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Watch: Still Paying Off Bills From Twins’ Birth. The Kids Are 10 Now.

KFF Health News Original

Marcus and Allyson Ward explain to “CBS Mornings” how the premature birth of their twins left them with $80,000 in medical debt. A new KHN-NPR investigation reveals they are among 100 million people afflicted financially by the U.S. health system.

Watch: Going Beyond the Script of ‘The G Word’ and How Government Responds to Disease (Or Not)

KFF Health News Original

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins comedian Adam Conover to discuss his new Netflix series, “The G Word,” which examines the federal government’s role in Americans’ lives, and how it plays out in the covid era.

Listen: An Unsettling Investigation Into the Closure of a Chain of Pain Clinics

KFF Health News Original

KHN senior correspondents Jenny Gold and Anna Maria Barry-Jester joined KVPR’s Kathleen Schock on “Valley Edition” to discuss their investigation into the abrupt closure of one of California’s largest chain of pain clinics — and the patients left behind.

Two Years In, Covid Leaves Montana Public Health Officials Feeling ‘Watched’

KFF Health News Original

Montanans engage in plenty of spirited political disagreements. But debates about covid-19, public health, and personal liberties have reached a fever pitch, tugging at tightknit towns and making some residents wonder how their communities will survive.

Watch: California’s Top Health Adviser on Learning to Live With Covid

KFF Health News Original

KHN Senior Correspondent Samantha Young joined California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly for an engaging conversation about how California moves forward in an environment in which covid persists, but at more manageable levels.