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WEBBy Bernard J. Wolfson 5:00 AM ET. John Baackes, who steered Medi-Cal’s largest health plan following the Affordable Care Act expansion, and later prepared it for a state overhaul of Medi-Cal, will retire after this year. Baackes believes low payments to doctors and other providers, along with an acute labor shortage, hamper Medi-Cal’s success.
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WEBWelcome to KFF Health News. In these dire times for the news industry, the birth of a news organization is a rare bright spot. We hope KFF Health News will make a vital contribution by covering health care policy and politics, as well as trends in the industry and delivery of care. With an historic debate on the health system underway, we’re ...
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WEBSep 13, 2024 · By Cara Anthony September 10, 2024. The "Silence in Sikeston" podcast explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on health — from hives and high blood pressure to struggles with mental health. The deaths of two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart in the same Missouri …
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WEBMorning Briefing for Thursday, August 22, 2024. August 22, 2024 Morning Briefing. KFF Health News will host a full day of panels at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, on Sept. 6. Check out the program and buy tickets here.
American Health Under Trump — Past, Present, and Future
WEB20 hours ago · Dreaming of a Trump victory, Republicans have a wish list of health policy changes — including loosening Affordable Care Act regulations to make cheaper coverage available and ending Medicare drug price negotiations. Meanwhile, after a publicly reported death stemming from a state abortion ban, Vice President Kamala Harris is emphasizing the consequences of Trump’s work to overturn Roe v ...
Abortion Clinics — And Patients — Are on the Move as State Laws …
WEB23 hours ago · Over 170,000 people traveled out of their own state to receive abortion care in 2023, according to Guttmacher. That’s a big jump after Dobbs even though the share of out-of-state patients has been rising since at least 2011. Not all of the increase in abortions comes from interstate travel, of course. Telehealth has made medication abortions ...
About Us - KFF Health News
WEBKFF Health News Leadership. Alex Wayne, Executive Editor, previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act.In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about the coronavirus’ infiltration of Trump’s White House that won the Gerald R. Ford ...
COVID-19 Archives - KFF Health News
WEBSep 5, 2024 · By Tarena Lofton July 22, 2024. President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 last week, but his symptoms were reportedly mild. With covid still circulating and putting Americans at risk, KFF Health News reviews the latest safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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WEBAmid Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ Many States Wind Up Expanding. By Phil Galewitz August 16, 2024 KFF Health News Original. The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
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WEBSept. 21. This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Government efforts to recover billions in Social Security overpayments can leave beneficiaries who can’t work because of a disability in a precarious situation, and some health systems have started charging patients fees for physicians’ responses to emailed questions.
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