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2022-10-18 Say What? Hearing Aids Available Over-the-Counter for as Low as $199, and Without a Prescription Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Starting Monday, consumers will be able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect. Where for decades it cost […]
2022-10-17 5 Things to Know About Colorado’s Psychedelics Ballot Initiative Markian Hawryluk and Matt Volz Colorado could become the second state after Oregon to allow the use of certain psychedelic substances that are illegal under federal law. But while Oregon voters in 2020 approved the supervised use of psychedelic mushrooms, the citizen initiative […]
2022-10-16 Lawsuit by KHN Prompts Government to Release Medicare Advantage Audits Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Federal health officials have agreed to make public 90 audits of private Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that are expected to reveal hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges to the government. The Centers for Medicare […]
2022-10-15 Climate Change Magnifies Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke in Care Deserts Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News and Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez DRESSLERVILLE, Nev. — Smoke began billowing into the skies of northwestern Nevada in September, clouding the mountains, dimming the sun — and quashing residents’ hopes that they would be spared from wildfires […]
2022-10-14 BMI: The Mismeasure of Weight and the Mistreatment of Obesity Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it. But whether it’s covered often comes down to a measure invented almost 200 years […]
2022-10-14 A New, Transparent AI Tool May Help Detect Blood Poisoning By Simar Bajaj Ten years ago, 12-year-old Rory Staunton dove for a ball in gym class and scraped his arm. He woke up the next day with a 104 F fever, so his parents took him to the pediatrician and eventually the emergency room. […]
2022-10-12 Hospitals Have Been Slow to Bring On Addiction Specialists Martha Bebinger, WBUR In December, Marie, who lives in coastal Swampscott, Massachusetts, began having trouble breathing. Three days after Christmas, she woke up gasping for air and dialed 911. “I was so scared,” Marie said later, her hand clutched to her chest. Marie, […]
2022-10-11 Abortion Bans Skirt a Medical Reality: For Many Teens, Childbirth Is a Dangerous Undertaking Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Maryanna’s eyes widened as the waitress delivered dessert, a plate-sized chocolate chip cookie topped with hot fudge and ice cream. Sitting in a booth at a Cheddar’s in Little […]
2022-10-08 Hurricane Ian Shows That Coastal Hospitals Aren’t Ready for Climate Change Daniel Chang and Lauren Sausser As rapidly intensifying storms and rising sea levels threaten coastal cities from Texas to the tip of Maine, Hurricane Ian has just demonstrated what researchers have warned: Hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. are not […]
2022-10-08 Medical Debt Sunk Her Credit. New Changes From the Credit Reporting Agencies Won’t Help. Aneri Pattani CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After a year of chemo and radiation, doctors told Penelope “Penny” Wingard in 2014 that her breast cancer was in remission. She’d been praying for this good news. But it also meant she […]