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Análisis: ¿No quieres una vacuna? Prepárate para pagar más por tu seguro de salud

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Glenn Kramon August 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A pesar de que las compañías de seguros negocian precios más bajos y cubren gran parte del costo de la atención, los costos asociados al tratamiento de covid deberían ser un incentivo bastante aterrador.

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Despite a First-Ever ‘Right-to-Repair’ Law, There’s No Easy Fix for Wheelchair Users

By Markian Hawryluk June 2, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado lawmakers approved a measure that will make it easier for people to fix their power wheelchairs when they wear out or break down, but arcane regulations and manufacturers create high hurdles for nationwide reform.

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A Focus On Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Health As Congress Returns

September 5, 2023 Morning Briefing

Lawmakers are tackling the potential government shutdown and wrangling over spending bills, but a lot of media attention is focused on health worries over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who appeared to freeze during a press conference last week — the second such event in a month.

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Drivers in Decline: A Shortage of Volunteers Complicates Access to Care in Rural America

By Christina Saint Louis October 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Public transit is already insufficient in rural areas, leaving residents with few options as they travel greater distances to access health care. But older residents who depend on volunteer drivers to get them to appointments face another challenge: The number of those volunteers is declining.

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Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work Requirements for Medicaid

By Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead November 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials have apparently stopped fighting Georgia’s plan for a limited Medicaid expansion that includes work requirements. The plan, a key policy of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s, would cover a much smaller portion of the population: those who can work or volunteer 80 hours a month.

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Idaho Dropped Thousands From Medicaid in the Pandemic’s First Years

By Rachana Pradhan March 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The removals, detailed in emails between state and federal health officials, hinged on disagreements over how states could disenroll people during the public health emergency. Consumer advocates fear the alleged violation signals the mess to come on April 1, when the pandemic-era Medicaid coverage mandate ends.

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As Patients Fell Ill With Covid Inside Hospitals, Government Oversight Fell Short

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett Photos by Heidi de Marco December 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

A KHN investigation finds that hospitals with high rates of covid patients who didn’t have the diagnosis when they were admitted have rarely been held accountable due to multiple gaps in government oversight.

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Few Places Have More Medical Debt Than Dallas-Fort Worth, but Hospitals There Are Thriving

By Noam N. Levey September 28, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Some hospitals notch big profits while patients are pushed into debt by skyrocketing medical prices and high deductibles, a KHN analysis finds.

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California’s Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money — And Help the Homeless

By Angela Hart April 19, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious experiment in health care is supposed to cut costs as it fills the needs of hard-to-reach people. The program’s start is chaotic and limited, but it shows promise.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Judging the Abortion Pill

March 16, 2023 Podcast

Any day now a conservative federal judge in Texas could upend the national abortion debate by requiring the FDA to rescind its approval of mifepristone, a drug approved in the U.S. more than 20 years ago that is now used in more than half of abortions nationwide. Meanwhile, a controversial study on masks gets a clarification, although it may be too late to change the public impression of what it found. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues 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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It’s ‘Telehealth vs. No Care’: Doctors Say Congress Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable

By Sarah Jane Tribble January 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Congress’ $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package included a two-year extension of pandemic-era funding that helped telehealth services grow nationwide. But that cash bridge, embraced by those delivering services to patients in rural areas, doesn’t provide much certainty for the future of remote medicine.

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Politics and Pandemic Fatigue Doom California’s Covid Vaccine Mandates

By Rachel Bluth May 31, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Even in deep-blue California, Democratic lawmakers pulled their proposed covid vaccine requirements before they had a vote. The lawmakers blamed the ebbs and flows of the coronavirus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.

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Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care

By Reed Abelson, The New York Times December 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: An Encore: 3 HHS Secretaries Reveal What the Job Is Really Like

October 5, 2023 Podcast

In this special encore episode, KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” asks three people who have served as the nation’s top health official: What does a day in the life of the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? Taped in June before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, in Aspen, Colorado, host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former HHS secretaries. Secretary Xavier Becerra and former secretaries Kathleen Sebelius and Alex Azar talk candidly about what it takes to run a department with more than 80,000 employees and a budget larger than those of many countries.

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Enough to Wreck Their Rest: $10,322 for a Sleep Study

By Michelle Andrews May 27, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The University of Miami Health System charges a truck driver six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test.

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As Montana’s Mental Health Crisis Care Crumbles, Politicians Promise Aid

By Katheryn Houghton April 12, 2023 KFF Health News Original

One of Montana’s largest mental health providers has ratcheted back services amid financial troubles, leaving a vacuum. State policymakers have promised more money to aid behavioral health care, but lasting change could be years out.

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How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place

By Yuki Noguchi, NPR News July 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Medical bills can add stress to the already stressful experience of dealing with a medical crisis. And if you can’t pay those bills, they can linger, wreaking havoc on your financial goals and credit. Here’s how to protect yourself.

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Never-Ending Costs: When Resolved Medical Bills Keep Popping Up

By Aneri Pattani April 7, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A bill one family considered paid wrongfully resurfaced, resurrecting painful memories. It’s a scenario that’s not uncommon but grievously unsettling.

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Nursing Home Surprise: Advantage Plans May Shorten Stays to Less Time Than Medicare Covers

By Susan Jaffe October 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Private Medicare Advantage health plans are increasingly ending coverage for skilled nursing or rehab services before medical providers think patients are healthy enough to go home, doctors and patient advocates say.

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Millions Are Stuck in Dental Deserts, With No Access to Oral Health Care

By Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times May 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Vulnerable and marginalized communities are getting left behind in dental deserts, where patient volume exceeds provider capacity or too few dentists are willing to serve the uninsured or those on Medicaid.

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