KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: All Coronavirus All The Time
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The medical and economic needs laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic are forcing some immediate...
Listen: The Hard-Knock Health Law Turns 10 Amid Pandemic
By Julie Rovner
March 23, 2020
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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Affordable Care Act Turns 10
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The Affordable Care Act on March 23 will reach a milestone many thought unlikely —...
VCU Health Halts 30-Year Campaign That Seized Patients’ Wages, Put Liens On Homes
Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health NewsIn one of the most sweeping moves yet by a nonprofit hospital system to...
Tarea del día: deletrear y ponerse los anteojos
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“¿Ves estas letras?”, le...
Your School Assignment For The Day: Spelling And Specs
DELANO, Calif. — Daisy Leon struggles to sit still and read the letters on the eye chart. Her responses tumble out in a quiet,...
Analysis: Who Profits From Steep Medical Bills? The People Tasked With Fixing Them.
Elisabeth RosenthalEvery politician condemns the phenomenon of “surprise” medical bills.
Last week, two committees in the House were marking up new surprise billing legislation. One...
Surge In Enrollment As Californians Avoid Penalty, Receive State Aid
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Hundreds of thousands of new enrollees signed up for 2020 coverage through Covered California, driven by...
Bloomberg On Health Care: Translating His Mayoral Record To The National Stage
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more than $200 million arguing that he should be the Democratic...
Watch: Behind The Troubling Rise Of Uninsured American Kids
By Sarah Varney
January 3, 2020
More than a million fewer children receive public health insurance now than in December 2017. In some cases, their...
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Happy Friday! Hope everyone had a lovely, restful Thanksgiving. And here’s your periodic (and I’m sure very appreciated and not at all tiresome) reminder...
A Young Immigrant Has Mental Illness, And That’s Raising His Risk Of Deportation
Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media
When José moved his family to the United States from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of...
Medi-Cal To Expand Eligibility To Young Undocumented Adults. But Will They Enroll?
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Starting in January, young adults can sign up for California’s Medicaid program regardless of immigration...
Verma Attacks Critics Of Medicaid Work Requirement, Pushes For Tighter Eligibility
Seema Verma, the Trump administration’s top Medicaid official, Tuesday sharply attacked critics of her plan to force some Medicaid enrollees to work, a policy...
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Happy Friday! As tempting as it might be this weekend to catch up on your extra z’s (and as someone who wakes up at...
Hospitals Take Shot At Opioid Makers Over Cost Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction
While thousands of cities and counties have banded together to sue opioid makers and distributors in a federal court, another group of plaintiffs has started...
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Happy Friday! Where this year’s unsubstantiated and yet viral Halloween candy scare — that people are giving children THC-laced edibles — is a good...
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Happy Friday! Today is the day I’m going to challenge you to stretch those creative muscles and enter our Halloween Health Care Haiku Competition....