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COVID Catch-22: They Got A Big ER Bill Because Hospitals Couldn’t Test For Virus

By Julie Appleby July 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Americans who had coronavirus symptoms in March and April are getting big hospital bills — because they were not sick enough to get then-scarce COVID tests. Some insurers say they are trying to correct these bills, but patients may have to put up a fight.

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La política frena el flujo de fondos a las agencias para detener la pandemia

By Lauren Weber and Hannah Recht and Laura Ungar and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press August 17, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Desde que comenzó la pandemia, el Congreso ha reservado miles de millones para aliviar la crisis. Pero parte de ese dinero no se ha distribuido, o gastado, apropiadamente.

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Readers and Tweeters Shed Light on Vaccine Trials and Bias in Health Care

October 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

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

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Testing In California Still A Frustrating Patchwork Of Haves And Have-Nots

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Angela Hart and Rachel Bluth May 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

It’s hard to overstate how uneven access to critical coronavirus test kits remains in the nation’s largest state. Even as some Southern California counties are opening drive-thru sites to make testing available to any resident who wants it, a rural northern county is testing raw sewage to determine whether the coronavirus has infiltrated its communities.

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Kaiser Permanente: atención de salud mental aún recibe críticas, a pesar de arreglos

By Jenny Gold December 17, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Entrevistas con docenas de terapeutas, pacientes y expertos pintan un cuadro de mejoras superficiales, pero que no se traducen en una atención más efectiva y accesible.

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Hospital Known For Glamorous Patients Opens New Doors To Its Neediest

By Anna Almendrala and Harriet Blair Rowan January 6, 2020 KFF Health News Original

For years, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of California’s largest nonprofit hospitals, has been spending less on charity care than other nonprofit hospitals in the state. Now it is expanding eligibility for free and discounted medical care.

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Bruising Labor Battles Put Kaiser Permanente’s Reputation On The Line

By Anna Almendrala November 8, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Permanente just avoided a nationwide strike by thousands of workers, but now faces a new strike threat Monday. The labor battles are exposing the health care giant to scrutiny from lawmakers, health care advocates and others who accuse it of no longer living up to its nonprofit ideals.

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COVID + Influenza: éste es un buen año para vacunarse, aconsejan expertos

By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews August 28, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Con el país en medio de una pandemia, expertos dicen que nadie sabe qué sucedería si se contrae influenza y COVID simultáneamente porque nunca ocurrió antes.

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Trabajadores agrícolas en alto riesgo de contraer coronavirus y sin protección federal

By Victoria Knight August 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Viven hacinados, durmiendo en literas y compartiendo baños y cocinas. Y aunque son trabajadores esenciales, suelen no tener seguro médico o licencia paga por enfermedad.

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Pandemic Making You Flabby? Turn Off The TV And Exercise, Experts Urge

February 24, 2021 Morning Briefing

“[I’ve] seen a large number of people who have gained 10 to 15 pounds,” said one physician at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose. In other public health news: prediabetes, Zoom fatigue, addiction, food insecurity and more. Also: Golf great Tiger Woods is “responsive and recovering” after a car crash and emergency surgery.

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Anthem Blue Cross Gets Flagged And Fined More Than Other Insurers

By Harriet Blair Rowan December 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Anthem Blue Cross has received a disproportionate share of violations and fines from California’s largest health insurance regulator, mostly related to its mishandling of patient grievances.

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Biden Taps 3 Officials To Coordinate Vaccine, Testing And Supply Strategy

January 4, 2021 Morning Briefing

The president-elect selected Bechara Choucair, a Kaiser Permanente executive, to be the nation’s covid vaccine coordinator; Carole Johnson, the commissioner of New Jersey’s human services department, as the nation’s new covid testing coordinator; and Tim Manning, a former deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be the nation’s new covid supply coordinator.

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In Search of the Shot

February 25, 2021 KFF Health News Original

KHN readers detail their frustrations and successes as they hunt for a scarce covid-19 vaccine.

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Keeping The COVID Plague At Bay: How California Is Protecting Older Veterans

By Dan Morain May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Even as COVID-19 has ravaged nursing homes around the country, California has managed to keep the virus at bay at its eight state-run homes for frail and older veterans. What exactly went right?

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Kaiser Permanente Is First Health System To Win Carbon-Neutral Status

September 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

The health insurance company is not affiliated with Kaiser Health News (KHN) or KFF. Other health systems in the news include UnitedHealthcare, Lifespan, Care New England, Northwestern Medicine, Palos Health, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Atlantic Health and CentraState Healthcare.

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Whistleblower Alleges Medicare Fraud At Iconic Seattle-Based Health Plan

By Fred Schulte October 18, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A lawsuit against Group Health surfaces as the White House promotes Medicare Advantage for seniors.

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Cómo y cuándo el uso de beneficios del gobierno afectaría el estatus de inmigrantes con papeles

By Ana B. Ibarra August 27, 2019 KFF Health News Original

La regla permitiría al gobierno federal negar más fácilmente la residencia permanente a los solicitantes que usan, o se considere que pueden usar, programas financiados con fondos federales.

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California: adultos jóvenes indocumentados podrán tener Medicaid… ¿se inscribirán?

By Ana B. Ibarra November 21, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Algunos jóvenes ya están diciendo que no se inscribirán para tener cobertura pública porque temen que las políticas federales de inmigración puedan luego penalizarlos.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes November 15, 2019 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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Distritos escolares lidian con cuarentenas, mascarillas y miedo

By Anna Almendrala February 19, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los distritos pisan territorio desconocido cuando aplican reglas federales a sus cuerpos estudiantiles. Y muchas veces toman decisiones sin orientación oficial.

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