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Dialysis Patients Panic As Financial ‘Life Raft’ Becomes Unmoored

By Ana B. Ibarra November 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

An organization that helps nearly 4,000 California dialysis patients pay for their insurance is threatening to cut off aid in January because of a new law that is expected to reduce dialysis industry profits. Patients fear they won’t be able to afford their life-saving treatment.

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Diferente a la cocaína de antes: más muertes por droga contaminada

By Laura Ungar November 25, 2019 KFF Health News Original

El poderoso opioide fentanilo a menudo se mezcla con cocaína, convirtiendo el estimulante en un asesino mucho más grande que la droga del pasado.

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This Indiana Clinic Has Patient-Care Stats Worth Bragging About

By Dan Weissmann July 31, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A small health center in Goshen, Ind., near the border with Michigan, puts “listening to patients’ stories” first. “The rest is housekeeping.”

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Médicos militares aprenden el valor de los perros que ayudan a sanar

By Julie Rovner November 11, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Los perros que han estado en el Hospital Walter Reed desde 2007 ganan comisiones en el Ejército, la Armada, la Fuerza Aérea o los Marines. Sus chalecos designan su rango.

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Terminally Ill, He Wanted Aid-In-Dying. His Catholic Hospital Said No.

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Neil Mahoney had terminal cancer. He also had a legal right to aid-in-dying. But his faith-based hospital called it “morally unacceptable.” So he turned to a network of Colorado doctors to fulfill his last wish.

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How The Eastern Cherokee Took Control Of Their Health Care

By Katja Ridderbusch July 22, 2019 KFF Health News Original

An innovative hospital run by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina showcases an alternative model of health care that could have lessons for other tribal communities and beyond.

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What The Trump Home Dialysis Plan Would Really Look Like

By Judith Graham August 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

It takes more than an executive order to shift kidney disease patients from dialysis centers to home care. These patients show it takes discipline, skill, will and support.

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Addiction Clinics Market Pricey, Unproven Treatments To Desperate Patients

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media August 23, 2019 KFF Health News Original

An amino acid infusion called NAD is not approved by the FDA to treat addiction. Yet patients with addiction can be desperate enough to try it, at prices as high as $15,000.

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In India’s Slums, ‘Painkillers Are Part Of The Daily Routine’

By Sarah Varney August 29, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As the Indian government reluctantly loosens its prescription opioid laws after decades of lobbying by palliative care advocates desperate to ease their patients’ pain, the nation’s sprawling, cash-fed health care system is ripe for misuse.

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Meth Vs. Opioids: America Has Two Drug Epidemics, But Focuses On One

By April Dembosky, KQED May 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

In the West and Midwest, 70% of local law enforcement says meth is the bigger threat. It’s also a more difficult addiction to treat.

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Glimpsing The Future At Gargantuan Health Tech Showcase

By Phil Galewitz February 15, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Innovations to help consumers manage their health were on display at the nation’s largest health technology conference that attracted more than 40,000 health industry professionals to Orlando.

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Verano de pesadilla: le facturan $142,938 por tratar una mordedura de serpiente

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A la pequeña Oakley Yoder la mordió una copperhead en el verano de 2018. La niña, entonces de 9 años, recibió una atención de excelencia. Pero el resultado fue una factura astronómica.

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Pricey Precision Medicine Often Financially Toxic For Cancer Patients

By Liz Szabo November 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Medical treatments targeting the DNA in tumor cells are celebrated, but insurers often won’t cover the skyrocketing cost.

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How Helping Patients Get Good Care At Home Helps Rural Hospitals Survive

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio January 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are now financially rewarded by insurers for safety and efficacy — which often results in patients spending less time as inpatients.

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Billions In ‘Questionable Payments’ Went To California’s Medicaid Insurers And Providers

By Chad Terhune November 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The money was paid on behalf of more than 400,000 people who may have been ineligible for the public program, a state audit found. One had been dead for four years before payments stopped.

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Paradise Lost: Wildfire Chases Seniors From Retirement Havens To Field Hospitals

By Brian Rinker November 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Having fled quickly — often without medications, wheelchairs or pets to comfort them — refugees from the Camp Fire manage as best they can in makeshift shelters miles from home. A virus is spreading, and medical attention is spotty.

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Chronically Ill, Traumatically Billed: The $123,000 Medicine For MS

By Jay Hancock November 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Shereese Hickson’s doctor wanted her to try the infusion drug Ocrevus for her multiple sclerosis. Even though Hickson is trained as a medical billing coder, she was shocked to see two doses of the drug priced at $123,019, with her share set at $3,620.

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Women Applaud Michelle Obama’s Decision To Share Her Trauma Of Miscarriage

By Emmarie Huetteman November 16, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The attention may help women understand that miscarriage is common but still not easily talked about.

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VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR October 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A project that started in a Boston Veterans Affairs facility will soon go nationwide. It puts naloxone, also known as Narcan, into emergency supplies cabinets throughout the VA system.

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‘Grossly Unfair’? Widower Takes Ban On Military Injury Claims To Supreme Court

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco October 11, 2018 KFF Health News Original

When a young Navy lieutenant died following low-risk childbirth, her husband claimed military doctors botched her care. But his wrongful death claim was dismissed because of a 1950 ruling that bars active-duty service members from suing the U.S. government — for any reason.

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