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'Try not to go bankrupt': Millions face soaring health insurance costs if subsidies expire
6 days, 7 hours ago

'Try not to go bankrupt': Millions face soaring health insurance costs if subsidies expire

Raw Story  

Andrea Deutsch, the mayor of Narberth, Pennsylvania, and the owner of a pet store in town, doesn’t get health care coverage through either of her jobs. The 57-year-old, who is diabetic, pays $638.38 per month for health care coverage — about half of the $1,272.38 she’d owe without the enhanced federal subsidies Congress and the Biden administration put in place …

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How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database
1 week ago

How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database

NPR  

How are states spending their opioid settlement cash? Look yours up in this database toggle caption Celia Talbot Tobin for KFF Health News In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. Across the country, the money supports other innovative treatment …

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US health insurance: Frustrations with care denials
1 week, 4 days ago

US health insurance: Frustrations with care denials

CNN  

CNN — Instead of being able to calmly focus on her chemotherapy treatment, Arete Tsoukalas had to spend hours on the phone arguing with her insurer while receiving infusions in the hospital. Diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, Tsoukalas, 26, was stunned to learn that her insurer’s coverage of the drug she needed came with a $13,000 monthly copay, which …

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Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

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After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance
2 weeks, 3 days ago

After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance

NPR  

After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Yolonda Wilson is one of many people who shared painful stories about health insurance gone wrong on social media this week. Sponsor Message The shocking, targeted killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Wednesday struck a nerve on social media, triggering an outpouring of negative experiences …

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Words On Ammo Used In CEO's Shooting Echo Tactics Used By Insurers
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Words On Ammo Used In CEO's Shooting Echo Tactics Used By Insurers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A message left at the scene of an insurance executive’s fatal shooting — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims. They’re similar to the phrase “delay, deny, defend” — the way some attorneys describe how insurers deny services and payment, and the title of a 2010 …

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Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Words on ammo in CEO shooting echo common phrase on insurer tactics: Delay, deny, defend

Associated Press  

Live Updates: Follow the latest updates on the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. A message left at the scene of a health insurance executive’s fatal shooting — “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — echoes a phrase commonly used to describe insurer tactics to avoid paying claims. They’re similar to the phrase “delay, deny, defend” — the way some attorneys describe how …

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Dr. Oz nomination seen as potential boon for Medicare privatization
1 month ago

Dr. Oz nomination seen as potential boon for Medicare privatization

Raw Story  

Dr. Mehmet Oz, whose unsuccessful 2022 Pennsylvania Senate bid included pitching voters on a plan to expand the privatized Medicare Advantage program, is now in a position to potentially actualize that plan. Now Trump is giving him the authority to see his industry-approved plan carried through," wrote the progressive-leaning outlet The Lever, which covered Oz's support for Medicare Advantage back …

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Here's how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare
1 month ago

Here's how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare

NPR  

Here's how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House could embolden Republicans who want to weaken or repeal the Affordable Care Act. Sponsor Message "The Republican plans — they don't say they are going to repeal the ACA, but their collection of policies could amount …

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He was stuck in a hospital for 8 months. How states can fail people with disabilities
1 month ago

He was stuck in a hospital for 8 months. How states can fail people with disabilities

NPR  

He was stuck in a hospital for 8 months. Sponsor Message "It's an emergency" Nearly 15 years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Georgia for unnecessarily segregating people with developmental disabilities and mental illness. "It's stressful" For people with developmental disabilities, like Mills, that prolonged arrival means more time confined to hospitals and nursing homes. It's "down to the …

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Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby
1 month ago

Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby

CNN  

KFF Health News — In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered. Medical billing and women’s health experts believe OB-GYN offices adopted the practice to manage the high cost of …

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Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage patient hydration
1 month ago

Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage patient hydration

NPR  

Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage patient hydration toggle caption Tommy Bumgarner/Aerial Lens via Facebook Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid bags to cope with a shortage that may last months. In an email to KFF Health News, the company wrote that customers will be able to order normal quantities of "certain IV solutions products" …

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How health care could change under the new Trump administration
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How health care could change under the new Trump administration

NPR  

How health care could change under the new Trump administration toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and coming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — potentially increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care. Trump said in an …

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The election’s stakes for global health
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The election’s stakes for global health

Politico  

The WHO aims to complete negotiations on a pandemic deal that could oblige drugmakers, including U.S.-based ones, to share vaccines and drugs with the developing world. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Trump would torpedo the pandemic treaty, not just withdraw the United States, but literally make it impossible to negotiate,” said Larry Gostin, director of the O’Neill Institute …

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Can a $10 billion climate bond address California’s water contamination problem?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Can a $10 billion climate bond address California’s water contamination problem?

Salon  

When Cynthia Ruiz turns on her kitchen faucet, she hears a slight squeak before cloudy fluid bursts out of the spout. “We need help to fix our water problem.” Tucked in a $10 billion climate bond on the November ballot is an earmark to improve drinking water quality for communities such as East Orosi. “We have communities in California that …

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress

Salon  

KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. “When COVID was first hitting, it was just sort of immediately clear who was going to suffer the most,” Ducas said, “not just because of differential access to care, but who was in a living environment that’s multigenerational or …

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Influencers are being offered tens of thousands of dollars to hawk weight-loss drugs
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Influencers are being offered tens of thousands of dollars to hawk weight-loss drugs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Influencers have been offered tens …

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Emails reveal how health departments struggle to track human cases of bird flu
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Emails reveal how health departments struggle to track human cases of bird flu

Salon  

Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months. 9 have refused.” A July 29 email reflects the absence of information when some farm owners don’t wish to correspond with public health departments about potential …

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

NPR  

Black Americans still suffer worse health. “When COVID was first hitting, it was just sort of immediately clear who was going to suffer the most,” Ducas said, “not just because of differential access to care, but who was in a living environment that’s multigenerational or crowded, who is more likely to be in a job where they are an essential …

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Medicare drug plans are getting better next year
2 months ago

Medicare drug plans are getting better next year

LA Times  

Every year, Medicare officials encourage beneficiaries to shop around for their prescription drug coverage. “I might be able to afford fresh fruit in the wintertime.” The act, a climate and healthcare law that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris promote on the campaign trail as one of their administration’s greatest accomplishments, radically redesigned Medicare’s drug benefit, called Part D, …

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Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

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Fact-checker busts Vance as he rewrites history about Trump and Obamacare
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fact-checker busts Vance as he rewrites history about Trump and Obamacare

Raw Story  

Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon.” Sen. JD Vance on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15 Sen. JD Vance on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, even though Trump could have chosen to do the opposite. Trump said …

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Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help

NPR  

Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help toggle caption Amy Maxmen/KFF Health News One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. “How am I supposed to move forward?” toggle caption Amy Maxmen/KFF Health News COVID killed more than 3,600 U.S. health care workers in …

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These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in
3 months ago

These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in

NPR  

These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Phifer, a global manufacturer of window screens, opened the clinic five years ago in a bid to control its health care costs and stop big medical bills from driving its workers into debt. toggle caption Charity Rachelle for KFF Health News Today Phifer still makes screens at a cavernous plant outside Tuscaloosa …

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