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Estados extenderán la inscripción del Obamacare más allá del límite federal

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Pauline Bartolone September 5, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Varios estados evitarán este año una nueva regla de la administración Trump que reduce a la mitad el tiempo que los consumidores tienen para comprar un seguro médico individual en los mercados establecidos por ACA.

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Trump’s Deadline On ‘Dreamers’ Reverberates Through Health Industries

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Ana B. Ibarra September 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

From medical students to home health aides, the loss of DACA could deal a blow to the health care workforce, industry leaders suggest.

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El ultimátum de Trump a los “soñadores” impacta en la industria de la salud

By Ana B. Ibarra and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez September 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Médicos y académicos consideran que el potencial final del programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA) impactaría negativamente en el campo de la salud.

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Senate Health Bill Would Revamp Medicaid, Alter ACA Guarantees, Cut Premium Support

By Julie Rovner June 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Despite promises to craft their own way to revamp the federal health law, the Senate Republican bill follows the House’s lead in many ways.

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Segregated Living Linked To Higher Blood Pressure Among Blacks

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Blood pressure for African-Americans who moved permanently out of segregated areas into medium-segregation locations decreased on average nearly 4 points while those who went to low-segregation locales dropped almost 6 points, a 25-year study finds.

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For Knee Pain, Experts Say Don’t Think About Scoping It

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Writing in the journal BMJ, an international group of experts and patients say arthroscopic surgery on the knee does not provide lasting relief.

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Expertos cuestionan eficacia de la cirugía de rodilla más popular

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 10, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Un panel internacional desafió la eficacia de uno de los procedimientos ortopédicos más comunes y recomendó fuertemente no realizar la cirugía artroscópica en pacientes con problemas degenerativos de rodilla.

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In Puerto Rico, The Joy Of Pregnancy Is Tempered By Fear Of Zika

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez January 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Because of the fears about devastating birth defects, carrying a child to term can be daunting for women in the commonwealth.

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La otra crisis de Puerto Rico: el éxodo de médicos jóvenes

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 1, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Estudiar medicina es una opción popular entre los jóvenes puertorriqueños. Pero muchos graduados están yéndose, eligiendo mejores oportunidades de trabajo, a pesar de las crecientes y urgentes necesidades de salud de Puerto Rico.

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Nueva preocupación para las familias con fumadores: el humo de tercera mano

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Nuevos hallazgos ponen de relieve los esfuerzos de la comunidad científica por identificar los peligros potenciales de otro subproducto de los cigarrillos que está al alcance de la mano de un niño.

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A New Worry For Smokers’ Families: ‘Thirdhand Smoke’

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The chemical residue from cigarette smoke that can cling to walls, clothes and skin may present a danger to children.

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A New Zika Threat Hovers As Summer’s Mosquitoes Get Bzzzzy

By Shefali Luthra and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 30, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The Zika virus, which made its appearance in the U.S. last summer, is still not well understood, and federal and state officials are not sure what to expect this year.

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Popular Guarantee For Young Adults’ Coverage May Be Health Law’s Achilles’ Heel

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 24, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much these days, but both parties want to keep the health law’s provision to allow adults to stay on their parents’ plan until age 26. But that could be hurting the marketplace’s insurance pools.

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Pacientes de bajos ingresos con VIH temen quedarse sin cobertura

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Bajo nuevas reglas que impondría la ley de salud republicana, pacientes de bajos ingresos que viven con VIH podrían perder la cobertura que un programa de asistencia federal les ayudó a obtener.

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Low-Income AIDS Patients Fear Coverage Gains May Slip Away

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The federal health law made it feasible for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to expand its efforts and help patients buy marketplace insurance plans to cover drugs and other health care.

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Experimental Stem Cell Treatment Leaves Three Women Blind

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez March 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Researchers, who detail the women’s experiences in the New England Journal of Medicine, say it exposes the need for better regulation of clinical trials.

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Zika: brotes por el calor pueden acelerar una vacuna

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Mientras las temperaturas más cálidas anuncian la llegada de mosquitos molestos, los investigadores están trabajando febrilmente en varias vacunas prometedoras contra el zika… pero hace falta un brote para probarlas.

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Sprint To Find Zika Vaccine Could Hinge On Summer Outbreaks

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In a paradox, researchers say testing for a vaccine will depend on the outbreak recurring this year.

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Individual Insurance Primer: Long-Troubled Market At Center Of Drive For Repeal

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

People who do not get insurance through their job or the government have long battled a difficult market.

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Trump’s Immigration Ban Fuels Fear For Young Doctors Whose Jobs May Be In Limbo

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez February 2, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With announcements of placements in residencies expected in March, medical education groups and hospitals say they’re unsure how to proceed.

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