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Rage has long shadowed American health care. It’s rarely produced big change.

Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops in Somalia, an Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, and a future Oscar winner about a brilliant mathematician struggling with schizophrenia. But there was nothing new about the anger at health insurers that Thompson’s shooting unleashed online — and which suspect Luigi Mangione expressed in a …

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'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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1 week, 6 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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Following killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, stories flood social media of denied insurance claims

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New York CNN — The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex health insurance industry. Police are exploring whether the words indicate a motive since …

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As federal aid shrinks, communities try new ways to tackle child poverty on their own

NPR

As federal aid shrinks, communities try new ways to tackle child poverty on their own toggle caption ‎‎Kate Wells/Michigan Public If you bring a baby into the Hurley Children's Center clinic in downtown Flint, Mich., Mona Hanna will find you. "It could be a good thing," Leann Espinoza, maternal-infant health program manager for the eastern Upper Peninsula, said in August. …

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TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

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President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose significant conflicts of interest. Oz’s holdings, some shared with family, included a stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as …

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TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

LA Times

Mehmet Oz, the former host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” speaks during a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held …

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TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

CNN

KFF Health News — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose significant conflicts of interest. Oz’s holdings, some shared with family, included a stake in UnitedHealth Group …

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TV's Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to run

NPR

TV's Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to run toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — may have significant conflicts of interest. Oz's positions on health policy have been chameleonic; …

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

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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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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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1 month, 1 week ago

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

Salon

In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee’s clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there’s not a single clinic that provides abortions. In 2022, Maryland lawmakers passed the Abortion Care Access Act, expanding the type of medical care nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives could offer, including abortion, and the training program “prioritized that group,” Bondy said. As more …

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Dentists are pulling "healthy" and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

Salon

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. “Why would I extract your tooth because you need a root canal?” Jaime Lozada, director of an elite dental implant residency program at Loma Linda University, said he’d not only witnessed an increase in dentists extracting “perfectly healthy teeth” but also treated a rash of patients with …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How health care could change under the new Trump administration

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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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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

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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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues

NPR

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP As the 2024 election heads into its final weeks, the direction of policies affecting the health of millions of Americans is at stake. “But I think that because the negotiated prices won't go into effect until 2026, no one will miss them.” Harris …

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2 months 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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3 months 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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3 months, 1 week ago

Cyberattacks plague health care. Critics call the federal response 'inadequate'

NPR

Cyberattacks plague health care. The Health and Human Services Department’s “current approach to health care cybersecurity — self-regulation and voluntary best practices — is woefully inadequate and has left the health care system vulnerable to criminals and foreign government hackers,” Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote in a recent letter to the agency. The department’s interest …

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3 months, 1 week 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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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside conservative activist Leonard Leo’s long campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Raw Story

A federal lawsuit in Texas against Planned Parenthood has a web of ties to conservative activist Leonard Leo, whose decades-long effort to steer the U.S. court system to the right overturned Roe vs. Wade, yielding the biggest rollback of reproductive health access in half a century. Planned Parenthood did not commit Medicaid fraud.” Linton has said the lawsuit’s purpose is …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake

NPR

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake toggle caption Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Ashley and Kyle were newlyweds in early 2022 and thrilled to be expecting their first child. toggle caption Sarah Varney for KFF Health News Obstetrician-gynecologists from across Wisconsin had decided that “in cases of previable PPROM, every patient should be offered …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Inside conservative activist Leonard Leo’s long campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Salon

A federal lawsuit in Texas against Planned Parenthood has a web of ties to conservative activist Leonard Leo, whose decades-long effort to steer the U.S. court system to the right overturned Roe v. Wade, yielding the biggest rollback of reproductive health access in half a century. Planned Parenthood did not commit Medicaid fraud.” Linton has said the lawsuit’s purpose is …

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Rage has long shadowed American health care. It’s rarely produced big change.

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

US health insurance: Frustrations with care denials

Following killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, stories flood social media of denied insurance claims

As federal aid shrinks, communities try new ways to tackle child poverty on their own

TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

TV's Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to run

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

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

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

Dentists are pulling "healthy" and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

How health care could change under the new Trump administration

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

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

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues

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

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

Cyberattacks plague health care. Critics call the federal response 'inadequate'

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

Inside conservative activist Leonard Leo’s long campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Insurance refused to pay for her abortion, even when her life was at stake

Inside conservative activist Leonard Leo’s long campaign to gut Planned Parenthood