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California Falling Short of Enrollment Goal as Mental Health Courts Roll Out Statewide

By Christine Mai-Duc December 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California’s goal was to help 2,000 seriously mentally ill people by the end of this year, but data shows fewer than 600 petitions have been filed. As the CARE program expands to every county, officials say it sometimes takes months to locate eligible adults and get them in treatment plans.

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Medical Providers Still Grappling With UnitedHealth Cyberattack: ‘More Devastating Than Covid’

By Samantha Liss April 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medical providers say they’re still coping with the Change Healthcare cyberattack disclosed in February even though parent company UnitedHealth Group reported that much is back to normal and its revenue is up over last year.

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Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’

June 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.

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After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl

By Brett Kelman and Samantha Liss March 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Ballad Health was granted the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. Since then, its emergency rooms have become more than three times as slow.

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Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements

By Aneri Pattani January 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The four-page bill lists how states should spend settlement money, but it doesn’t specify consequences for flouting the rules or name who is in charge of monitoring compliance.

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Drawn-Out Overhaul of Troubled Montana Hospital Leaves Lawmakers in Limbo

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press January 31, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Unsure how to help the troubled psychiatric facility, legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental health system.

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Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group Updated November 18, 2024 Originally Published November 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O’Malley’s efforts to address the agency’s overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.

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Can a $10 Billion Climate Bond Address California’s Water Contamination Problem?

By Vanessa G. Sánchez October 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California voters will decide in November whether to approve a $10 billion climate bond that supporters say is needed to jump-start water system repairs for residents without safe drinking water. Opponents say those repairs should be prioritized in the state budget, not put on a credit card.

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KFF Health News Sues To Force Disclosure of Medicare Advantage Audit Records

By Fred Schulte November 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Freedom of Information Act case targets HHS inspector general’s reviews of billions of dollars in health plan overpayments.

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Nursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts

By Noam N. Levey March 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.

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An Arm and a Leg: When Hospitals Sue Patients (Part 2)

By Dan Weissmann December 28, 2023 Podcast

Why do hospitals sue patients who can’t afford to pay their medical bills? On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann investigates such lawsuits and covers new laws and regulations that may change this practice.

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Lawsuit Alleges Obamacare Plan-Switching Scheme Targeted Low-Income Consumers

By Julie Appleby Updated July 22, 2024 Originally Published April 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.

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Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families

By Jordan Rau January 25, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In the wake of a KFF Health News-New York Times series, members of the Special Committee on Aging are asking residents and their families to submit their bills and are calling for a Government Accountability Office study.

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Readers Issue Rx for Clogged ERs and Outrageous Out-of-Pocket Costs

June 3, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Poppy Seed Brew Triggers Morphine Overdose, Drawing Attention of Lawmakers

By David Hilzenrath Illustration by Lydia Zuraw October 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Poppy seeds contaminated with opioids can be used to make a deadly brew, a watchdog says.

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Exclusive: Senator Urges Biden Administration To Thwart Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollments

By Julie Appleby May 21, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With tens of thousands of Americans already affected by enrollment scams that leave some without doctors or treatments, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants increased enforcement against rogue agents or other perpetrators and legislation to allow for criminal penalties.

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Employers Haven’t a Clue How Their Drug Benefits Are Managed

By Arthur Allen October 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The Big Three pharmacy benefit managers say they return nearly all the rebates they get from drugmakers to the employers and insurers who hire them. But most employers seem to doubt that.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill

December 19, 2024 Podcast

Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate successfully negotiated an enormous end-of-Congress health package, including bipartisan efforts to address prescription drug prices — only to see it blown up at the last minute after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump applied pressure. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court accepted its first abortion-related case of the term, and the attorney general of Texas sued a doctor in New York for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman about what happened in health policy in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.

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Paid Sick Leave Sticks After Many Pandemic Protections Vanish

By Zach Dyer May 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states including Missouri, Alaska, and Nebraska are organizing to take the issue to voters with ballot initiatives this November.

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For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access

By Lillian Mongeau Hughes January 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A legislative effort to expand access to prenatal care in rural Oregon with mobile clinics was scuttled because those clinics would have provided abortions in rural areas. Opposition to the proposal shows that, even in states that ensure access to abortions, that care isn’t universally available or accepted.

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