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Advocates Say California Counties Need To Shore Up Care For Remaining Uninsured

By Jenny Gold March 13, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Report by Health Access California says 3 million uninsured in California have uneven access to care, depending on which county they live in.

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FRONTLINE CHAT: “How Would You Spend Your Final Days?”

February 12, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News staff writer Jenny Gold co-hosted a live chat,“How Would You Spend Your Final Days?” with Frontline documentary maker Tom Jennings. They discussed Being Mortal, the film based on the book by Atul Gawande. You can watch the documentary online and check out other KHN stories about end-of-life issues.

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Kaiser Permanente Faulted Again For Mental Health Care Lapses In California

By Jenny Gold February 25, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Following up on a critical report in 2013, the California Department of Managed Health Care found Kaiser Permanente had not resolved concerns about providing timely and appropriate access to treatment.

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Measles Outbreak Sparks Bid To Strengthen Calif. Vaccine Law

By Jenny Gold February 5, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Two California lawmakers have introduced a bill to eliminate a “personal belief exemption” used by parents to sidestep a school vaccination requirement.

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Study: Suffering At The End Of Life Getting Worse, Not Better

By Jenny Gold February 3, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The percentage of Americans experiencing pain in the last year of life increased between 1998 and 2010, despite the growth of palliative care programs and hospice use, according to a study released Monday.

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Most Californians On Insurance Exchange Are Sticking With Last Year’s Plan

By Jenny Gold January 29, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In California, the vast majority of people renewing health insurance coverage in the state’s exchange did not switch health plans, and instead are sticking with the one they selected last year.

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Testimonio Médico Clave Para Niños Que Piden Asilo

By Jenny Gold December 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

El abogado de Nueva York Brett Stark, quien ha trabajado con docenas de niños de Centroamérica que cruzaron solos la frontera hacia Estados Unidos durante el año pasado, dice que lograr que las cortes les otorguen asilo es extremadamente difícil. Por eso muchas veces busca a un defensor especial: un doctor. Estas asociaciones médico-legales han […]

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Doctors’ Testimony Crucial As Border Children Seek Asylum

By Jenny Gold December 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Medical-legal partnerships in New York and Los Angeles help some unaccompanied minors navigate immigration hearings.

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As California Expands Medicaid To New Beneficiaries, Many Others Are Dropped

By Jenny Gold November 18, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Previous enrollees in the program for low-income residents must reapply and many are finding the new applications too onerous to complete, advocates say.

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Toward ‘A Beautiful Death’

By Jenny Gold November 5, 2014 KFF Health News Original

An interview with Consumer Reports’ Nancy Metcalf, author of a new guide to end-of-life planning.

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Proton Center Closure Doesn’t Slow New Construction

By Jenny Gold October 1, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A proton beam therapy center in Indiana is closing, and insurers are reluctant to cover the expensive treatment for common cancers. But plans for three new proton therapy centers for the D.C. area are still moving forward.

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For Gay Men, Gaps In HIV Knowledge And Treatment Persist

By Jenny Gold September 25, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This KHN story can be republished for free. (details) Saturday is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, but the news about knowledge and treatment of HIV in the gay community is dispiriting. Just 30 percent of gay and bisexual men say they were tested for HIV within the last year as recommended; another 30 percent […]

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Insurance Brokers Key To Kentucky’s Obamacare Success

By Jenny Gold September 23, 2014 KFF Health News Original

More than 40 percent of the people who signed up for insurance on Kynect, Kentucky’s exchange, used an insurance broker.

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Dying In America Is Harder Than It Has To Be, IOM Says

By Jenny Gold September 17, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Comprehensive report on end-of-life care says both medicine and society need to change “to make those final days better.”

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San Antonio Police Have Radical Approach To Mental Illness: Treat It

By Jenny Gold August 19, 2014 KFF Health News Original

With specialized training and a redirection of resources, San Antonio’s police force is taking better care of mentally ill people, keeping them out of jail and saving $10 million a year.

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Wrestling With A Texas County’s Mental Health System

By Jenny Gold August 20, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Strong leadership and common-sense budgeting created a model mental health care system in San Antonio.

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Obamacare Help Was In High Demand, Survey Shows

By Jenny Gold July 15, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Most working people in the U.S. sign up for health insurance in a very straightforward way: a few forms, a few questions for human resources, a few choices of plans. Signing up for Affordable Care Act insurance was nothing like that. It involved questions about income, taxes, family size and immigration status. And in most […]

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Report: Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses Face 80% Unemployment

By Jenny Gold July 10, 2014 KFF Health News Original

This KHN story can be republished for free. (details) Employment rates for people with a serious mental illness are dismally low and getting worse, according to a report from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Just 17.8 percent of people receiving public mental health services were employed in 2012 – down from 23 percent in […]

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Pelvic Exams No Longer Recommended For Well-Woman Visits

By Jenny Gold July 1, 2014 KFF Health News Original

The American College of Physicians announced a major change to their screening guidelines Monday evening: Healthy women should no longer receive pelvic exams during their annual well-woman visits. The recommendation does not apply to women who are pregnant or who have symptoms of pelvic disease. “It’s an intrusive test, it’s a test women don’t like, […]

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Study Puts A Price Tag On Autism

By Jenny Gold June 9, 2014 KFF Health News Original

Autism exacts a heavy toll on families across the country, but what is the financial cost of the disorder? Now we have an actual price tag:  the lifetime cost of supporting a person with autism ranges from $1.4 million to $2.4 million in the United States, depending on whether the person also has an intellectual […]

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