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Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid-Era Super Bowl

By Phil Galewitz February 1, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor — an outspoken former cop — has clashed repeatedly with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has limited what local officials can do to confront the pandemic. But she reached an uneasy peace with the state and is convinced that safeguards instituted by the NFL will help keep crowds safe at the NFL championship game.

States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden

By Phil Galewitz January 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As president, Donald Trump encouraged states to bring in drugs from Canada, where prices are cheaper. It’s not clear if the new administration will follow suit.

Encuesta: casi la mitad de los adultos ahora quiere vacunarse contra covid lo antes posible

By Phil Galewitz January 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Ya se han vacunado unas 20 millones de personas. Sin embargo, persisten las disparidades raciales, étnicas y económicas en cuanto al acceso a las vacunas.

Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

By Phil Galewitz January 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The number of adults seeking to get inoculated has risen since December, according to a new poll.

Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots

By Phil Galewitz January 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older say they don’t have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to a new KFF poll.

Geography Is Destiny: Dentists’ Access to Covid Shots Depends on Where They Live

By Phil Galewitz January 15, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A handful of states are making dentists a lower priority than other health professionals for inoculations, even though they have their hands in people’s mouths and are exposed to aerosols that spray germs in their faces.

Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of Covid Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness

By Phil Galewitz January 13, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The lack of a federal strategy on how distribution should work at the local level means that states, hospitals, nursing homes and pharmacies are making decisions on their own about who gets vaccinated and when.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Transition Interrupted

November 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Former Vice President Joe Biden is now the president-elect nearly everywhere but inside the Trump administration, where the president refuses to concede and has ordered officials not to begin a formal transition. That is a particular problem for health care as the COVID-19 pandemic surges. Meanwhile, there’s good news on the vaccine front, but it’s unlikely one will arrive by winter. And the ACA was back before the Supreme Court — again. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Shefali Luthra of the 19th News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week they think you should read, too.

Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee

By Phil Galewitz January 8, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.

As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down

By Phil Galewitz December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Fears about lingering coronavirus at the White House are prompting a massive disinfection initiative before the Bidens move in.

With Few Takers for COVID Vaccine, DC Hospital CEO Takes ‘One for the Team’

By Phil Galewitz December 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Howard University Hospital officials are eager to get their 1,900 employees vaccinated, but so far few are showing up.

Discretamente, Biden está transformando la red de seguridad de Medicaid

By Noam N. Levey and Phil Galewitz June 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Los esfuerzos de Biden, que han sido eclipsados en gran medida por otras iniciativas económicas y de salud, representan un cambio abrupto en contra de todo lo que la administración Trump hizo para reducir el programa.

Biden Quietly Transforms Medicaid Safety Net

By Noam N. Levey and Phil Galewitz June 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In a sharp shift from Trump-era policies, President Joe Biden looks at expanding Medicaid eligibility to new mothers, inmates and undocumented immigrants and adding services such as food and housing.

Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules — Setting Off Alarms

By Phil Galewitz December 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed that the new administration review about 2,400 regulations that affect tens of millions of Americans, on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drug approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: As Cases Spike, White House Declares Pandemic Over

October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Former President Barack Obama says President Donald Trump is “jealous of COVID’s media coverage.” Indeed, Trump has complained at his rallies, attended by mostly maskless supporters, about how the media covers the pandemic — at a time when cases are rising rapidly across the nation. Meanwhile, open enrollment is about to begin for the Affordable Care Act in a year when many people need coverage, but the law’s future is not secure. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, Rovner interviews KHN’s Anna Almendrala about the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment.

Florida’s New Hospital Industry Head Ran Medicaid in State and Fought Expansion

By Phil Galewitz November 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The state’s hospital association in September picked Mary Mayhew to be its new CEO. While leading the state Medicaid office, she was a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion program.

Red States’ Case Against ACA Hinges on Whether They Were Actually Harmed by the Law

By Phil Galewitz November 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The Republican-led states are trying to prove they were harmed by the 2010 health law — and thus have “legal standing” — because their Medicaid costs increased, even though Congress eliminated the penalty for not having health coverage in 2019. At least one justice was skeptical.

Déjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas

By Phil Galewitz and Rachel Bluth and Rae Ellen Bichell August 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As the nation confronts the delta variant, many consumers are again facing delays getting tested. The problem appears most acute in the South and Midwest, where new infections are growing the fastest.

Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals

By Phil Galewitz November 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals, a potent political force, fear lowering the eligibility age will cost them billions of dollars in revenue because federal reimbursements are lower than private insurers’.

Sen. Graham Complains That 3 Blue States Get a Third of ACA Funding

By Phil Galewitz October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Lindsey Graham insinuates that the law is sending a disproportionate amount of money to New York, California and Massachusetts, all represented by Democrats.

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