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2022-06-25 KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The FDA Goes After Nicotine Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Click here for a transcript of the episode. The FDA this week launched a […]
2022-06-24 Long Wait for Justice: People in Jail Face Delays for Mental Health Care Before They Can Stand Trial Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine, Georgia Health News Beau Hampton’s long wait for psychiatric treatment began last year, after he was accused of attacking his foster father and charged with a misdemeanor. The 18-year-old […]
2022-06-23 Medical Bills Can Shatter Lives. North Carolina May Act to ‘De-Weaponize’ That Debt. Aneri Pattani RALEIGH, N.C. — When Erin Williams-Reavis faced a $3,500 surgery bill, the hospital offered to let her pay in $300 monthly installments. It was too much, said Williams-Reavis, 44, who lives in Greensboro, about an hour west […]
2022-06-21 A Proposal to Import Drugs from Other Countries Creates an Unusual Alliance in the Senate Victoria Knight Harmony is not often found between two of the most boisterous senators on Capitol Hill, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.). But it was there at Tuesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee […]
Costs of Aging in Place are Emotional and Financial (NewsUSA) – Many older adults would prefer to remain in their own homes as they age, but a lack of affordable options makes this plan a challenge for individuals and their families, according to results of a new survey of more than 1,700 caregivers and […]
2022-06-20 Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani Loading… Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into […]
2022-06-19 100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt Noam N. Levey Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated. Ariane Buck, a young father in […]
Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News MEXICO, Mo. — When the new corporate owners of two rural hospitals suddenly announced they would stop admitting patients one Friday in March, Kayla Schudel, a nurse, stood resolute in the nearly empty lobby of Audrain Community Hospital: […]
2022-06-17 Covid Funding Pries Open a Door to Improving Air Quality in Schools Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Many U.S. schools were in dire need of upgrades — burdened by leaking pipes, mold, and antiquated heating systems — long before the covid-19 pandemic drew attention to the importance of indoor ventilation in reducing […]
2022-06-16 Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills Michelle Andrews When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really don’t have this to […]