“Este es el último pañal que me queda”: la ansiedad de ser padres en la pobreza
By Jenny Gold
October 22, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Una de cada tres familias estadounidenses no puede pagar por suficientes pañales para mantener a sus bebés y niños pequeños limpios, secos y saludables, según la National Diaper Bank Network. Para muchos padres, eso lleva a elecciones desgarradoras: ¿pañales, comida o renta?
California’s Smallest County Makes Big Vaccination Gains
By Hannah Norman
February 8, 2021
KFF Health News Original
In rural Alpine County, where snowbound mountain passes isolate small towns, distributing the covid vaccine is a community effort. Unlike in many urban areas where residents jockey for limited appointments, the pace of vaccinations here is strong and steady.
Dentistas eliminan los problemas de las personas sin seguro ofreciéndoles ellos mismos planes
By Phil Galewitz
September 20, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Estos planes limitados a una práctica están dirigidos principalmente a los 65 millones de estadounidenses que no tienen cobertura dental, y tienen que pagar de su bolsillo toda su atención.
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.
What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County
By Katheryn Houghton
May 11, 2021
KFF Health News Original
In one northwestern Montana county where demand for covid vaccines is dropping well before widespread immunity is reached, people are split on whether the virus is a threat.
Feeling Left Out: Private Practice Doctors, Patients Wonder When It’s Their Turn for Vaccine
By Julie Appleby
January 13, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Doctors say some patients, and even medical staff members, don’t know where to go to be vaccinated against covid-19.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Crisis Is Officially Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
May 11, 2023
Podcast
The public health emergency declaration for covid-19 ends May 11, ushering in major changes in how Americans can access and pay for the vaccines, treatments, and tests particular to the culprit coronavirus. But not everyone will experience the same changes, creating a confusing patchwork of coverage — not unlike health coverage for other diseases. Meanwhile, outside advisers to the FDA formally recommended allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. If the FDA follows the recommendation, it would represent the first over-the-counter form of hormonal contraception. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives
By Noam N. Levey Aneri Pattani Yuki Noguchi, NPR News Bram Sable-Smith
Updated December 21, 2022
Originally Published June 16, 2022
KFF Health News Original
People talk about the sacrifices they made when health care forced them into debt.
Has agregado a tus hijos a tu plan de salud. ¿Y tu mamá?
By Samantha Young
May 13, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Un proyecto de ley en California exigiría que los planes de salud regulados por el estado cubran a los padres dependientes de los asegurados. Según activistas, la medida reduciría el número de personas sin seguro; pero grupos empresariales advierten sobre el aumento de las primas.
The Hard Realities of a ‘No Jab, No Job’ Mandate for Health Care Workers
By Christine Spolar
June 18, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Despite a hearts-and-minds campaign and millions spent in incentives, managers struggle to get staffs vaccinated against covid. Some workers have threatened to quit over the pressure to get a shot, which employers can’t afford.
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
December 24, 2020
KFF Health News Original
There are already signs that the distribution of the COVID vaccines will be messy, confusing and chaotic.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Biden Budget Touches All the Bases
March 10, 2023
Podcast
Very little in the proposed budget released by the Biden administration is likely to become law, particularly with Republicans in charge of the U.S. House. Still, the document is an important statement of the president’s policy priorities, and it’s clear health programs are among those he feels are important. Meanwhile, five women who were denied abortions when their pregnancies threatened their lives are suing Texas. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the two latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” features. Both were about families facing unexpected bills following childbirth.
Veteran’s Appendectomy Launches Excruciating Months-Long Battle Over Bill
By Elizabeth Lawrence
August 25, 2020
KFF Health News Original
An uninsured Colorado man owed $80,232 after two surgeries — the second to correct a complication from the first. After months of negotiating with the hospital, he still owes far more than most insurers would pay for the surgery he had.
Did CDC Delays in Up-To-Date Masking Advice Cost Health Workers’ Lives?
By Christina Jewett
March 12, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Researchers say “very low”-quality research from the 2003 SARS outbreak drove guidelines on who got the best PPE, leaving those most at risk exposed.
Older Adults Without Family or Friends Lag in Race to Get Vaccines
By Judith Graham
February 1, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Public health officials have singled out seniors as key candidates for the covid-19 vaccines but too many of these seniors are not able to get shots because they don’t use computers, don’t have internet services or transportation, or don’t have someone to help them with the process.
CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes
By Rachel Bluth Lauren Weber
January 15, 2021
KFF Health News Original
A federal program that sends retail pharmacists into nursing homes to vaccinate residents and workers has been hindered by bureaucratic hurdles and scheduling woes.
Despite Covid, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal Bailout
By Jordan Rau Christine Spolar
April 5, 2021
KFF Health News Original
As the crisis crushed smaller providers, some of the nation’s richest health systems thrived, reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting huge grants for pandemic relief. But poorer hospitals — many serving rural and minority populations — got a smaller slice of the pie and limped through the year with deficits and a bleak fiscal future.
Indocumentados, esenciales pero excluidos del apoyo financiero por la pandemia
By LJ Dawson
March 9, 2021
KFF Health News Original
La mayoría realiza trabajos considerados esenciales y muchos pagan impuestos. Pero han quedado fuera de la ayuda financiera federal por la pandemia.
Analysis: We Follow Laws on Seat Belts and Smoking. Why Not on Masks?
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
October 1, 2020
KFF Health News Original
Americans have gotten used to all sorts of mandates, from cleaning up after dogs to stopping at intersections. There’s no reason it should be this hard to enforce ones around the coronavirus.
Adultos mayores sin familia o amigos quedan atrás en la carrera por vacunarse
By Judith Graham
February 1, 2021
KFF Health News Original
Aunque los datos no están ajustados por edad, los adultos mayores de color han tenido muchas más probabilidades de enfermarse gravemente y morir de covid que los adultos mayores caucásicos
