Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
Hospitals are increasingly stretching a velvet rope, offering āconcierge serviceā to an affluent clientele. Critics say the practice exacerbates primary care shortages.
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After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
Ballad Health was granted the nationās largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. Since then, its emergency rooms have become more than three times as slow.
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Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment
Montana may join about a dozen other states in creating āsafe havensā that keep health care professionals from facing scrutiny from licensure boards for seeking mental health or addiction treatment.
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More āNavigatorsā Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions
After the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to an abortion and many states banned the procedure, reproductive health care organizations hired dozens of people to help patients arrange travel and pay for care.
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Ouch. That āFreeā Annual Checkup Might Cost You. Hereās Why.
The designers of the Affordable Care Act might have assumed that they spelled out with sufficient clarity that millions of Americans would no longer have to pay for certain types of preventive care. But they didnāt reckon with Americaās ever-creative medical billing juggernaut.
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Senate Probes the Cost of Assisted Living and Its Burden on American Families
In the wake of a Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News-New York Times series, members of the Special Committee on Aging are asking residents and their families to submit their bills and are calling for a Government Accountability Office study.
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Insurance Doesnāt Always Cover Hearing Aids for Kids
Californiaās governor vetoed a bill extending insurance coverage for kids with hearing loss, but most states now require it.
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āFinancial Ruin Is Baked Into the Systemā: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care
Thousands of people shared their experiences and related to the financial drain on families portrayed in the āDying Brokeā series, a joint project by Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and The New York Times that examined the costs of long-term care.
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Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
A chronic health diagnosis and medical debt reordered Sharon Woodward's life.
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Medicaid āUnwindingā Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
The bottleneck caused by statesā reevaluation of Medicaid enrollees has swept up low-income families that rely on other safety-net services.
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GOP Presidential Hopefuls Use Trumpās Covid Record to Court Vaccine Skeptics
Candidates see former President Donald Trumpās embrace of his administrationās covid-19 vaccine policies as an opportunity to gain ground. So far, their efforts havenāt found traction.
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She Once Advised the President on Aging Issues. Now, Sheās Battling Serious Disability and Depression.
Coping with disability ā and the cost of coping with disability ā is an enormously important issue for older adults. Nora Super, an expert on aging, shares her personal story.
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Anti-Abortion Groups Shrug Off Election Losses, Look to Courts, Statehouses for Path Forward
Anti-abortion groups have lost seven consecutive elections on state ballot measures about abortion. They say theyāre unfazed and plan to keep focusing on lawmakers and courts to notch wins.
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A Third of Schools Donāt Have a Nurse. Hereās Why Thatās a Problem.
School nurses treat children daily for a wide range of illnesses and injuries, and sometimes serve as a young patientās only health provider. They also function as a point person for critical public health interventions. Yet many states donāt require them, and school districts struggle to hire them.
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These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. Theyāre Failing to Deliver.
Ballad Health, the only hospital system across a large swath of Tennessee and Virginia, has fallen short of quality-of-care and charity care obligations ā even as itās sued thousands of patients for unpaid bills.
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As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
āPeople want covid-19 to be in the rearview mirror,ā one nursing home official says. Faced with a slow rollout of the updated covid vaccines, and without state mandates for workers to get vaccinated, most skilled nursing facilities are relying on persuasion to boost vaccination rates among staff and residents.
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Massive Kaiser Permanente Strike Looms as Talks Head to the Wire
Both sides, still at loggerheads over pay and staffing, agreed to keep bargaining after unions announced a possible strike Oct. 4-7. If no deal is reached, a walkout by about 75,000 KP workers in five states could disrupt care.
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Biden Administration Proposes New Standards to Boost Nursing Home Staffing
The proposal would require major hiring at the most sparsely staffed homes. But the proposal is already badly received by the nursing home industry, which claims it canāt boost wages enough to attract workers.
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Doctors Advocate Fresh Efforts to Combat Chagas Disease, a Silent Killer
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, affects people primarily in rural Latin America. But an estimated 300,000 residents of the U.S. have the disease, which can cause serious heart problems. Patient advocates call for much more aggressive efforts to fight it.
By Paula Andalo