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Rising Complaints of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern

By Julie Appleby April 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal and state regulators are mulling what they can do to thwart this growing problem.

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Biden Team, UnitedHealth Struggle to Restore Paralyzed Billing Systems After Cyberattack

By Darius Tahir and Bernard J. Wolfson and Daniel Chang March 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The cyberattack on a unit of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is the worst on the health care industry in U.S. history, hospitals say. Providers struggling to get paid for care say the response by the insurer and the Biden administration has been inadequate.

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Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help

By Amy Maxmen September 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A KFF Health News investigation reveals that employers and the government have offered nursing aides little assistance for PTSD and other ongoing maladies triggered by hazardous work during the pandemic.

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Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt: NY Provider Has Sued More Than 300 Patients Who Had Bariatric Surgery

By Fred Schulte April 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The private equity-backed practice has been known to demand more than $100,000 in charges or penalties. One patient is fighting back.

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How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers

By Aneri Pattani Data visualizations by Lydia Zuraw December 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, we uncovered how billions in opioid settlement funds were used by state and local governments in 2022 and 2023. Find out where the money went.

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A New RSV Shot Could Help Protect Babies This Winter — If They Can Get It in Time

By Amelia Templeton, Oregon Public Broadcasting November 9, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Supply problems, a high price tag, and bureaucratic obstacles are slowing the distribution of a therapy that can protect infants from the respiratory syncytial virus. That will leave them unnecessarily at risk of hospitalization this winter, pediatricians fear.

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The Case of the Two Grace Elliotts: A Medical Billing Mystery

By Mark Kreidler December 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement at a hospital across the country that she had not visited for years. She didn’t receive the care, but she did receive the bill — and the medical records of a stranger.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The ACA Turns 14

March 21, 2024 Podcast

Saturday marks the 14th anniversary of the still somewhat embattled Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joins host Julie Rovner to discuss the accomplishments of the health law — and the challenges it still faces. Also this week, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Mary Agnes Carey of KFF Health News join Rovner to discuss what should be the final funding bill for HHS for fiscal 2024, next week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging abortion medication, and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own

By Judith Graham Updated December 9, 2024 Originally Published December 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population offer much-needed help.

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Massive Kaiser Permanente Strike Looms as Talks Head to the Wire

By Bernard J. Wolfson September 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Both sides, still at loggerheads over pay and staffing, agreed to keep bargaining after unions announced a possible strike Oct. 4-7. If no deal is reached, a walkout by about 75,000 KP workers in five states could disrupt care.

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An Arm and a Leg: Medicaid Recipients Struggle To Stay Enrolled

By Dan Weissmann June 4, 2024 Podcast

In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” the show takes its first look at Medicaid. The program has dropped more than 22 million people since spring 2023, when covid-era protections ended.

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California Offers Bipartisan Road Map for Protecting Kids Online Even as Big Tech Fights Back

By Mark Kreidler March 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Last year, state lawmakers adopted the country’s toughest online privacy restrictions. The law offers Congress a path forward on federal protections even as it serves as a cautionary tale for taking on Big Tech.

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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

By Arthur Allen December 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Inoculation campaigns that protect children and adults from dangerous diseases rely on a delicate web of state and federal laws and programs. If senior officials cast doubt on vaccine safety, the whole system might collapse, especially in red states.

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Backlash to Affirmative Action Hits Pioneering Maternal Health Program for Black Women

By Ronnie Cohen November 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A San Francisco program offers a $1,000-a-month stipend for pregnant Black and Pacific Islander women, part of an effort to address severe racial disparities in maternal health. But conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.

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California Aims to Maximize Health Insurance Subsidies for Workers During Labor Disputes

By Annie Sciacca November 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Workers who lose employer-based health coverage during a strike or lockout will have access to a full-subsidy plan through Covered California.

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The Shrinking Number of Primary Care Physicians Is Reaching a Tipping Point

By Elisabeth Rosenthal September 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The declining share of U.S. doctors in adult primary care is about 25% — a point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.

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A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.

By Stephanie Colombini, WUSF May 25, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Josie sensed Florida lawmakers were threatening her health care and ability to be herself at school. So she left. Families of other trans youth are plotting exits as well.

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Congress Considers Easing Regulations on Air Transport of Donated Organs

By Colleen DeGuzman July 20, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A little-noticed provision of sweeping legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration would make it easier to fly human organs from donor to recipient.

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Rescue From Above: How Drones May Narrow Emergency Response Times

By Michelle Andrews July 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Public safety and health care organizations are using drones to speed up lifesaving treatment during medical emergencies in which every second counts.

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Jaw Surgery Takes a $27,119 Bite out of One Man’s Budget

By Phil Galewitz August 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A Seattle patient discovers the hard way that you can still hit a lifetime limit for certain types of care. And health plans can vary a lot from one job to the next, even if the insurer is the same.

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