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Trump Is Sending Fast, Cheap COVID Tests to Nursing Homes — But There’s a Hitch

By Rachana Pradhan August 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Experts say the administration’s approach with antigen tests could add cost and risk for the most vulnerable patients.

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Long-Standing Racial And Income Disparities Seen Creeping Into COVID-19 Care

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Many health officials around the nation have not released data on the ethnic and racial demographics of people tested for the new coronavirus. But public health experts said the anecdotes are adding up, and they fear the response to the pandemic will result in predictable health care disparities.

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Biden’s Big Health Agenda Won’t Be Easy to Achieve

By Julie Rovner October 22, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Much like President Barack Obama, a President Biden could find his health policies initially sidelined by economic issues — in his case, caused by the pandemic.

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Viewpoints: Allow A Covid Booster Now For Immunocompromised Who Need It; Tennessee Is Putting Kids In Danger

July 14, 2021 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle covid-19 and the coronavirus vaccine.

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Medi-Cal Agency’s New Head Wants to Tackle Disparities and Racism

By Samantha Young July 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Will Lightbourne, the new director of the California Department of Health Care Services, says government must address the racial disparities laid bare by COVID-19 and improve care for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

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Tengo que estar en casa por el coronavirus, ¿me pagarán mi salario?

By Michelle Andrews March 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A medida que el coronavirus se propaga por todo el país, surge una pregunta crítica: ¿Qué pasa con sus salarios si el trabajador está enfermo o tiene que estar en cuarentena?

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If This Self-Sufficient Hospital Cannot Stand Alone, Can Any Public Hospital Survive?

By Jordan Rau January 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., makes money and does not require taxpayer subsidies. But the county is selling the public hospital because officials say it needs more capital to compete. Civic leaders say the change will lead to higher health care costs.

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Take A Deep Breath: Making Risk-Based Decisions In The Coronavirus Era

By Julie Appleby March 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

There’s an array of recommendations about how to adjust our lives to reduce the spread of the novel virus. All are motivated by the same guiding principle: The better the public does in these efforts, the better off everyone will be.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes April 24, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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¿Puede Estados Unidos controlar las nuevas mutaciones de covid?

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester January 28, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Cuando una mutación hace sonar las alarmas de salud pública, normalmente se debe a que se ha combinado con otras mutaciones y, en conjunto, ha cambiado la forma en que se comporta el virus.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority

By Rachel Bluth and Phil Galewitz December 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Everyone — from toilet paper manufacturers to patient advocates — is lobbying state advisory boards, arguing their members are essential, vulnerable or both — and, thus, most deserving of an early vaccine.

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Democratic Convention, Night 3: Making the Party Lines Clear

August 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Sen. Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president amid strong arguments against Donald Trump.

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Un sistema de salud pública devastado enfrenta más recortes en medio del virus

By Lauren Weber and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press and Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester July 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

El sistema de salud pública de los Estados Unidos ha subsistido en la precariedad durante décadas y carece de los recursos necesarios para enfrentar la peor crisis de salud en un siglo.

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‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US

By Laura Ungar January 26, 2021 KFF Health News Original

As President Biden calls for more support to help schools hold in-person classes, public health experts say schools can be relatively safe if they take well-known steps to prevent covid. But a KHN investigation shows many districts and states have ignored health advice or written their own questionable safety rules for schools.

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Alerta a turistas: los planes de salud para viajeros podrían no cubrir pandemias

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez May 18, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Muchos planes ofrecen cobertura de atención médica en caso que la persona necesite atención durante un viaje. Pero éstos varían enormemente según la compañía, y pueden no incluir a COVID-19.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes March 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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Estos científicos crearon rápido una prueba eficaz mientras el coronavirus se acercaba

By JoNel Aleccia March 16, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los doctores Keith Jerome y Alex Greninger, de la Universidad de Washington, han supervisado la implementación de más de 4,000 pruebas de pacientes de todo el país.

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Listen: Updates On Coronavirus Outbreak And How It Affects Chinese Immigrants

February 5, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California Healthline reporters Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Anna Almendrala spoke with WNHN’s “The Attitude w/ Arnie Arnesen” about the novel coronavirus and its impact on Asian immigrants in the United States.

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Coronavirus Casts New Shadow Over Capitol Dome

July 21, 2021 Morning Briefing

The recent surge in cases is slowing work on Capitol Hill and shattering a sense of calm. Adding to the jitters was news yesterday that a White House employee and a member of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staff tested positive even though they were fully vaccinated.

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