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Most people who buy insurance on the individual market say they are motivated by concerns about high medical bills and a desire for peace of mind 鈥 not the law鈥檚 requirement that they have coverage, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
McKinley County, N.M., has the nation鈥檚 highest rate of Medicaid enrollment, and people there say it is vital to battle daunting economic and public health challenges.
First of all, make sure you have an overdose reversal drug handy. Then prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication.
The lawsuit is a bold move against Northern California鈥檚 dominant hospital chain, whose prices have drawn complaints for years. It has disputed such allegations in the past.
Some of the safety-net programs set up after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico are being disbanded.
Supporters call it the strongest move yet to document a patient鈥檚 advance wishes in cases of severe dementia. Critics say it would deny basic care to society鈥檚 most vulnerable.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss President Donald Trump鈥檚 firing of David Shulkin, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Shulkin鈥檚 claim that he was forced out by those who want to privatize VA health care.
Treatment has been terminated for some seniors because therapists told them they weren鈥檛 making enough progress or that they had reached their annual limit. We examine the treatment benefits and the barriers under Medicare鈥檚 coverage rules for therapy.
Standards for how to investigate and report on overdoses vary widely across states and counties. As a result, opioid overdose deaths often go overlooked in the data reported to the federal government.
The legislation is intended to curb schemes in which some treatment providers sign patients up for private plans, pay their premiums and then rake in profits from inflated claims.
California health officials do not dispute most of the findings, saying they have already made improvements in determining eligibility.
Opioid overdoses and related deaths are still climbing, U.S. statistics show. Teasing out which overdoses are intentional can be hard, but is important for treatment, doctors say.
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In some cases, information now available to people without talking to a doctor can be a source of confusion and alarm and the cause of more work for doctors because it comes without adequate guidance.
In a program called OB Nest, Mayo has been using a telemedicine program in its obstetrics clinic in Rochester, Minn., that allows low-risk expectant mothers to forego some standard prenatal visits.
Research out Monday offers evidence that advertising for e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products, which aren鈥檛 subject to the same restrictions that apply to the marketing traditional cigarettes, is stoking use among adolescents and young-adult smokers.
Families and nursing homes say Trump administration policies threaten to drive immigrants away from caring for older and disabled patients, intensifying a shortage in these low-wage jobs.
The teenage smoking sensation appearing on high school campuses across the country is an easy-to-hide, high-nicotine device called the Juul. Educators and health care advocates fear that vulnerable young people may become addicted.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the apparent demise of bipartisan legislation aimed at shoring up parts of the Affordable Care Act. They also discuss aggressive new efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.
In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.
