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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Despite Covid, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal Bailout

By Jordan Rau and 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.

CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes

By Rachel Bluth and 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.

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.

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.

In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers

By Jay Hancock June 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

HCA charges patients an “activation fee” of up to $50,000 for trauma teams at centers located in half its 179 hospitals — and they often don’t need trauma care, an analysis of insurance claims data shows.

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

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.

NYC Hospital Workers, Knowing How Bad It Can Get, Brace for COVID 2nd Wave

By Fred Mogul, WNYC December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals are in better shape now than in the spring, with more knowledge of how to handle COVID-19 and bigger stockpiles of protective equipment. Still, nurses worry about staffing shortages and unfilled jobs.

Readers and Tweeters Defend Front-Line Nurses and Blind Us With Science

December 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Wildfires Provide Another Reason to Mask Up

By Bernard J. Wolfson August 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As the long U.S. fire season gets underway, it’s even more important for Western residents to have a good face mask. Unfortunately, most of the masks we’re wearing for COVID-19 aren’t great for smoke.

Cumplimos reglas con el cinturón de seguridad o el cigarillo. ¿Por qué no con las máscaras?

By Elisabeth Rosenthal October 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Treinta y cuatro estados y Washington, D.C., tienen algún tipo de mandato sobre el uso de máscara, pero muchos ciudadanos y agencias del orden los ignoran descaradamente.

‘Into the Covid ICU’: A New Doctor Bears Witness to the Isolation, Inequities of Pandemic

By Jenny Gold March 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez graduated from medical school during the pandemic. We follow the rookie doctor for her first months working at a hospital in Fresno, California, as she grapples with isolation, anti-mask rallies and an overwhelming number of deaths.

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