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Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid

By Sarah Boden December 4, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Last winter, only 4 in 10 nursing home residents got an updated covid vaccine. The low uptake leaves a fragile population vulnerable. Some industry watchdogs say it could be a sign of eroding trust between nursing home residents and providers.

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Montana Looks To Fast-Track Medicaid Access for Older Applicants

By Katheryn Houghton October 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As Montana’s population ages, providers serving low-income seniors say more people aren’t getting the care they need as they wait to get on Medicaid. Montana lawmakers are considering creating a shortcut to that care.

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‘Until It Is Fixed’: Congress Ramps Up Action on Social Security Clawbacks

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group December 15, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, vowed to meet monthly with Social Security officials until the problems surrounding overpayment demands are fixed.

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California May Regulate and Restrict Pharmaceutical Brokers

By Don Thompson September 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California lawmakers are moving to rein in the pharmaceutical middlemen they say drive up costs and limit consumers’ choices. The bill sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom would require pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed in California and would ban some business practices. Newsom vetoed a previous effort three years ago.

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An $80,000 Tab for Newborns Lays Out a Loophole in the New Law to Curb Surprise Bills

By Jay Hancock Photos by Heidi de Marco February 23, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The insurance company said that the birth of the Bull family’s twins was not an emergency and that NICU care was “not medically necessary.” The family’s experience with a huge bill sent to collections happened in 2020, but it exposes a hole in the new No Surprises law that took effect Jan. 1.

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How Little Denmark Got Homegrown Giant Novo Nordisk To Lower Ozempic Prices

By Arthur Allen August 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As Congress pushes for Medicare to cover payment for anti-obesity drugs, Denmark — Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk’s home — has limited coverage of the drug after cost overruns “emptied all the money boxes in the entire public health system.”

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HIV Preventive Care Is Supposed to Be Free in the US. So, Why Are Some Patients Still Paying?

By Sarah Varney March 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Labor issued rules in July clarifying that health plans need to cover the costs of prescription drugs proven to prevent HIV infection, along with related lab tests and medical appointments, at no cost to patients. More than half a year later, the erroneous billing continues.

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Delicate Labor-Industry Deal in Flux as Newsom Revisits $25 Minimum Health Wage

By Don Thompson January 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In spite of labor concern about any rollback, Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s planned $25 minimum wage for health workers less than three months after approving the measure despite an uncertain price tag. The projected $4 billion first-year cost forms part of the state’s estimated $38 billion deficit.

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Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

By Paula Span April 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Roughly 20 states now have laws permitting families to place cameras in the rooms of loved ones. Facility operators are often opposed.

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How North Carolina Made Its Hospitals Do Something About Medical Debt

By Noam N. Levey and Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer Illustration by Oona Zenda September 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

State officials threatened to withhold public money from hospitals, pioneering a strategy that could become a national model.

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Florida Allows Doctors To Perform C-Sections Outside of Hospitals

By Phil Galewitz May 28, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A Florida law was enacted this spring making the Sunshine State the first in the nation to let cesarean sections be performed in settings other than hospitals — leading to warnings about increased risks for pregnant women and their babies.

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Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals

By Noam N. Levey Updated October 24, 2024 Originally Published October 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Health care hasn’t figured prominently on the campaign trail this fall. These voters wish it would.

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At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients

By Rachana Pradhan September 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around — while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Hot Covid Summer

July 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The summer that promised to let Americans resume a relatively normal life is turning into another summer of anxiety and face masks, as the delta variant drives covid caseloads up in all 50 states. Meanwhile, the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 35, and the Missouri Supreme Court orders the state to expand Medicaid after all. Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Samantha Young, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about an Olympic-level athlete with an Olympic-size medical bill.

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Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions

By Katheryn Houghton March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Used to operating with scarce resources, Montana Medicaid providers say gaps in state payments have left them struggling further.

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How Minnesota Figures Into the Presidential Politics of Insulin Prices

By Bram Sable-Smith October 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Minnesota led the way on insulin affordability, culminating in 2020 when Gov. Tim Walz signed a law going further to cut costs than other state laws. Now, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying for support from people with diabetes.

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Medicaid Expansion Debate Will Affect Other Health Policy Issues Before Montana Legislature

By Mike Dennison and Sue O'Connell January 8, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Legislative leaders say the decision whether to renew Montana’s Medicaid expansion program this year will loom over behavioral health spending and hospital regulation, among other topics.

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Congressman Blames Trump Team for Ending Telehealth Medicare Benefit. Not Quite Right.

By Suz Redfearn Updated March 17, 2025 Originally Published March 17, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Rep. Ro Khanna of California warned of Trump administration “cuts” to Medicare telehealth access hitting March 31. But if Medicare recipients lose telemedicine benefits that day, it will be because Congress failed to act.

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California Continues Progressive Policies, With Restraint, in Divisive Election Year

By Don Thompson October 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

This legislative cycle, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills affirming reproductive rights and mandating insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization, but the Democrat was reluctant to impose new regulations and frequently cited costs for vetoing bills.

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Insurance Doesn’t Always Cover Hearing Aids for Kids

By Colleen DeGuzman January 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California’s governor vetoed a bill extending insurance coverage for kids with hearing loss, but most states now require it.

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