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A woman is seen lying down in an operating room, a tear in her eye. A doula holds a hand to her cheek.

Want Vulnerable Californians to Have Healthier Pregnancies? Doulas Say the State Must Pay Up.

By Rachel Bluth March 15, 2022 KFF Health News Original

California was supposed to start paying doulas this year to help Medicaid enrollees have healthy pregnancies. But the benefit has been delayed because doulas feel lowballed by the state’s proposed reimbursement rate, which is below what most other states pay.

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Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City

By Katherine Huggins and Julia Mueller May 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy in downtown Minneapolis gives Native Americans an economical option for filling prescriptions while being sensitive to tribal traditions and expectations.

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Some Groups Are Left Out of Montana Covid Test Giveaway Program

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press and Katheryn Houghton December 21, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials and policymakers alike see rapid antigen tests as a strong tool to keep businesses open and parents working. But a look at Montana’s distribution of the tests shows a patchwork system with limited access for many.

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Q&A: How Will California’s New 988 Mental Health Line Actually Work?

By Jenny Gold October 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

California Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, who authored legislation to create and fund the state’s new 988 phone line for mental health emergencies, spoke with KHN about the effort and what more will be needed to create a full-fledged response network for people experiencing mental health crises.

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Record Number of Americans Sign Up for ACA Health Insurance

By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller December 23, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Nearly 14 million Americans have enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace health plans for next year — a record since the health law’s coverage expansion took effect in 2014. A boost in subsidies marketing and assistance in navigating the process increased the rolls of the insured.

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Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

By Markian Hawryluk July 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Private equity firms are seeing opportunities for profit in hospice care, once the domain of nonprofit organizations. The investment companies are transforming the industry — and might be jeopardizing patient care — in the process.

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Two Tennessee Abortion Clinics, Awaiting High-Court Ruling, Grapple With Uncertainty

By Victoria Knight June 17, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The landmark Roe v. Wade decision could soon be overturned. Two Knoxville-based providers of reproductive health care wonder how — and if — they will continue to serve their patients.

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California Joins States Trying to Shorten Wait Times for Mental Health Care

By April Dembosky, KQED November 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

In California, health insurers blame long waits for therapy appointments on workforce shortages, but state lawmakers say that’s an excuse. A new law requires insurers to reduce wait times for mental health appointments to no more than 10 business days.

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J&J-Vaxxed, mRNA-Boosted, and Pondering a Third Shot

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Many of the nearly 17 million U.S. members of J&J Nation, myself included, are wondering whether to set aside the current official guidance and get a second booster. Some experts say: Chill out.

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Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes Triggers Capitol Hill Questions — And a GAO Probe

By Victoria Knight April 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden decried these financial arrangements, which two members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee had already asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate.

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After Two Ectopic Pregnancies, I Fear What Might Happen Without Roe v. Wade

By Joanne Faryon June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A journalism professor’s four failed pregnancies forced her to use procedures or drugs that could soon be difficult to turn to.

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Surprise-Billing Rule ‘Puts a Thumb on the Scale’ to Keep Arbitrated Costs in Check

By Julie Appleby October 14, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Patients soon will not have to worry about the prospect of these often-costly unexpected bills, a federal law promises. Some experts say the new policy could also slow the growth of health insurance premiums.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: A Health-Heavy State of the Union

February 9, 2023 Podcast

President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address leaned heavily on health care issues. Biden took a victory lap for recent accomplishments like capping prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare. He also urged Congress to make permanent the boosted premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, and he sparred with Republicans on threats to cut Social Security and Medicare. Also this week, both sides in the abortion debate are bracing for a court decision out of Texas that could, at least temporarily, make the abortion pill mifepristone illegal nationwide. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Kate Baicker of the University of Chicago about a possible middle ground in the effort to get universal health insurance coverage.

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Resistance to a Boston Hospital’s Expansion Centers on Rising Prices

By Harris Meyer January 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Mass General Brigham’s $2.3 billion expansion plan is raising state officials’ concerns that it will reduce competition and raise the price of care in Massachusetts. It also signals a national shift from a focus on hospital mergers and purchases of physician practices — which boost the cost of care — to individual hospitals’ expansions to gain a bigger share of the market.

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Addressing the ‘Trust Factor’: South Carolina Researchers Tackle Health Disparities Using Genetics

By Lauren Sausser June 6, 2022 KFF Health News Original

A new genetic research project underway in South Carolina aims to reduce health disparities between Black and white residents — such as cancer and cardiovascular disease rates — that have long ranked among the nation’s worst. But researchers face the challenge of recruiting 100,000 participants who reflect the diversity of South Carolina. And history isn’t on their side.

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Should You Worry About Data From Your Period-Tracking App Being Used Against You?

By Hannah Norman and Victoria Knight May 13, 2022 KFF Health News Original

After a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion was published May 2 suggesting that Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned, social media users started worrying that their use of period-tracking apps could lead to trouble if they sought an abortion and lived in a state with strict limits or bans on the procedure.

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Death in Dallas: One Family’s Experience in the Medicaid Gap

By Ashley Lopez, KUT September 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Efforts to give 2.2 million Americans health insurance hang in the balance as Congress debates a massive spending bill. The so-called Medicaid gap is felt most acutely in Texas, where about half of those who stand to gain coverage live.

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A dispenser pours a dose of methadone — a red liquid — into a plastic cup.

Calls to Overhaul Methadone Distribution Intensify, but Clinics Resist

By Markian Hawryluk March 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The pandemic has shown that loosening the strict regulations on distributing methadone helps people recovering from addiction stay in treatment. But clinics with a financial stake in keeping the status quo don’t want to make permanent changes.

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Covid Shots for Kids Are Scarce — And Demand Is Mixed — In Rural Montana

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR December 16, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Although covid vaccines have been available to children as young as 5 for more than a month, they’re not being offered in some rural Montana counties, and parents don’t know where to find them in others.

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Travel Nurses See Swift Change of Fortunes as Covid Money Runs Dry

By Hannah Norman May 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Travel nurse contracts that were plentiful and paid the temporary nurses far more than hospital staff nurses are vanishing. Hospitals nationwide are turning their energies to recruiting full-time people.

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