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‘Where The Need Is:’ Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School

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While U.S. teen pregnancy rates overall have trended steadily downward in the past decade, they remain high in some communities, particularly for black and Latina teens. In one part of Washington, D.C., a high school midwife program is a novel approach that’s showing promise in tackling the problem.

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

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Happy Friday! Welcome to the inaugural edition of KHN’s Friday Breeze. As the newsletter editor at Kaiser Health News, I read hundreds of health stories a week, and I’m here each Friday to sum up the more important ones — interesting reads, news that will have lasting impact, unique takes on the big problems in the […]

Listen: Collins Plays Let’s Make A Deal On ACA Mandate Repeal

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she will vote for the GOP tax bill even though it repeals the ACA’s  mandate that everyone buy insurance. She’s gotten trade offs that she says will stabilize the market, but not everyone agrees they will offset the damage of losing the mandate.

Many Still Sidestep End-Of-Life Care Planning, Study Finds

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Only about a third of U.S. adults have advance directives in place to guide the care they receive in the event that they are unable to make their own decisions about life-sustaining medical treatments.