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How Medicaid Became A Go-To Funder For Schools

By Anna Gorman and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Photos by Heidi de Marco March 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Begun as a health care safety net for children and low-income families, Medicaid increasingly underwrites a range of services in America’s public schools.

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Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

By Susan Jaffe Photos by Heidi de Marco January 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Agencies sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won’t pay for their services, say patient advocates.

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One Nurse Per 4,000 Pupils = Not The Healthiest Arrangement

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco October 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

School districts in California and around the country face a long-standing shortage of nurses, mostly because of tight budgets. But some districts are finding creative ways to reduce the problem.

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Of ‘Miracles’ And Money: Why Hemophilia Drugs Are So Expensive

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco March 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The market is flooded with 28 different medications for just 20,000 patients with the hereditary bleeding disorder. Yet intense competition hasn’t worked to bring costs down. Sales amount to $4.6 billion annually in the U.S.

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Una enfermera por cada 4.000 alumnos = no parece el mejor acuerdo

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco October 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

La escasez de enfermeras diplomadas en escuelas pone en riesgo a estudiantes con condiciones médicas que requieren de atención diaria.

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Taken For A Ride? Ambulances Stick Patients With Surprise Bills

By Melissa Bailey Photos by Heidi de Marco November 27, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Public outrage over surprise medical bills prompted 21 states to pass consumer protection laws. But these laws largely ignore ambulance rides, which can leave patients stuck with hundreds or even thousands of dollars in bills.

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Training New Doctors Right Where They’re Needed

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco October 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Eight teaching centers in California aim to train and retain doctors in medically underserved areas such as California’s Central Valley. They are among 57 such institutions across the country that may soon receive a boost in funding from Congress.

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Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs

By Fred Schulte and Elizabeth Lucas Photos by Heidi de Marco November 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

With the nation’s opioid crisis, urine testing has become a booming business and is especially lucrative for doctors who operate their own labs, a Kaiser Health News investigation finds. And dozens of practitioners have earned “the lion’s share” of their Medicare income exclusively from urine drug screens.

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Entrenando a nuevos médicos justo en donde se los necesita

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco October 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

En el Valle Central de California, no hay una escuela de medicina, y los nuevos médicos a menudo evitan el área en favor de los centros urbanos más ricos, donde pueden ganar más dinero.

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Una tendencia que crece, adultos mayores que viven en comunidad

By Sharon Jayson Photos by Heidi de Marco November 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

La llamada covivienda está comenzando a ser popular entre los adultos mayores, como una alternativa al aislamiento social. Son hogares que se construyen alrededor de áreas para uso colectivo.

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No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk In Some States

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco January 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

For more than 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states have sought — and received — waivers to that rule.

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Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

By JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey Photos by Heidi de Marco, Frank Carlson, PBS NewsHour and Randall Hill June 25, 2018 KFF Health News Original

As more Americans are diagnosed with dementia, families who have firearms struggle with ways to stay safe. A KHN investigation uncovered dozens of cases of deaths and injuries.

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Infection Lapses Rampant In Nursing Homes But Punishment Is Rare

By Jordan Rau Photos by Heidi de Marco December 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A Kaiser Health News analysis of federal inspection records shows that nursing home inspectors labeled mistakes in infection control as serious for only 161 of the 12,056 homes they have cited since 2014.

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Why One California County Went Surgery Shopping

By Chad Terhune Photos by Heidi de Marco September 1, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Fed up with high hospital costs and limited competition, Santa Barbara County sends willing employees out of town for better bargains. Local governments are slowly joining private employers in aggressively seeking out the best care for the lowest price. 

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Doctors Make Big Money Testing Urine For Drugs, Then Ignore Abnormal Results

By Fred Schulte November 29, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicare and insurers struggle to oversee a booming business in testing urine samples. In some cases, pain doctors’ lack of follow-through can turn fatal.

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The New War On Sepsis

By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco June 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Armed with strict guidelines and motivated by sheer urgency, a specialized team of nurses makes the rounds, seeking to thwart the No. 1 killer in U.S. hospitals.

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This Gift Voucher Might Just Get You A Kidney 

By Fran Kritz September 15, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A retired California judge came up with the idea of donating his kidney to a stranger now to maximize his grandson’s prospects for such a donation later. The idea caught on.

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Has California Hit The Brakes In Regulating Breath-Robbing Big Rigs?

By Ngoc Nguyen Photos by Heidi de Marco July 18, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The state has made a huge dent in diesel pollution from freight trucks. But critics fear exemptions in a new law will stall progress, especially endangering the health of children and seniors near ports.

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Zika en América: la saga de una mamá hispana

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco June 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Lo primero que hizo María Ríos cuando nació su beba es chequear el tamaño de su cabeza. Fue entonces cuando supo que sus miedos se habían hecho realidad: la niña había nacido con microcefalia, una consecuencia del zika.

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Zika In America: One Mother’s Saga

By JoNel Aleccia Photos by Heidi de Marco June 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

So far, 72 affected babies have been born in the continental U.S. One young mother, infected in Mexico last year, and her infant face an uncertain future in rural Washington.

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