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Non-English Speakers Face Health Setback If Trump Loosens Language Rules

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A rule proposed by the Trump administration would leave patients with limited English proficiency with fewer guarantees of a written notice that free translation services are available. It also would no longer require directions on how patients can report discrimination they experience in a medical setting.

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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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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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Summer Bummer: A Young Camper’s $142,938 Snakebite

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 30, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The snake struck a 9-year-old hiker at dusk on a nature trail. The outrageous bills struck her parents a few weeks later.

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El legado de María: estudiantes en Puerto Rico sufren de estrés post traumático

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Casi el 46% dijo que su casa estaba dañada. Más del 32% experimentó escasez de alimentos y agua. Y aproximadamente el 58% informó que un amigo o miembro de su familia se había ido de la isla.

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Hurricane Maria’s Legacy: Thousands Of Puerto Rican Students Show PTSD Symptoms

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A survey of more than 96,000 students finds that 7.2% reported “clinically significant” symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

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Hospitals Chafe Under Medicare’s New Payment Rule For Off-Campus Clinics

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Under the rule that took effect this year, Medicare will lower payments for clinic visits performed at hospital-owned facilities to a rate that is equivalent to what it pays an independent doctor. Federal officials expect the move will save the government $380 million this year.

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Trump quiere $291 millones para erradicar el VIH en el país, pero no ayudará a África

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Una de estas acciones es el recorte de $1.35 mil millones del Plan de Emergencia del Presidente para el Alivio del SIDA, dinero que en mayor parte se usa en Africa.

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Trump’s Budget Offers $291M To Fight HIV In U.S. But Trims Overseas Efforts

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The budget would increase funding for efforts like the state-centered initiatives run by the Centers for Disease Control and the Ryan White Program, which offers services and treatment to patients. But it would also dramatically cut funding for global HIV efforts.

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El almacenamiento de vacunas a menudo no cumple con los estándares

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

La mala refrigeración puede afectar la eficacia de las dosis. Y al parecer, el problema central surge al trasladarlas del fabricante a los centros de atención.

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Vaccine Storage Too Often Fails To Meet Standards

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials regulate the handling of vaccines that are provided through the Vaccines for Children program, which offers the medicines generally for children whose families could not afford them. But there is no federal oversight of how these drugs are stored among other health care providers.

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Trump Pledges To End HIV Transmission By 2030. Doable, But Daunting.

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 6, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The president’s promise to eliminate HIV transmission within 10 years is a goal long sought by advocates, but it won’t be an easy undertaking.

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Federal Grants ‘A Lifesaver’ In Opioid Fight, But States Still Struggle To Curb Meth

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Elizabeth Lucas and Orion Donovan-Smith June 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The federal government has doled out at least $2.4 billion in state grants since 2017 to address the opioid epidemic, which killed 47,600 people in the U.S. that year alone. But local officials note that drug abuse problems seldom involve only one substance.

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Nation’s First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Succeeds

By Victoria Knight and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 28, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The organ transplant from a living donor opens up the universe of available organs.

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Resurge la metanfetamina, pero no hay drogas para combatir la adicción 

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Según los CDC, la tasa de muertes por sobredosis relacionadas con este estimulante se triplicó con creces entre 2011 y 2016.

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Meth’s Resurgence Spotlights Lack Of Meds To Combat The Addiction

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

While headlines continue to focus on the nation’s opioid crisis, a growing toll of overdoses and deaths related to methamphetamine use suggests this drug is making an under-the-radar comeback.

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Medicaid en Puerto Rico no cubre medicamentos que curan la hepatitis C

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A pesar que podría haber más de 11,000 casos en la isla, el Medicaid, que tiene un sistema de financiamiento distinto al de los estados, no cubre estos medicamentos.

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Medicaid Patients In Puerto Rico Don’t Get Coverage For Drugs To Cure Hepatitis C

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

The program that provides health care for about half of the U.S. territory’s population cannot afford to cover the drugs.

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Listen: Inexpensive Nerve Drug Often Abused As Opioid Epidemic Grows

August 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Gabapentin, a medication approved to help patients with nerve pain or epilepsy, is being abused by people addicted to opioids to help prolong their high or stave off withdrawal from other drugs. Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez talks about the problem during a wide-ranging health discussion on the NPR program “On Point.”

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Senators Unveil Legislation To Protect Patients Against Surprise Medical Bills

By Rachel Bluth September 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The measure is designed to help people getting emergency care from hospitals or doctors that are not part of their insurance network.

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