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Más allá del Medicare para Todos, estados demócratas impulsan nuevas leyes de salud

By Sarah Varney February 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Nueva York busca replicar el modelo de San Francisco, que creó un programa de atención médica para todos sus residentes antes del Obamacare.

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Beyond Beltway’s ‘Medicare-For-All’ Talk, Democrats In States Push New Health Laws

By Sarah Varney February 14, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As calls for “Medicare-for-all” grow louder among Democrats in Congress, Democratic governors and mayors have been pushing ahead with urgency to corral medical costs and bring health care to those who remain uninsured.

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Hurricane Maria Still Taking A Toll On Puerto Rico’s Seniors

July 18, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on the challenges of providing health care to older people on the island.

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Long Waits To See Doctors In Puerto Rico, Where Medical Needs Are Great Post-Maria

July 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports on how the island’s mounting physician shortage is making it even more difficult to get care.

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Watch: Beyond Puerto Rico’s Grim Statistics, Stories Of Lives And Deaths

May 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney reports from Puerto Rico in the aftermath of the devastating Sept. 20 hurricane.

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Más “desiertos de contracepción” por medidas de la administración Trump

By Sarah Varney September 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Normas impulsadas por el gobierno federal privilegian a las clínicas que solo ofrecen control de la natalidad a través de métodos naturales.

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‘Contraception Deserts’ Likely To Widen Under New Trump Administration Policy

By Sarah Varney September 28, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Federal family planning funds, known as Title X, will soon fund for-profit women’s clinics that bar condoms, hormonal birth control and IUDs and offer only “natural family planning.”

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Listen: Disrupted Lives, Delayed Care And A Revised Death Toll In Puerto Rico

June 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney, who has seen firsthand how devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria has harmed residents of Puerto Rico, discusses the new statistics on the number who perished in the storm.

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In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs And Health Suffers

By Sarah Varney April 19, 2018 KFF Health News Original

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.

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Work-For-Medicaid Lifts Off In Indiana, But Even Fans Fret About Red Tape

February 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Requiring some Medicaid recipients to work or perform community service for their benefits has stirred controversy. KHN’s Sarah Varney explores what the policy could mean for 30,000 low-income Hoosiers.

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For One Father And Son In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria’s Cloud Has Not Lifted

By Sarah Varney March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The deadly storm turned a health challenge into a full-blown medical crisis for one young man with unconfirmed multiple sclerosis. And still he waits to see a neurologist.

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En Puerto Rico, sobrevivientes del huracán María enfrentan la soledad y la depresión

By Sarah Varney May 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La tasa de suicidos aumentó dramáticamente en la isla desde que el huracán María impactó en septiembre pasado.

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Listless And Lonely In Puerto Rico, Some Older Storm Survivors Consider Suicide

By Sarah Varney May 10, 2018 KFF Health News Original

More than six months ago, Hurricane Maria upended routines and shuttered services on the island leading to a sense of despair and isolation, especially among older people.

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La otra crisis de Puerto Rico: más de un millón en riesgo por recortes a Medicaid

By Sarah Varney and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La isla, que todavía está recuperándose de las tormentas de 2017, sufrirá un nuevo revés sanitario: fuertes recortes a Medicaid pueden impactar en la atención médica de los más vulnerables.

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In Weary Post-Storm Puerto Rico, Medicaid Cutbacks Bode New Ills

By Sarah Varney and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez August 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The island’s government must squeeze $840.2 million in annual savings from Medicaid by 2023, part of the U.S. territory’s agreement with the federal government as Puerto Rico claws its way back from fiscal oblivion. Experts warn such drastic cuts defy actuarial science.

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En Puerto Rico, la pesadilla del huracán María no terminó para este padre y su hijo

By Sarah Varney March 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Osvaldo Daniel Martínez tiene síntomas de esclerosis múltiple, pero todavía no ha podido tener un diagnóstico oficial porque no consiguen cita con un neurólogo.

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If Poor Neighborhood = Poor Health, Relocation Is One Solution

By Sarah Varney January 17, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Research shows that living in more affluent, less segregated neighborhoods can improve health problems like asthma and high blood pressure. Communities around the country are experimenting with moving some families to boost their health.

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Los más frágiles en Puerto Rico enfrentan el final de la ayuda por el huracán

By Sarah Varney March 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Como Ausberto Maldonado, miles en la isla que sufren condiciones crónicas, y casi no tienen alimentos y medicinas, sienten que la crisis económica es tanto o más amenazante que el huracán María.

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Time’s Running Out: The Frail In Puerto Rico Face End Of Hurricane Relief Programs

By Sarah Varney March 30, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some of the safety-net programs set up after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico are being disbanded.

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As Marijuana Laws Relax, Doctors Say Pregnant Women Shouldn’t Partake

By Sarah Varney January 31, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Some mothers who smoke pot see it as a harmless remedy for everything from pain to postpartum depression. But doctors say the active ingredients in marijuana can be passed onto the baby and may affect developing nervous systems.

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