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A ‘Dose of Hope’? Fact-Checking President Joe Biden’s First Speech to Congress

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact and Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact and Victoria Knight April 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In his first speech before a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden argued it was time to turn the coronavirus pandemic into a historic opportunity to expand government for the benefit of a wider range of Americans, urging investments in jobs, climate change, child care, infrastructure and more.

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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.

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Corporations Encourage Employee Vaccination but Stop Short of Mandates

By Anna Almendrala May 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials fear that requiring jabs on the job would create a noisy, counterproductive backlash.

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You’ve Added Your Kids to Your Health Plan. What About Mom?

By Samantha Young May 13, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A bill in the California legislature would require state-regulated health plans to cover policyholders’ dependent parents. Advocates say the measure would reduce the number of uninsured people, while business groups warn of premium increases.

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Mississippi’s Black Communities Turned Around Their Covid Rates. Next Up: Make Strides on Vaccines.

By Michaela Gibson Morris May 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Covid-19 tore through Mississippi’s Black population in the pandemic’s early days, but community efforts slowed the rate. Now health officials and community leaders aim to replicate the success as they dole out vaccines.

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Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots

By Phil Galewitz January 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older say they don’t have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to a new KFF poll.

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Why Your Dentist Might Seem Pushy

By Daryl Austin May 19, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Dentists know how to maximize the profits in your mouth. But sometimes it’s outright fraud — to the tune of billions every year.

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Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for Covid Vaccine Despite Seniors’ Priority

By Judith Graham February 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors, but the efforts are slow and spotty.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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