Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care
Despite a culture clash and lack of time and training, ER doctors see how palliative care averts suffering for elderly patients with serious illnesses.
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鈥榊ou鈥檝e Got Mail鈥: Emails And Robocalls Hit Home In Promoting Medicaid Enrollment
An Oregon study finds that spending a lot more money to reach out personally to low-income residents eligible for Medicaid doesn鈥檛 bring an advantage.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Strategies To Defend Unpopular GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements And Deleted Comments
Since the House passed the American Health Care Act, Republican members of Congress have tried to swing public opinion to their side. ProPublica has been tracking what they’re saying.
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Citing CBO Report, Critics Decry GOP Bill鈥檚 Potential Fallout In California
“I feel like I am in a bad dream,” said state Sen. Ed Hernandez, who chairs California’s Senate Health Committee.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Millions Of Ill People May Face 鈥楨xtremely High Premiums鈥 Under House Bill, CBO Says
The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office evaluates last-minute changes made to the bill to help propel it to passage.
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Putting A Lid On Waste: Needless Medical Tests Not Only Cost $200B 鈥 They Can Do Harm
The health care industry thrives on ordering up tests and treatments, but some hospitals are urging restraint.
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Tab For Single-Payer Proposal In California Could Run $400 Billion
A state Senate panel considering the measure said money for existing public programs could cover half the cost. But the rest might have to come from new taxes 鈥 a serious political obstacle.
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GOP鈥檚 Health Bill Could Undercut Some Coverage In Job-Based Insurance
In states that take up the bill鈥檚 option to change the essential health benefits, the out-of-pocket spending limits and annual and lifetime caps on coverage in large group plans could fray.
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Health Debate Heats Up In Montana For This Week’s Special Election
The race for Montana鈥檚 one and only seat in the House of Representatives will be decided Thursday, and health care is taking center stage in the race’s last week.
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Who Will Care For Abril? Parents Fear For Their Disabled Child If They Are Deported
Anticipating a broader immigration crackdown, undocumented families are hiring lawyers and scrambling to make contingency plans for their seriously ill U.S.-born kids.
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New York State Wants Its Prescription Drug Money Back 鈥 Or Else
A new law gives Medicaid regulators power to threaten drugmakers with cost-effectiveness scrutiny unless they grant additional rebates.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Republicans Race The Clock On Health Care 鈥 But The Calendar Is Not Helping
The delays in pushing through a bill to replace Obamacare are beginning to back up other key items on the congressional calendar.
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California Bill Addresses Safety Concerns At Dialysis Clinics
Legislation would require minimum staffing levels, longer intervals between patients and more frequent state inspections.
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Fearing Deportation, Parents Worry About Undocumented Kids In Medicaid Program
A 2016 California law allowed children without papers to sign up for full Medicaid benefits. More than 189,000 children have been covered, but some families now fear renewing coverage or signing up their kids for the first time.
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Navigating Aging
Like Hunger Or Thirst, Loneliness In Seniors Can Be Eased
About a third of older adults feel lonely, but learning better ways to engage with others and improve relationships can help them avoid such feelings.
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UnitedHealth Doctored Medicare Records, Overbilled U.S. By $1 Billion, Feds Claim
The company, which is the nation鈥檚 largest Medicare Advantage operator, denies wrongdoing and argues that the Justice Department 鈥渇undamentally misunderstands鈥 how Medicare Advantage works.
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Do Best-Selling Drugs That Calm Stomachs Damage Kidneys? The Answer’s Unclear.
With flawed systems for tracking the side effects of prescription drugs, a link between proton pump inhibitors and kidney disease suggested by research cannot be proven. Patients who swear by the drugs hope it won鈥檛 be.聽
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
Secret Sauce In Maine’s Successful High-Risk Pool: Enough Money
Before the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 exchanges began, Maine had an 鈥渋nvisible high-risk pool鈥 in place. Republican lawmakers are pointing to it as a success 鈥 but it was better funded by a vast margin than the high-risk pools in the House replacement bill.
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Report: Congressional Ethics Office Probing Rep. Chris Collins鈥 Aussie Investment
The Buffalo News reports the Buffalo, N.Y.-area Republican has drawn inquiries from the Office of Congressional Ethics related to his investment in Australian biotech company Innate Immunotherapeutics.
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Quiz: Help Us Take The Pulse Of Our Readers
Even the most exalted among us realize health care policy is complicated. Here’s a pop quiz to see what you have learned as a regular reader of Kaiser Health News.
