Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule
By Andy Miller Renuka Rayasam Sam Whitehead
December 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited KFF Health News’ reporting, which has documented the program’s high costs and low enrollment.
Médicos deben racionar la penicilina por el dramático aumento de casos de sífilis
By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN
February 1, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A nivel nacional, las tasas de sífilis están en su punto más alto en 70 años. Entre 2018 y 2022, las tasas de esta enfermedad de transmisión sexual subieron alrededor del 80%.
Retratos convierten a muertes por armas de fuego en historias imborrables
By Christine Spolar
July 10, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Philadelphia ha registrado más de 9,000 tiroteos fatales y no fatales desde 2020, con aproximadamente el 80% de las víctimas identificadas como negras no hispanas. Entre los heridos o muertos, aproximadamente el 60% tenía 30 años o menos.
Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years
By Liz Szabo
May 16, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The profound and painful loss — 80 million years of life, compared with the white population — is a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, especially infants, mothers, and seniors, researchers say.
Silence in Sikeston: Racism Can Make You Sick
By Cara Anthony
September 10, 2024
Podcast
The “Silence in Sikeston” podcast explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on health — from hives and high blood pressure to struggles with mental health. The deaths of two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart in the same Missouri community anchor a conversation about the public health consequences of systemic bias.
La vacuna contra el sarampión es segura y eficaz. No te dejes engañar por los escépticos
By Amy Maxmen Céline Gounder
May 27, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Este año, el 80% de los casos ha sido en personas no vacunadas o con un estatus de vacunación desconocido. Muchos padres han sido influenciados por una avalancha de desinformación difundida por políticos y personalidades en redes sociales, podcasts, y en la TV.
Podcast: Silence in Sikeston
November 14, 2024
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The Podcast “Silence in Sikeston” explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on people’s health — from hives, high blood pressure, inflammation and heart disease to struggles with mental health. In 1942, Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched by a mob. Nearly 80 […]
The First Year of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
By Renuka Rayasam Sam Whitehead
September 13, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Georgia must decide soon whether to try to extend a limited Medicaid expansion that requires participants to work. Enrollment fell far short of goals in the first year, and the state isn’t yet able to verify participants are working.
Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans’ Health
By Fred Clasen-Kelly Renuka Rayasam
Video by Hannah Norman
November 15, 2024
KFF Health News Original
KFF Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
Journalists Drill Down on Bird Flu Risks, Opioid Settlement Payouts, and Fluoride in Drinking Water
April 27, 2024
KFF Health News Original
KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media over the past two weeks to discuss recent stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
The Path to a Better Tuberculosis Vaccine Runs Through Montana
By Jim Robbins
April 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Researchers at the University of Montana have pitched in to develop a more effective vaccine in the fight against an ancient disease that still kills an estimated 1.6 million people a year worldwide.
Burned Out by Covid and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Unionize
By Sarah Kwon
May 27, 2022
KFF Health News Original
In California and beyond, physician trainees working long hours for what in some states amounts to little more than minimum wage are organizing to seek better pay, benefits, and working conditions. More than 1,300 of them at three L.A. County public hospitals will vote May 30 on whether to strike.
Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help
By Amy Maxmen
September 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandemic.
Unsheltered People Are Losing Medicaid in Redetermination Mix-Ups
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR
April 23, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Some of the nearly 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the state reevaluates eligibility are homeless. That’s in part because Montana kicked more than 80,000 people off the program for technical reasons rather than income ineligibility. For unhoused people who were disenrolled, getting back on Medicaid can be extraordinarily difficult.
Silence in Sikeston
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Listen | Watch | Read The Podcast “Silence in Sikeston” explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on our health — from hives, high blood pressure, inflammation and heart disease to struggles with mental health. In 1942, Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched […]
Older Men’s Connections Often Wither When They’re on Their Own
By Judith Graham
October 10, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Older men who find themselves living alone tend to have fewer close personal relationships than older women. They’re vulnerable, physically and emotionally, but often reluctant to ask for help.
Say That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary
By Judith Graham
February 28, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Hearing loss is more than a nuisance. It also raises the risk of cognitive decline, dementia, falls, depression, and social isolation.
Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
By Judith Graham
September 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.
$80,000 and 5 ER Visits: An Ectopic Pregnancy Takes a Toll Despite NY’s Liberal Abortion Law
By Michelle Andrews
October 5, 2022
KFF Health News Original
If an embryo has implanted in a fallopian tube, ending the pregnancy is imperative to protect the patient’s life. Women’s health advocates have raised concerns that the needed treatment may be hampered by restrictive abortion laws in some states. Yet women seeking treatment in states with more liberal abortion laws may still find the process expensive and harrowing.
Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress.
By Fred Clasen-Kelly Renuka Rayasam
October 28, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
