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Over-The-Counter Devices Hold Their Own Against Costly Hearing Aids

By Michelle Andrews July 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In a head-to-head comparison, several of the cheaper devices performed nearly as well as the expensive hearing aids. The study lends credence to lawmakers’ efforts to get the FDA to set standards for over-the-counter versions.

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Enriched By The Poor: California Health Insurers Make Billions Through Medicaid

By Chad Terhune and Anna Gorman November 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid is rarely associated with getting rich. But some insurance companies are reaping spectacular profits off the taxpayer-funded program in California, even when the state finds their patient care is subpar.

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Ante nuevos recortes, navegadores dicen que los federales no aprecian su trabajo

By Michelle Andrews September 19, 2017 KFF Health News Original

La administración Trump ha informado a organizaciones que se recortará el presupuesto para los navegadores, personas que ayudan con la inscripción en el mercado de seguros.

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Counting On Medicaid To Avoid Life In A Nursing Home? That’s Now Up To Congress.

By Susan Jaffe Photos by Heidi de Marco July 31, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Tighter Medicaid budgets could jeopardize states’ home-based services that help older adults and disabled people live in their homes instead of more expensive nursing homes.

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Nowhere To Go: Young People With Severe Autism Languish In Hospitals

By Christina Jewett September 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Some teens and young adults are spending weeks or even months in retrofitted emergency rooms — even in mesh-covered tents — until specialized care can be found. ‘It’s a huge problem,’ one doctor says.

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Will GOP Pay A Price For Trying To Take Health Care Benefits From Voters?

By Michael McAuliff and Lisa Gillespie, WFPL August 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Politicians who tried to take health care benefits from their voters may face political consequences as constituents come to understand what’s at stake — in a way they didn’t a few months ago.

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Former Pharma Reps’ New Mission: To School Docs On High Drug Costs

By Jay Hancock June 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

One insurer is turning the tables on drugmakers with what may be a new job category: a sales force for cost-effective medicine.

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CHIP Offers Families With Seriously Ill Kids More Financial Protection Than ACA Plans

By Michelle Andrews April 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Out-of-pocket costs can rise dramatically for children with chronic health issues if a family changes marketplace coverage, according to a new study.

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Health Care Worries Pull Crowd To Conservative Ohio Rep’s Town Hall

By Rachel Bluth April 25, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sparked discord at his meeting with his district’s voters Monday when he suggested churches, schools and families are best able to handle the opioid epidemic rather than the federal government.

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5 Things To Know About The Subsidies At The Heart Of A Capitol Hill Battle

By Julie Rovner April 26, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Democrats want a bill to fund the government for the rest of the year to include funding for the health law’s cost-sharing reductions for low-income marketplace customers, but Republicans want to keep the issues separate.

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Dentists Work To Ease Patients’ Pain With Fewer Opioids

By Elana Gordon, WHYY March 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Dentistry is at a crossroads and many in the field are reassessing their narcotics prescribing habits.

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Fewer Americans Paid Tax Penalty For Not Having Health Insurance In 2015

By Phil Galewitz January 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

About 6.5 million Americans paid an average of $470 for not having health insurance in 2015, a requirement under the Affordable Care Act, the IRS reports.

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‘How Long Have I Got, Doc?’ Why Many Cancer Patients Don’t Have Answers

By Liz Szabo June 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Due to poor doctor-patient communication, most people with advanced cancer don’t know enough about their disease to make vital decisions.

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Health Officials Denounce Trump’s Decision To Cut Funding For Pregnancy Prevention Programs

August 10, 2017 Morning Briefing

The $214 million pregnancy prevention program is made up of 81 five-year grants that are now set to end in June 2018, two years early, under a highly unusual Health and Human Services Department decision outside the normal budget process.

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In Deep-Red Western N.C., Revered Congressman Leads Charge Against GOP Bill

By Phil Galewitz March 20, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Is Republican Rep. Mark Meadows the man who would kill “Trumpcare”? He enjoys strong support in his gerrymandered western North Carolina district as he leads conservative opposition to the GOP’s plan for repealing and replacing Obamacare.

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Dentistry Advocates Aim To Fill Medicare Gaps

By Phil Galewitz March 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Brushing aside a political climate that favors federal cuts in health care spending, advocates for oral health are pushing to expand Medicare to provide America’s elderly with dental benefits.

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“¿Cuánto tiempo me queda, doctor?” Por qué muchos pacientes con cáncer no obtienen respuestas

By Liz Szabo June 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Muchas veces los pacientes con cáncer no reciben respuestas adecuadas a preguntas críticas, entre ellas, la más crucial y universal de todas.

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Some GOP Voters Skittish On Full Repeal, Poll Finds

By Jordan Rau December 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Trump backers expressed support for some of the health law’s consumer protections, such as allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.

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Grupo lucha para que el Medicare cubra atención dental completa

By Phil Galewitz March 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Un grupo formado por miembros de la industria de la salud oral, médicos y ex funcionarios federales, se unieron con una meta que también es un desafío de salud pública: lograr que el Medicare cubra ampliamente servicios de salud dental.

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California’s RN Wages Now Highest In The Nation, Federal Data Show

By Ana B. Ibarra October 24, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Registered nurses in the state earn an average annual salary of $100,000, compared to a national average of $71,000.

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