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Health News 2024-03-26

  A Mom’s $97,000 Question: How Was Her Baby’s Air-Ambulance Ride Not Medically Necessary? Molly Castle Work Sara England was putting together Ghostbusters costumes for Halloween when she noticed her baby wasn’t doing well. Her 3-month-old son, Amari Vaca, had undergone open-heart surgery two months before, so she called his cardiologist, who recommended getting him […]

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Health News 2024-03-25

  California’s Expanded Health Coverage for Immigrants Collides With Medicaid Reviews Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano OAKLAND — Medi-Cal health coverage kicked in for Antonio Abundis just when the custodian needed it most. Shortly after Abundis transitioned from limited to full-scope coverage in 2022 under California’s expansion of Medi-Cal to older residents without legal immigration status, […]

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Health News 2024-03-24

  Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Costing Taxpayers Millions Despite Low Enrollment Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a conservative alternative to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers at least $26 million so far, with more than 90% going toward administrative and consulting costs rather than medical care for low-income people. […]

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Health News 2024-03-23

  Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for ‘Male Menopause’ Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads Michael Scaturro Online stores sprang up during the covid-19 pandemic’s telehealth boom touting testosterone as a cure-all for men’s age-related illnesses — despite FDA rules issued years ago restricting such “low testosterone” advertising. In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone […]

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Health News 2024-03-19

  As More States Target Disavowed ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis, Police Groups Push Back Renuka Rayasam Following a pivotal year in the movement to discard the term “excited delirium,” momentum is building in several states to ban the discredited medical diagnosis from death certificates, law enforcement training, police incident reports, and civil court testimony. In January, […]

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