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Montana Sticks to Its Patchwork Covid Vaccine Rollout as Eligibility Expands

By Katheryn Houghton Photos by Tailyr Irvine April 5, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Montana’s overstretched counties and tribal governments have developed a mishmash of policies and plans that require ingenuity and mutual support to work. A reporting project by KHN, Montana Free Press and the University of Montana School of Journalism finds the biggest test of that disparate system looms as vaccine eligibility expands. Plus: a county-by-county guide to vaccine availability in Montana.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Staffing Up at HHS

February 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

More than a month into the Biden administration, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, the nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, finally got his confirmation hearings in the Senate, along with nominees for surgeon general and assistant secretary for health. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court announced it would hear a case challenging the Trump administration’s regulation that effectively evicted Planned Parenthood from the federal family planning program. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn, whose new book, “The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage,” is out this week.

Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

By Judith Graham March 4, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Relatives and advocates are calling for federal authorities to relax restrictions in long-term care institutions and grant special status to “essential caregivers” — family members or friends who provide critically important hands-on care — so they have the opportunity to tend to relatives in need.

This Small Canadian Drugmaker Wants to Make J&J Vaccines for Poor Nations. It Needs More Than a Patent Waiver.

By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen May 6, 2021 KFF Health News Original

All agree that covid vaccines are urgently needed to stop the pandemic, but simply waiving patents fails to provide technological know-how and address supply chain challenges.

CVS and Walgreens Have Wasted More Vaccine Doses Than Most States Combined

By Joshua Eaton and Rachana Pradhan May 3, 2021 KFF Health News Original

More than 200,000 doses of covid vaccine have gone to waste since December, KHN has learned. Two national pharmacy chains account for most of it.

Readers And Tweeters Ponder Racism, Public Health Threats And COVID’s Cost

June 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

Pandemic-Fueled Alcohol Abuse Creates Wave of Hospitalizations for Liver Disease

By Eli Cahan February 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals across the country are seeing rising admissions for alcoholic liver disease, which encompasses hepatitis, cirrhosis and other conditions.

Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions

By Jordan Rau August 24, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Nonprofit hospitals of all sizes have been trying their luck as venture capitalists, saying their investments improve care through the creation of new medical devices, health software and other innovations. But the gamble at times has been harder to pull off than expected.

Hospitals, Insurers Invest Big Dollars to Tackle Patients’ Social Needs

By Phil Galewitz June 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Eager to control costs, health systems and insurers are trying to address patients’ social needs such as food insecurity, transportation and housing. Yet, after years of testing, there’s slim evidence these efforts pay off.

Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Surprise Medical Bills

By Ashley Lopez, KUT March 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A proposed state law with bipartisan, bicameral support is on the move in Texas. It would force hospitals and insurers to settle surprise bills — instead of relying on patients to start the mediation process. The KHN/NPR “Bill of the Month” series is a catalyst for the effort.

Progressive Group Highlights Trump, Tillis Weakness on Insulin Price Tags

By Aneri Pattani October 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The progressive Change Now PAC launched a campaign ad, which also circulated on Facebook, criticizing President Donald Trump and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) for not “fighting” for people with diabetes who struggle with the high cost of insulin.

Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds

By Fred Schulte January 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Those walking away free were facing years in prison for crimes of “unbounded greed.”

As Lawmakers Reconvene, Not Everyone Agrees On COVID-Only Agenda

By Samantha Young May 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California legislators resume their work Monday after more than a month off. While the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the state’s priorities, many lawmakers say they still intend to push non-COVID health care bills to tax soda, ban vape flavors and more.

It’s Not Just Insulin: Lawmakers Focus on Price of One Drug, While Others Rise Too

By Rachana Pradhan September 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

While insulin is the poster child for outrageous prescription costs, patients are paying ever more to treat depression, asthma, HIV, cholesterol and more. And the pandemic has overtaken efforts to force the issue in Congress.

In Philadelphia, a Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led by 22-Year-Old

By Nina Feldman, WHYY and Max Marin, WHYY and Alan Yu, WHYY February 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

City officials gave coronavirus vaccines to Philly Fighting Covid, whose brash CEO had no health care experience. After a WHYY investigation, the city cut ties with the group over alleged mismanagement.

Readers and Tweeters Dispense Timely Advice for Difficult Times

March 2, 2021 KFF Health News Original

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

Even With Senate Control, Democrats Will Need Buy-In From GOP on Key Health Priorities

By Emmarie Huetteman January 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

With a majority too small to eliminate the filibuster, Democrats will not have enough votes in the Senate to pass many of their plans without Republicans and will also have only a razor-thin majority in the House. This combination could doom many Democratic health care proposals, like offering Americans a government-sponsored public insurance option, and complicate efforts to pass further pandemic relief.

Senate Republicans Throw the Brakes on Timing for Becerra Hearings

By Emmarie Huetteman December 8, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Republican spokespeople for the committees responsible for vetting Health and Human Services nominations said the Senate may not hold hearings on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the department, until the Senate approves committee assignments for the new Congress. That could delay the start of the process.

Se hizo la prueba de coronavirus. Luego vino la catarata de facturas médicas

By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Emmarie Huetteman April 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Nadie está haciendo mucho para rescatar a pacientes que necesitan desesperadamente protección contra este tipo de facturas, en un sistema que cobra libremente por cada atención que dispensa.

Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple With Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks

By Christina Jewett February 11, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Masks imitating the real thing are flooding U.S. ports, and authorities can hardly keep pace.

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