Biden Releases a New Plan to Combat Covid, but Experts Say Thereās Still a Ways to Go
Thereās agreement that the plan includes important action items but also elements that will trigger political opposition.
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Census: Insured Population Holds Steady, With a Slight Shift From Private to Public Coverage
The Census Bureau on Tuesday released its 2020 findings regarding Americansā income, poverty and health insurance coverage.
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Justice Department Targets Data Mining in Medicare Advantage Fraud Case
The fedsā civil suit links exaggerated patient bills to ātens of millionsā in overcharges.
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Under Pressure, Montana Hospital Considers Adding Psych Beds Amid a Shortage
A hospital in Bozeman, Montana, is considering whether to add inpatient psychiatric care after a concerted push from mental health advocates. But even if it adds beds, hospitals across Montana provide a cautionary tale: finding enough workers to staff such beds is its own challenge, and some behavioral health units routinely reach capacity.
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ICUs Are Filled With Covid ā And Regret
Unvaccinated people are filling intensive care beds and dying of covid in record numbers in Tennessee and other Southern states. Many tell their nurses and doctors they regret the decision not to get the vaccine when they could.
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Health Care Unions Defending Newsom From Recall Will Want Single-Payer Payback
If Gov. Gavin Newsom survives Tuesdayās recall election, the health care unions that have campaigned on his behalf intend to pressure him to follow through on his promise to establish a government-run health system in California.
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Georgia Eyes New Medicaid Contract. But How Is the State Managing Managed Care?
More than 40 states have turned to managed-care companies to control costs in their Medicaid programs, which cover low-income residents and people with disabilities. As Georgia prepares to open bidding on a new contract, the question looms: Has this model paid off?
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Why At-Home Rapid Covid Tests Cost So Much, Even After Bidenās Push for Lower Prices
Germans pay less than $1 per test. Brits get them free. Why do Americans pay so much more? Because companies can still demand it.
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Journalists Explain Ramifications of Theranos Trial and Texas’ New Abortion Law
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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ECMO Life Support Is a Last Resort for Covid, and in Short Supply in South
Many more people could benefit from the lifesaving treatment than are receiving it, which has made for messy triaging as the delta variant surges across the South and in rural communities with low covid vaccination rates.
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āLuckiest Man Aliveā: Why 9/11 First Respondersā Outlooks May Improve Even as Physical Health Fails
The New York City Fire Departmentās 20-year report on the health consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attacks finds that first responders consistently report mental health quality-of-life indicators that are better than those of average Americans, even as their physical health declines.
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Itās Not Just Covid: Recall Candidates Represent Markedly Different Choices on Health Care
Those seeking to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Tuesdayās recall election disagree with him on more than mask and vaccine mandates. The conservative candidates tend to favor free-market solutions over Newsomās expansion of publicly funded health coverage.
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KHNās āWhat the Health?ā: The Future of Public Health
The covid pandemic has spotlighted the often-unseen role of public health in Americansā daily lives. And the picture has not all been pretty. What is public health and why is it so important ā and controversial? Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, explains the basics. Then, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Lauren Weber of KHN join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss what could happen next.
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Even in Red States, Colleges Gravitate to Requiring Vaccines and Masks
As students return to campus, schools across the country are taking steps to enforce public health advice to keep people safe from covid. In deeply conservative South Carolina when elected officials tried to stop that, a professor took on the establishment and won.
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āReligiousā Exemptions Add Legal Thorns to Looming Vaccine Mandates
No major religionās teachings denounce vaccination, but that hasnāt kept individual churches and others from providing religious ācoverā for people to avoid submitting to vaccination as a workplace requirement.
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āAn Arm and a Legā: How Charity Care Made It Into the ACA
In this episode, we hear how the political tango over guaranteeing that nonprofit hospitals provide charity care nearly tanked the Affordable Care Act ā and how the battle over the ACA ābroke America.ā
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Colorado Clinicās Prescription for Healthier Patients? Lawyers
Medical-legal partnerships in Montana, Colorado and elsewhere across the nation operate on the notion that fixing patientsā legal ills is a vital part of their health care.
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Listen: Many Schools Are Buying High-Tech Air Purifiers. What Should Parents Know?
Studies have shown that better ventilation and air circulation can greatly reduce covid-19 transmission. But rather than stocking up on HEPA filters, some school districts are turning to high-tech air purification strategies.
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California Set to Spend Billions on Curing Homelessness and Caring for āWhole Bodyā Politic
California is embarking on a five-year experiment to infuse its health insurance program for low-income people with billions of dollars in nonmedical services spanning housing, food delivery and addiction care. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the goal is to improve care for the programās sickest and costliest members and save money, but will it work?
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Florida Spine Surgeon and Device Company Owner Charged in Kickback Scheme
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin and SpineFrontier were the subject of a recent KHN āSpinal Tapā investigation.
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CDC, FDA Say Cyclosporiasis Outbreak In 5 States Linked To Iceberg Lettuce Supplied To Taco Bell
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Grab An N95 Mask: Wildfire Smoke Will Intensify Today Across Large Swaths Of US
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Senate Rejects Democratic Effort To End AI-Powered Prior Authorization In Medicare
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