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He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill
ABC News· 2 days agoThis is a KFF Health News story. Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited...
Analysis | California pays people with addiction to stay clean — with feds’ blessing
Washington Post· 4 days agoDoctors consider “contingency management” to be one of the most effective approaches to curb hard...
Watch: Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding Abortion Ban States
North Denver News· 5 days agoOn KFF Health News’ “What the Health?,” chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner sat down with...
Survey: States and territories able to test for highly pathogenic H5N1
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 4 days agoAlso today, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) published a new report on the current demographics of...
Were 260,000 Nevadans dropped from Medicaid 'unwinding'? What you need to know
Reno Gazette-Journal· 5 days agoThe unwinding also means many Nevadans were disenrolled from the program — just under 260,000, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation
Disabled advocates held a 44-hour vigil to speak to Gov. Abbott. He wouldn't meet | Grumet
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 days agoTexas has a massive demand for home- and community-based services, in which a caregiver comes to you...
Are nursing homes ready to comply with new staffing standards?
Becker’s Hospital Review· 5 days agoWhile only 19% of nursing homes across the U.S. currently meet the new staffing standards finalized by the Biden administration in April, most facilities will have between two and five years ...
High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment
San Jose Mercury News· 20 hours agoFor the past year and a half, Tandra Cooper Harris and her husband, Marcus, who both have diabetes,...
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 7 days agoAmerican hospital officials often insist that lawsuits and other aggressive collections, though unsavory, are necessary to protect health systems’ finances and deter freeloading. But at Rochester ...
New KFF Analysis Finds In 45 States, Fewer Than Half of Nursing Facilities Have Enough Staff to Meet...
Sierra Sun Times· 4 days agoThe share of facilities that meet these requirements ranges from 5% or lower in four states (AR, TN, TX and LA) to 50% or higher in five states (AK, ND, ME, HI and OR) and DC. ...