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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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Short-Term Health Plans Hold Savings For Consumers, Profits For Brokers And Insurers

By Julie Appleby December 21, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Trump administration efforts to undo Obama-era rules have helped create the buzz around this type of health coverage.

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Without Obamacare Penalty, Think It’ll Be Nice To Drop Your Plan? Better Think Twice

By Emily Bazar December 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

If you’re among the millions of people expected to forgo health insurance next year when the Affordable Care Act tax penalty goes away, the financial consequences could be dire if you need unexpected medical care.

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Lost on the Frontline

By The Staffs of KHN and The Guardian August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

“Lost on the Frontline” is an ongoing project by Kaiser Health News and The Guardian that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who died from COVID 19, and to investigate why so many are victims of the disease.

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Scooter Madness In Austin Puts Safety Concerns In High Gear

By Sharon Jayson February 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As Austin and other cities across the USA deal with the invasion of e-scooters, injuries mount — along with calls for regulations. The findings from a CDC study may shed light on solutions.

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After Bitter Closure, Rural Texas Hospital Defies The Norm And Reopens

By Charlotte Huff January 7, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The 25-bed hospital in Crockett, Texas, abruptly closed its doors in 2017, joining the ranks of nearly 100 rural hospitals that have shut down in the past decade. But the community kept the faith and several doctors reopened the facility this year.

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La locura de los scooters en Austin pone a la velocidad como principal preocupación

By Sharon Jayson February 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Hay 14,000 patinetas eléctricas en la ciudad de Texas, en donde se han registrado múltiples accidentes, tanto de conductores como de peatones.

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Government Investigation Finds Flaws In the FDA’s Orphan Drug Program

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Sydney Lupkin November 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A probe by the Government Accountability Office cites breakdowns in the Food and Drug Administration program that approves drugs for rare diseases.

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Piénsalo dos veces antes de abandonar tu seguro de salud del Obamacare

By Emily Bazar December 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La penalidad por no tener cobertura médica dejará de estar vigente, en la mayoría del país, en 2019. Expertos aseguran que esto podría causar un éxodo de consumidores del mercado.

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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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Trump Administration Loosens Restrictions On Short-Term Health Plans

By Julie Appleby August 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The administration says these plans, which can now last as long as 12 months and be renewed for two years, will give consumers another less-pricey insurance option. Critics say the new rule is yet another swipe at the Affordable Care Act.

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Judge Blocks Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement

By Phil Galewitz June 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The program’s rollout was scheduled to begin Sunday.

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Can A Community Hospital Stay True To Its Mission After Sale To Large Corporation?

By Steven Findlay July 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

After 130 years as a nonprofit with deep roots in western North Carolina, Mission Health announced in March that it was seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain.

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La administración Trump facilita aún más la venta de planes de salud de corto plazo

By Julie Appleby August 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Estos planes son más económicos pero su cobertura es mínima, y no cumplen con las protecciones establecidas por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible (ACA).

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Medicare Beneficiaries Feel The Pinch When They Can’t Use Drug Coupons

By Michelle Andrews May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Federal law prohibits them from using the coupons drugmakers offer to help patients cover their share of a medicine’s cost.

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Manteniéndose vivo: cómo combatir la adicción a los opioides

By Emily Bazar April 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Más de 42.200 estadounidenses murieron por sobredosis de opioides en 2016. Expertos dicen que una combinación de medicamentos y apoyo terapéutico puede combatir la adicción.

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How A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine

By Sarah Jane Tribble April 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushing’s syndrome — and it’s bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.

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Si tienes hepatitis C, escupir puede ser un crimen

By Michelle Andrews June 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

En Ohio, un hombre que tiene hepatitis C fue sentenciado a 18 meses de prisión por escupirle a un oficial. Defensores dicen que estas leyes no son eficaces para detener la propagación de la enfermedad.

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Staying Alive: How To Fight An Opioid Addiction

By Emily Bazar April 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

First of all, make sure you have an overdose reversal drug handy. Then prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication.

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Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong

By Fred Schulte and Erika Fry, Fortune March 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess. Inside a digital revolution that took a bad turn.

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