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R2D2’s Next Assignment: Hospital Orderly

By Jenny Gold March 1, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A gleaming new hospital in San Francisco has a fleet of robots dropping off meals, picking up trash and saving some money in a very 21st century way.

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Bridging The Gap Between Medical And Mental Health Care

By Anna Gorman March 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Recognizing the strong link between psychiatric and physical illnesses, providers across the country are integrating primary care into mental health clinics with the help of federal funding.

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UCLA Freshmen Learn About Growing Old

By Anna Gorman March 2, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A UCLA course on aging teaches students about the physical, emotional and financial realities of growing old. Professors hope they will consider careers that serve the elderly.

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A Dearth Of Hospital Beds For Patients In Psychiatric Crisis

By Jenny Gold April 12, 2016 KFF Health News Original

A California Assembly bill would require creating a mandatory registry for available psychiatric hospital beds, but the state hospital association calls it unworkable.

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Hospitals Required To Keep Caregivers In The Loop

By Anna Gorman January 6, 2016 KFF Health News Original

California is one of several states to pass laws intended to involve caregivers in discussions when patients are hospitalized or discharged.

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Hands Off That Frozen Pizza! Docs Advise Customers As They Shop

By Anna Gorman December 23, 2015 KFF Health News Original

An Orange County, California hospital system is posting doctors at supermarkets to help customers make healthier choices. It’s part of a larger national effort among hospitals to improve community health outcomes. 

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A Sick Newborn, A Loving Family And A Litany Of Wrenching Choices

By Jenny Gold November 16, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In deciding how far to go in treating their very sick and premature baby, one San Francisco couple acted out of hope, not always in sync with doctors and nurses.

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Aid-In-Dying Laws Only Accentuate Need For Palliative Care, Providers Say

By Anna Gorman December 1, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Doctors who minister to seriously ill patients say the flurry of aid-in-dying laws show just how afraid people are of a painful death, and how important it is to ease their suffering.

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Worlds Apart: Vast Disparities In Treatment Separate Americans With HIV

By Barbara Feder Ostrov December 24, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Poverty and mental illness are among problems keeping about two-thirds of those infected — mainly minorities — from receiving treatment.

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Add This To Challenges Of Old Age: Keeping Your Teeth

By Anna Gorman December 8, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Many seniors either resist or can’t afford regular dental care, putting them at high risk of gum disease, tooth loss and other serious health complications.

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In Caring For Sickest Infants, Doctors Tap Parents For Tough Calls

By Jenny Gold November 17, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Doctors were once unquestioned authorities on how aggressively to treat the sickest and most premature babies. Now, they increasingly include parents in these wrenching choices.

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Long-Term Care Insurance: Less Bang, More Buck

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 17, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Seniors slammed with big premium increases face tough choices.

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In L.A., Community Health Workers Are Part Of The Medical Team

By Anna Gorman October 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

An experimental program in Los Angeles County pairs community health workers with chronically ill patients, aiming to improve patients’ health and access to care.

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Surprise! Here’s Another Bill For That ‘Paramedic Response’

By Anna Gorman February 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

California cities increasingly are billing patients for paramedic services that they say were not covered by insurers. One 85-year-old woman took on city hall.

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PHOTOS: A Challenge Of Old Age – Keeping Your Teeth

By Heidi de Marco December 8, 2015 KFF Health News Original

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Buying Supplemental Insurance Can Be Hard For Younger Medicare Beneficiaries

By Susan Jaffe February 3, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Congress left it to states to determine whether private Medigap plans are sold to the more than 9 million disabled people younger than 65 who qualify for Medicare. The result: rules vary across the country.

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California Voters Will Have Their Say On Drug Prices

By Anna Gorman January 29, 2016 KFF Health News Original

Heated battle expected over November ballot proposal to curb state’s prescription drug costs, as pharmaceutical industry opens its pocketbook to defeat the measure.

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How One Minority Community In California Is Fighting ‘Environmental Injustice’

By Anna Gorman October 1, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Residents say a lead battery recycler’s decades of contamination in low-income, largely Latino neighborhoods of Los Angeles County wouldn’t have been tolerated in wealthier areas.

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Coping with Autism and Puberty

By Heidi de Marco September 29, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A family struggles with what to do when an autistic adolescent becomes aggressive. 

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California, Oregon To Allow Hormonal Contraceptives Without A Doctor’s Prescription

By Barbara Feder Ostrov July 15, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The two states are the first in the country to allow pharmacists to directly prescribe “the pill” and similar contraceptives.

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