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Mashup Score: 0California's $12 billion Medicaid experiment stretches the definition of health care - 7 hour(s) ago
The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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Mashup Score: 3Listen to the Latest 'KFF Health News Minute' - KFF Health News - 8 hour(s) ago
“Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
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Mashup Score: 0Why Medicaid’s ‘Undercount’ Problem Counts - KFF Health News - 9 hour(s) ago
Millions of people were surprised to find themselves booted from Medicaid over the past year after pandemic-era protections expired that had prevented states from terminating their coverage. Turns out, millions of them were also unaware they had been covered by the government program. Nearly 1 in 3 people enrolled in Medicaid in 2022 — or […]
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Mashup Score: 3Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash - 10 hour(s) ago
Payback Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash Opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are paying more than $54 billion in restitution to settle lawsuits about their role in the overdose epi…
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.@netflix's Painkiller depicts some of the origins of America's opioid crisis. Opioid manufacturers, distributors, & retailers are paying $54B+ in restitution to settle lawsuits. @aneripattani is tracking how state & local governments are using the money: https://t.co/8yTInlajB7 https://t.co/LQ0u62TeM1
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Mashup Score: 4
Most U.S. hospitals aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills. One New York hospital system decided to work with them instead.
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Mashup Score: 0Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - KFF Health News - 12 hour(s) ago
Today’s news roundup covers nursing home deaths, weight loss drugs, abortion bans, fentanyl seizures, breast cancer genes, bird flu, and more.
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Mashup Score: 16
People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. “Every day the anxiety builds,” one beneficiary told KFF Health News.
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Mashup Score: 4Nursing Homes Wield Pandemic Immunity Laws To Duck Wrongful Death Suits - KFF Health News - 14 hour(s) ago
More than 172,000 nursing home residents died of covid. In lawsuits, some families who lost loved ones say they were misled about safety measures or told that covid wasn’t a danger in their facilities.
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Mashup Score: 79
Democrats running for office are using abortion rollbacks to galvanize voters, with abortion rights ballot initiatives amplifying their lines of attack. In Missouri, the leading Democratic candidate for the Senate also blames Republican Sen. Josh Hawley for threatening access to IVF.
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Mashup Score: 13A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction - 1 day(s) ago
Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid companies. Some are investing the new funds in traditional healing practices to treat addiction.
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Hundreds of community organizations & companies are entering the health care fray in California, providing an array of new social services to Medicaid patients. @ahartreports reports for KFF Health News and @NPR: https://t.co/bfy7LB1smK