptable Opaqueness’ In Billing

By Julie Appleby March 8, 2012 KFF Health News Original

Too often patients who thought they had all the right approvals from their insurers get hit with surprise bills for out-of-network medical costs, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says in a report that calls on insurers, doctors and hospitals to help craft reforms. Complaints about out-of-network costs were among the most common found in a state […]

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Chart: CEO Pay Packages, Ranked By Hospital Revenue

September 27, 2011 KFF Health News Original

2009 pay packages for the CEOs of the top 25 children’s hospitals.

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The Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals

September 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Details on revenues, spending and total assets of 39 children’s hospitals from around the country.

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