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Republican Convention, Day 1: A Campaign-Style Trump Speech and More

By the staffs of KHN and PolitiFact August 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Republicans kicked off the first day of their convention with a wide-ranging speech by President Donald Trump in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Stanford vs. Harvard: Two Famous Biz Schools’ Opposing Tactics on COVID

By Mark Kreidler November 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

While the Harvard Business School gently chided returnees to be on their best behavior, Stanford deployed green-vested enforcers and campus police who sometimes threatened students if they violated the rules. Both, apparently, succeeded.

Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID

By Hannah Norman November 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S., and most workplaces are still open for business. As workers fear catching the disease while on the clock, why aren’t more companies footing the bill for testing employees?

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes February 14, 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.

Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials

By Jenny Gold and Anna Maria Barry-Jester March 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California’s capital region is among the areas that have had to shift response to the coronavirus outbreak because of a shortage of test kits in the U.S.

As Cases Spike, California Pauses Multimillion-Dollar Testing Expansion

By Angela Hart and Rachel Bluth July 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

California is cutting off funding for COVID-19 testing just when counties say they need more resources in rural and disadvantaged areas.

Workers Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID May Need Help Getting Coverage This Fall

By Steven Findlay November 12, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Millions of people have lost their jobs and health insurance since March, and experts say many of those looking for a plan on the ACA marketplace may not be able to get the assistance they need.

COVID Tests Are Free, Except When They’re Not

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Her doctor worried she had COVID-19 but couldn’t test her for it until she ruled out other things. That test cost a bundle.

‘More Than Physical Health’: Gym Helps 91-Year-Old Battle Isolation

By Heidi de Marco June 30, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For Art Ballard, the local gym was like his second home. The 91-year-old former jeweler relied on his near-daily workouts to stay healthy and for social interaction. But when California instituted its stay-at-home order, Ballard’s physical health suffered. So did his mental health.

Más inspecciones en hogares de adultos mayores a medida que crece el coronavirus

By Jordan Rau March 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

En los últimos tres años, 9.372 hogares, es decir el 61%, han sido citados por problemas con la higiene u otras normas de prevención y control de infecciones.

Coronavirus Stress Test: Many 5-Star Nursing Homes Have Infection-Control Lapses

By Jordan Rau March 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Since the beginning of 2017, inspectors have cited more nursing homes for failing to ensure that all workers follow federal prevention and control protocols than for any other type of violation, according to federal records.

At-Home Care Designed For COVID Likely Here To Stay At Cleveland Hospital

By Brie Zeltner June 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A public hospital in Cleveland has been trying to keep COVID patients out of its beds. It tried a number of innovations for developing better communication — even better relationships — with patients. Officials think this groundwork helped keep the outbreak at bay — and should be the new business model going forward.

COVID-Like Cough Sent Him To ER — Where He Got A $3,278 Bill

By Phil Galewitz May 25, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A dad in Denver tried to do everything right when COVID symptoms surfaced. Still, he ended up with a huge bill from an insurer that had said it waived cost sharing for coronavirus treatment. What gives?

Hospital Bills for Uninsured COVID Patients Are Covered, but No One Tells Them

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio October 29, 2020 KFF Health News Original

The CARES Act provides funding that pays the bills for uninsured COVID-19 patients. But the death of a young man in Nashville shows some patients don’t know about the program until it’s too late.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Prepping For A Possible Pandemic

February 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Official Washington is sitting up and taking notice of the threat from the novel coronavirus as Congress and the Trump administration prepare for a potential pandemic. Meanwhile, the Democratic candidates for president are still arguing about “Medicare for All.” Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Shefali Luthra of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews NPR’s Sydney Lupkin about the latest “Bill of the Month” installment.

‘You Pray That You Got The Drug.’ Ailing Couple Gambles On Trial For COVID-19 Cure

By JoNel Aleccia April 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Josie and George Taylor of Everett, Washington, are two of the first people in the U.S. to recover from novel coronavirus infections after joining a clinical trial for the antiviral drug remdesivir.

In Face Of Coronavirus, Many Hospitals Cancel On-Site Training For Nursing And Med Students

By Barbara Feder Ostrov March 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Hospitals and nursing homes say they are acting to protect students and patients, but nursing educators worry the pipeline of new nurses could be slowed at a time when they may be needed most. Some doctors in training have also seen their clinical rotations canceled.

Medicaid Mystery: Millions of Enrollees Haven’t Materialized in California

By Rachel Bluth and Angela Hart July 23, 2020 KFF Health News Original

State officials had projected that 2 million Californians would join Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people, by July because of the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19. Yet enrollment has barely budged, and why is unclear.

Uso masivo de máscaras quirúrgicas pone en grave riesgo a los trabajadores de salud

By Shefali Luthra and Christina Jewett April 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Expertos dicen que depender de máscaras quirúrgicas, que tienen un grado de protección mucho menor que los respiradores N95, ayuda a diseminar el coronavirus entre trabajadores de salud.

During ACA Open Enrollment, Picking a Plan Invites New COVID Complications

By Julie Appleby December 3, 2020 KFF Health News Original

COVID-19’s “long haulers” — patients with lingering effects of the disease — have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, here’s help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.

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