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Incidental Cases and Staff Shortages Make Covid’s Next Act Tough for Hospitals

By Lauren Weber and Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller January 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

As omicron sweeps the country, many hospitals are dealing with a flood of people hospitalized with covid — including those primarily admitted for other reasons. While often milder cases, so-called incidental covid infections still drain the beleaguered health care workforce and can put them and other patients at higher risk for contracting covid.

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Para las familias médicamente vulnerables, la presión de la inflación es inevitable

By Heidi de Marco August 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Para millones de familias que viven con enfermedades crónicas, trastornos cardíacos, diabetes y cáncer, u otras condiciones debilitantes, la inflación está demostrando ser un doloroso flagelo que podría perjudicar su salud.

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A photo shows Frances De Los Santos in her kitchen peeling off the wrapper of a prepared meal in a frozen food tray. The meal was delivered to her home thanks to a new Medi-Cal program.

Taco Bowls and Chicken Curry: Medi-Cal Delivers Ready Meals in Grand Health Care Experiment

By Heidi de Marco and Angela Hart June 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

California has embarked on an ambitious five-year initiative to improve the health of its sickest Medicaid patients by introducing nontraditional services. In the Inland Empire, where many residents have diabetes, one health plan is diving into the experiment by delivering healthy, prepared meals to those lucky enough to get them.

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Medical Marijuana Users Brace for Shortages as Montana’s Recreational Market Opens

By Justin Franz January 5, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Sales of recreational marijuana are underway, and dispensary owners say they’re not ready to meet the demand. That may mean problems for the 55,000 Montanans who hold medical marijuana cards.

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A billboard on the side of a building shows the Golden Gate Bridge with text next to it reading, "FAMOUS THE WORLD OVER FOR OUR BRAINS, BEAUTY AND, NOW, DIRT-CHEAP FENTANYL." Tree branches and a string of lanterns and lights are seen blurred in the foreground.

The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths

By Rachel Scheier May 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People who have lost children to pills laced with fentanyl are demanding that lawmakers adopt stricter penalties and are pressuring Silicon Valley for social media protections. The movement harks back to the 1980s, when Mothers Against Drunk Driving activated a generation of parents.

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Justices Block Broad Worker Vaccine Requirement, Allow Health Worker Mandate to Proceed

By Julie Rovner January 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a federal rule requiring larger businesses to mandate employees be vaccinated or wear masks and undergo weekly testing. At the same time, however, it allowed a federal order that health care workers be vaccinated.

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Why an HBCU Med School Decided to Put CARES Act Money Into Students’ Pockets

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio January 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

More than most schools, the country’s historically Black colleges and universities are funneling stimulus money directly to students, wiping out loans and past-due fees. But one is going a step further with its financial assistance.

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As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger

By Arthur Allen July 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Existing drugs still treat most infections. But that has discouraged investment in new drugs that will be needed when — not if —the old ones fail.

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Exits by Black and Hispanic Teachers Pose a New Threat to Covid-Era Education

By Heidi de Marco February 11, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Schools that serve poor and disadvantaged kids have taken a series of hits during the pandemic. Now, teachers of color are leaving the profession at higher rates than are white teachers.

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Nursing Homes Are Suing the Friends and Family of Residents to Collect Debts

By Noam N. Levey July 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Debt lawsuits — long a byproduct of America’s medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.

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Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School Vaccine Mandates

By Elisabeth Rosenthal February 9, 2022 KFF Health News Original

As some states adopt covid vaccine requirements, not everyone agrees mandates for children are the way forward. Taking a page from history: We have two paths to putting the pandemic behind us: a quicker, more certain one of mandatory vaccination or a stuttering, drawn-out, likely more deadly affair.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Abortion and SCOTUS, Together Again

December 14, 2023 Podcast

The Supreme Court agreed this week to hear its first major case on abortion since overturning Roe v. Wade — one that could restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, even in states where abortion remains legal. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers in the House and Senate finally moved to renew health programs that expired in October — but it’s likely too late to finish the job in 2023. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Riley Griffin of Bloomberg News, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Jen Golbeck, a University of Maryland professor and social media superstar, about her new book, “The Purest Bond,” which lays out the science of the human-canine relationship.

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Hospitales enfrentan más casos de covid en personas ya hospitalizadas, con menos personal

By Lauren Weber and Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller January 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Las infecciones están exacerbando algunas condiciones médicas y dificultando la reducción de la propagación de covid dentro de las paredes del hospital, especialmente porque los pacientes se presentan en etapas más tempranas y más infecciosas de la enfermedad.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Debt Deal Leaves Health Programs (Mostly) Intact

June 7, 2023 Podcast

The bipartisan deal to extend the U.S. government’s borrowing authority includes future cuts to federal health agencies, but they are smaller than many expected and do not touch Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, Merck & Co. becomes the first drugmaker to sue Medicare officials over the federal health insurance program’s new authority to negotiate drug prices. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, and Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News senior correspondent Sarah Jane Tribble, who reported the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature, about the perils of visiting the U.S. with European health insurance.

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After Medical Bills Broke the Bank, This Family Headed to Mexico for Care

By Paula Andalo April 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Fierro family owed a Yuma, Arizona, hospital more than $7,000 for care given to mom and dad, so when a son dislocated his shoulder, they headed to Mexicali. The care was quick, good, and affordable.

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Luego de enfrentar terribles cuentas médicas, familia decide cruzar la frontera para recibir atención

By Paula Andalo April 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

La familia Fierro le debe a un hospital de Yuma, Arizona, más de $7,000 por dos situaciones médicas. Así que cuando uno de los hijos se dislocó el hombro, fueron a Mexicali, México. La atención fue rápida, buena y económica.

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Jennifer Arnold sits on a bench with her arm extended as Great, a fluffy goldendoodle, approaches to tap her hand..

Demand for Service Dogs Unleashes a ‘Wild West’ Market

By Markian Hawryluk February 16, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Service dogs can help people with ailments from autism to epilepsy, but a trained dog can cost up to $40,000 — and insurance won’t cover it.

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Low Wages and Pandemic Gut Staffing Support for Those With Disabilities

By Andy Miller September 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Group homes and facilities that serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities were hurting for staffers before the pandemic. Now the nationwide job crunch and pandemic pressures are making it even worse.

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Evaluating President Joe Biden’s First 100 Days in Office

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact April 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Presidential historians say that Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office — a somewhat arbitrary but frequently cited milestone — have included an above-average number of major accomplishments.

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Faxes and Snail Mail: Will Pandemic-Era Flaws Unleash Improved Health Technology?

By Bram Sable-Smith February 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The covid-19 pandemic exposed how state and local governments’ severely outdated technology can hinder unemployment benefits, food stamps, Medicaid, vaccine registrations, and the flow of other critical information. Now, with hefty federal pandemic relief and unexpected tax windfalls, states may finally have the chance to revamp their information technology for health care and social services. But can they?

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