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Officials Struggle to Regulate Pop-Up Covid Testing Sites — And Warn Patients to Beware

By Michelle Andrews January 18, 2022 KFF Health News Original

High demand for covid screening and scarce supply have opened the door to bad actors, and officials in some states are sounding the alarm about dubious street testing operators that could put people’s personal data, their health or wallets at risk.

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How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction

By Rachana Pradhan and Anna Werner, CBS News and Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News May 31, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The federal government’s arcane process for medical coding is influencing which reconstructive surgery options are available, creating anxiety for breast cancer patients.

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Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly

By Susan Jaffe December 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

As open enrollment ends, many people are tuning out. They could wind up with a surprise next year: higher costs and less access to health care providers.

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Cosmetic Surgeries Led to Disfiguring Injuries, Patients Allege

By Fred Schulte July 28, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits, including 12 wrongful death cases.

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Pain, Hope, and Science Collide as Athletes Turn to Magic Mushrooms

By Markian Hawryluk and Kevin Van Valkenburg, ESPN April 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A group of former professional athletes traveled to Jamaica to try psychedelics as a way to help cope with the aftereffects of concussions and a career of body-pounding injuries. Will this still largely untested treatment work?

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In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed

By Molly Castle Work January 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Los Angeles County is deploying a small team of occupational therapists to help newly housed individuals adjust to life indoors. Therapists are trained to recognize disabilities and help with basic living skills, such as hygiene and cleanliness, that can help prevent clients from getting evicted or slipping back onto the streets.

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Mammography AI Can Cost Patients Extra. Is It Worth It?

By Michelle Andrews January 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Artificial intelligence software to aid radiologists in detecting problems or diagnosing cancer has been moving rapidly into clinical use, where it shows great promise. But it’s a turnoff for some patients asked to pay out-of-pocket for technology that’s not quite ready for prime time.

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Misleading Ads Play Key Role in Schemes to Gin Up Unauthorized ACA Sign-Ups, Lawsuit Alleges

By Julie Appleby Updated July 22, 2024 Originally Published July 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Misleading money-for-groceries ads helped lure people to call centers where some were enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage — or switched from their existing plans — without their express permission, a new lawsuit alleges.

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After Accident, Patient Crashes Into $700,000 Bill for Spine Surgery

By Julie Appleby April 22, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Generous personal injury coverage on your car policy may not be enough to cover medical bills. Patients can get financially blindsided when auto insurance and health insurance policies differ.

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An Arm and a Leg: Why ‘The Pitt’ Is Our Fave New Drama

By Dan Weissmann May 5, 2025 Podcast

An emergency room doctor says what the TV show “The Pitt” gets right about hospitals, including why they’re so crowded and the bills so high.

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Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up Its Lawyers

By Arthur Allen February 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A restructuring of the Medicare drug benefit has wiped out big drug bills for people who need expensive medicines. But the legal battle over drug negotiations means uncertainty over long-term savings.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Florida Limits Abortion — For Now

April 4, 2024 Podcast

The Florida Supreme Court handed down dual abortion rulings this week. One said voters will be allowed to decide in November whether to create a state right to abortion. The other ruling, though, allows a 15-week ban to take effect immediately — before an even more sweeping, six-week ban replaces it in May. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is doubling down on his administration’s health care accomplishments as he kicks off his general election campaign. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health, and Tami Luhby of CNN join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health care analyst Jeff Goldsmith about the growing size and influence of UnitedHealth Group in the wake of the Change Healthcare hack.

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California’s Ambitious Medicaid Experiment Gets Tripped Up in Implementation

By Angela Hart December 5, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The health care insurers, nonprofit organizations, and other groups responsible for implementing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to infuse Medicaid with social services say their ability to serve vulnerable, low-income Californians is hamstrung.

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An Arm and a Leg: Medical-Debt Watchdog Gets Sidelined by the New Administration

By Dan Weissmann March 12, 2025 Podcast

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offline — for now. Here’s what that could mean for people with medical debt.

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Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge

By Arthur Allen May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to the higher dose — which earns it an additional $180,000 a year per patient.

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An Arm and a Leg: A Few Good Things From 2025 (Really)

By Dan Weissmann November 12, 2025 Podcast

Good news for health care access this year includes new state laws to rein in prior authorization and medical debt collectors.

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Tension Builds in Transgender Policy Debate in Montana

By Keely Larson April 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Two transgender lawmakers are trying to lay the groundwork for LGBTQ-friendly policies in a conservative state, but tensions are running high as the legislative session nears its end.

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How a Combination of Covid Lawsuits and Media Coverage Keeps Misinformation Churning

By Darius Tahir July 14, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Even as the covid-19 pandemic wanes, litigation — whether about vaccines, masks, or a range of other public health policies made during the pandemic — isn’t about to end.

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Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements

By Aneri Pattani January 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The four-page bill lists how states should spend settlement money, but it doesn’t specify consequences for flouting the rules or name who is in charge of monitoring compliance.

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Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors

By Madelyn Beck, WyoFile and Rae Ellen Bichell November 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Corneas, the windshields of the eye, are the most transplanted part of the human body. But four former employees at Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank told of numerous retrieval problems, including damage to eyes and removal from the wrong body.

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