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Derrick Cordero sits in a chair in the center of the photograph. He rests his hands on his knees and looks directly towards the camera with a smile.

Amid Mental Health Staffing Crunch, Medi-Cal Patients Help One Another

By Indira Khera March 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Peer leaders can help ease the shortage of mental health providers and build trust through shared experiences, state health officials say. In 2022, California started allowing counties to use Medicaid dollars to pay them for their work.

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San Francisco Tries Tough Love by Tying Welfare to Drug Rehab

By Ronnie Cohen May 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Facing an overdose epidemic and public fury over conditions on the streets, famously tolerant San Francisco will start requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug screening, and treatment if necessary, to receive cash public assistance.

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Mientras científicos estudian la propagación del sarampión en el país, Kennedy pone en riesgo avances que costaron décadas

By Amy Maxmen December 5, 2025 KFF Health News Original

El estatus de Estados Unidos depende de si los principales brotes ocurridos este año tienen origen en el gran brote del oeste de Texas que comenzó oficialmente el 20 de enero.

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Presidential Election Could Decide Fate of Extra Obamacare Subsidies

By Andy Miller May 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Most states that saw enrollment in the Obamacare marketplace double from 2020 to 2024 are in the South. But the enhanced federal subsidies that attracted people with $0 premiums and low out-of-pocket costs will expire next year.

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People With Down Syndrome Are Living Longer, but the Health System Still Treats Many as Kids

By Tony Leys April 17, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The median life expectancy for a U.S. baby born with Down syndrome jumped from about four years in 1950 to 58 years in the 2010s. That’s largely because they no longer can be denied lifesaving care, including surgeries for heart defects. But now, aging adults with Down syndrome face a health system unprepared to care for them.

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Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals

By Samantha Liss June 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If Indiana officials approve a proposed hospital merger in western Indiana in the coming months, the state will have its first hospital monopoly created by a “Certificate of Public Advantage.” Other such deals have resulted in government reports documenting diminished care in Tennessee and North Carolina.

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Social Security Chief Testifies in Senate About Plans to Stop ‘Clawback Cruelty’

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group Photos by Eric Harkleroad March 21, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Commissioner Martin O’Malley testifies to two Senate panels that his agency will stop the “injustices” of suspending people’s monthly benefits to recover alleged overpayments. The burden will be on the Social Security Administration to prove the beneficiary was to blame.

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Ohio Votes on Abortion Rights Today. Eleven States May Follow in 2024.

By Bram Sable-Smith November 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Voters in Ohio are deciding whether to add abortion rights protections to the state’s constitution today.  The vote comes on the heels of last year’s string of ballot measure wins for abortion rights in six states: California, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont. But this is just the start. Next year, 11 more states could see abortion-related […]

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Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact April 5, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Most Medicare enrollees likely were not paying a monthly average of $400 — as President Joe Biden stated — before the insulin cap took effect. However, because costs and other factors result in widely varying prices, some Medicare enrollees might have paid that much in a given month.

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For Opioid Victims, Payouts Fall Short While Governments Reap Millions

By Aneri Pattani Lookup tool by Lydia ZurawData analysis by Henry Larweh April 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of dollars in legal settlements. But how much are victims who suffered addiction and overdoses getting?

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Native Americans Have Shorter Life Spans. Better Health Care Isn’t the Only Answer.

By Arielle Zionts April 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Social services, such as parenting classes and economic development programs, can help increase the life spans of Native Americans, some health experts say. But insurers don’t always cover these services.

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Los hospitales que atienden partos en zonas rurales están cada vez más lejos de las embarazadas

By Arielle Zionts May 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Más de un centenar de hospitales rurales han dejado de atender partos desde 2021, según el Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. El cierre de los servicios de obstetricia se suele achacar a la falta de personal y la falta de presupuesto.

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Rescate desde el cielo: cómo los drones pueden reducir el tiempo de respuesta a una emergencia

By Michelle Andrews July 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Cada año más de 356,000 personas sufren un paro cardíaco fuera de un hospital. Cada minuto que pasa sin intervención médica disminuye las probabilidades de supervivencia en un 10%.

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Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks

By Fred Clasen-Kelly March 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

New Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley is promising to change how the agency reclaims billions of dollars it wrongly pays to beneficiaries, saying the existing process is “cruel-hearted and mindless.”

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California’s $12 Billion Medicaid Makeover Banks on Nonprofits’ Buy-In

By Angela Hart May 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California’s Medicaid program is relying heavily on community groups to deliver new social services to vulnerable patients, such as security deposits for homeless people and air purifiers for asthma patients. But many of these nonprofits face staffing and billing challenges and haven’t been able to deliver services effectively.

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California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off.

By Molly Castle Work Illustration by Lydia Zuraw Updated April 26, 2024 Originally Published April 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California launched two teletherapy apps as part of the governor’s $500 million foray into health technology with private companies. But the rollout has been so slow that one company has yet to make its app available on Android, and social workers worry youths who need clinical care won’t get referrals.

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How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America’s Food Supply

By David Hilzenrath March 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The FDA has relied on food companies for decades to determine whether their ingredients are safe. Some chemicals and additives are tied to health risks while others are absent from product labels.

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Patients in California County May See Refunds, Debt Relief From Charity Care Settlement

By Molly Castle Work August 14, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As hospitals are criticized for skimping on financial assistance, Santa Clara County has agreed to notify 43,000 former patients of possible billing reductions as part of a settlement. Some patients had sued, alleging the county’s hospital system sent them to collections for bills they shouldn’t have received.

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ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK

By Julie Appleby April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Insurance agents say it’s too easy to access consumer information on the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace. Policyholders can lose their doctors and access to prescriptions. Some end up owing back taxes.

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Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year

By Arthur Allen March 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The FDA and some oncologists have resisted efforts to require a quick, cheap gene test that could prevent thousands of deaths from a bad reaction to a common cancer drug.

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