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She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage
When medical bills started rolling in, a teacher鈥檚 aide in Florida wondered why her insurance suddenly wasn鈥檛 covering them. The answer? She owed a balance of 5 cents, so her insurer canceled her policy.
鈥淢e enga帽aron鈥: agentes encadenan a un padre que hab铆a ido al ICE a reunirse con sus hijos
Se supone que la agencia que cuida a ni帽os que llegan solos al pa铆s deben reunirlos pronto con sus familias o cuidadores. Pero cada vez m谩s los usan como 鈥渃arnada鈥 para arrestar a los padres.
鈥楾hey Tricked Me鈥: A Father Was Chained After He Went to ICE To Reunite With His Kids
The administration has largely converted the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement into an arm of immigration enforcement, detaining children longer while helping immigration officers arrest their parents or other family members. One father was chained when he went to an ICE office to discuss being reunited with his son and daughter.
Pol铆ticas del gobierno chocan con el conocimiento emergente sobre los da帽os a largo plazo de covid
Estos hallazgos generan nuevas preocupaciones sobre las pol铆ticas relacionadas con covid durante la administraci贸n Trump, seg煤n investigadores.
Los pagos de Medicaid por el tratamiento de la anemia falciforme depender谩n de su 茅xito
Actualmente hay dos terapias g茅nicas aprobadas por la FDA, con costos de $2,2 millones por paciente en un caso y $3,1 millones en el otro, sin incluir el gasto de la hospitalizaci贸n prolongada que requieren.
As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It鈥檚 Unclear if Trump鈥檚 Team Will Intervene.
As health systems, doctor groups, and insurers merge into ever-bigger giants, patient care gets more expensive. Yet the Trump administration has sent mixed signals about its willingness to intervene 鈥 and shown some disdain for Biden officials鈥 more aggressive approach.
Centros de salud enfrentan riesgos por la ca铆da de la financiaci贸n del gobierno
Algunos de estos centros de salud comunitarios podr铆an verse obligados a reducir personal m茅dico y administrativo o servicios. Incluso podr铆an llegar a cerrar.
Batalla para proteger a los pacientes de deudas m茅dicas se traslada a los estados
A pesar de algunos avances este a帽o, los recientes reveses en las legislaturas m谩s conservadoras dejan claro lo dif铆cil que es proteger a los pacientes.
Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America鈥檚 Other Epidemic
Firearm violence is killing Americans at the scale of a public health epidemic. The suffering is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by segregation, disinvestment, hate crimes, and other forms of racial discrimination.
Immigrant Kids Detained in 鈥楿nsafe and Unsanitary鈥 Sites as Trump Team Seeks To End Protections
President Donald Trump鈥檚 Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has required U.S. immigration officials to hold migrant children in facilities that are safe and sanitary, among other protections. Even with the consent decree in place, court records show unsafe conditions for immigrant kids.
Entre marzo y junio, abogados de menores inmigrantes recopilaron estos testimonios, y otros de j贸venes y familias detenidas, en lo que describen entornos 鈥渃on apariencia carcelaria鈥 en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos.
Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger.
Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules, and loosen vaccine requirements threaten to increase medical bills for millions of Americans.
The House鈥檚 gigantic tax-and-spending budget reconciliation bill has landed with a thud in the Senate, where lawmakers are divided in their criticism over whether it increases the deficit too much or cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act too deeply. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office鈥檚 estimate that the bill, if enacted, could increase the ranks of the uninsured by nearly 11 million people over a decade won鈥檛 make it an easy sell. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Arielle Zionts, who reported and wrote the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature, about a Medicaid patient who had an out-of-state emergency.
Future of Cancer Coverage for Women Federal Firefighters Uncertain Under Trump
In the waning days of the Biden administration, the Labor Department added ovarian, uterine, cervical, and breast cancer coverage for wildland firefighters. It鈥檚 unclear whether the new protections will stick under Trump.
Biden Rule Cleared Hurdles to Lifesaving HIV Drug, but in Georgia Barriers Remain
A new rule requires insurers to improve coverage of PrEP, which can prevent HIV, but Georgians face challenges getting the drug.
What the Health? From 麻豆女优 Health News: Creating Chaos at HHS
President Donald Trump was sworn in Monday and by Wednesday had virtually stopped scientific policymaking at the Department of Health and Human Services. While incoming administrations often pause public communications, the acting HHS head ordered an unprecedented shutdown of all outside meetings, travel, and publications. Meanwhile, Trump issued a broad array of mostly nonbinding executive orders, but notably none directly concerning abortion. Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Rodney Whitlock, a former congressional staffer, who explains the convoluted 鈥渂udget reconciliation鈥 process Republicans hope to use to enact Trump鈥檚 agenda.
Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
鈥楤ill of the Month鈥: The Series That Dissects and Slashes Medical Bills
Since 2018, readers and listeners sent 麻豆女优 Health News-NPR鈥檚 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 thousands of questionable bills. Our crowdsourced investigation paved the way for landmark legislation and highlighted cost-saving strategies for all patients.
Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump鈥檚 Return
Donald Trump鈥檚 first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers don鈥檛 want to risk backtracking during Trump鈥檚 second administration.
Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges
The number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov 鈥 the federal marketplace that serves 31 states 鈥 is well below last year鈥檚 as of early December. Also, a Biden administration push to give 鈥淒reamers鈥 access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.
