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Can Family Doctors Deliver Rural America From Its Maternal Health Crisis?
Family medicine doctors already deliver most of rural America’s babies, and efforts to train more in obstetrics care are seen as a way to cope with labor and delivery unit closures.
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Child Care Gaps in Rural America Threaten to Undercut Small Communities
Deep gaps in rural America鈥檚 child care system threaten communities鈥 stability by shrinking the workforce and inhibiting economic potential. Now that pandemic-era federal aid for child care programs and low-income families has ended, it鈥檚 up to state and local leaders to find solutions.
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When Hospitals Sue Patients (Part 2)
Why do hospitals sue patients who can鈥檛 afford to pay their medical bills? On this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 host Dan Weissmann investigates such lawsuits and covers new laws and regulations that may change this practice.
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States Expand Health Coverage for Immigrants as GOP Hits Biden Over Border Crossings
More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.
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Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise
Mental health courts have been touted as a means to help reduce the flow of people with mental illness into jails and prisons. But the specialized diversion programs can struggle to live up to that promise, and some say they鈥檙e a bad investment.
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RFK Jr.鈥檚 Campaign of Conspiracy Theories Is PolitiFact鈥檚 2023 Lie of the Year
Debate and speculation are heating up over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election. But one thing is clear: Kennedy鈥檚 political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories.
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In Year 6, 麻豆女优 Health News-NPR鈥檚 鈥楤ill of the Month鈥 Helps Patients in a Changing System
In the sixth year of the 麻豆女优 Health News-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 series, patients shared more than 750 tales of medical billing problems, and reporters analyzed more than $730,000 in charges 鈥 including more than $215,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.
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Bold Changes Are in Store for Medi-Cal in 2024, but Will Patients Benefit?
California鈥檚 Medicaid program is undergoing major changes that could improve health care for residents with low incomes. But they are happening at the same time as several other initiatives that could compete for staff attention and confuse enrollees.
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麻豆女优 Health News-CBS News Investigation
鈥楢GGA鈥 Inventor Testifies His Dental Device Was Not Meant for TMJ or Sleep Apnea
The FDA and Department of Justice are investigating the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or 鈥淎GGA.鈥 TMJ and sleep apnea patients have filed lawsuits alleging the device harmed them. Its inventor now says the AGGA was never meant for these ailments.
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Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals
Delaying cancer treatment can be deadly 鈥 which makes the roadblock-riddled process that health insurers use to approve or deny care particularly daunting for oncology patients.
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2023 Is a Wrap
2023 was another busy year in health care. As the covid-19 pandemic waned, policymakers looked anew at long-standing obstacles to obtaining and paying for care in the nation鈥檚 health care system. Meanwhile, abortion has continued to be an issue in much of the nation, as states respond to the Supreme Court鈥檚 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to the procedure. This week, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join 麻豆女优 Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and wrap up the year in health. Also this week, Rovner interviews 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 Jordan Rau about his joint 麻豆女优 Health News-New York Times series 鈥淒ying Broke.鈥
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The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know
In the past year, opioid settlement money has gone from an emerging funding stream for which people had lofty but uncertain aspirations to a coveted pot of billions being invested in remediation efforts. Here are some important and evolving factors to watch going forward.
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Inside the Pentagon鈥檚 Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination
Cost estimates balloon and complications mount as the Defense Department grapples with PFAS pollution at hundreds of its bases and surrounding communities.
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Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records
Thousands of medical devices are sold, and even implanted, with no safety tests.
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A New Test Could Save Arthritis Patients Time, Money, and Pain. But Will It Be Used?
Stories of chronic pain, drug-hopping, and insurance meddling are all too common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Precision medicine offers new hope.
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鈥業 Am Just Waiting to Die鈥: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness
The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.
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When a Quick Telehealth Visit Yields Multiple Surprises Beyond a Big Bill
For the patient, it was a quick and inexpensive virtual appointment. Why it cost 10 times what she expected became a mystery.
