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What happens when an undocumented immigrant has a life-threatening diagnosis? Much depends on where the person lives. And even in states with generous care for a dire illness, a patient can face difficult life-and-death choices.
Supporters call it the strongest move yet to document a patient鈥檚 advance wishes in cases of severe dementia. Critics say it would deny basic care to society鈥檚 most vulnerable.
President Donald Trump鈥檚 decision to stop paying cost-sharing reduction subsidies means the federal government will reduce its funding of the Basic Health Program that provides low-cost coverage to more than 800,000 low-income people in those two states.
Refugee women from conservative Muslim countries can be shocked by some U.S. medical conventions 鈥 like trusting a male doctor to care for them.
A new law gives Medicaid regulators power to threaten drugmakers with cost-effectiveness scrutiny unless they grant additional rebates.
More hospitals, including Montefiore Medical Center in New York, are setting up support centers to help stressed-out family members cope.
When New York increased its cigarette tax, smoking rates declined. California's proposed increase of $2 a pack may, too, say researchers. The higher the tax, the more likely people are to quit.
鈥淓very city鈥檚 not New York City,鈥 but the Big Apple鈥檚 first lady hopes that the city鈥檚 efforts to address mental health access issues could be replicated across the country.
Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive with decidedly different medical and mental health needs than other waves of refugees.
Both states are offering 鈥渂asic health programs鈥 that provide policies to consumers with low monthly premiums and copayments, and low or no deductibles.
Forty-nine states now take Medicaid applications by phone and 49 also accept online applications, reports the Kaiser Family Foundation.
About 300,000 Hispanic children gained insurance in 2014 from 2013, dropping the number of uninsured to 1.7 million, researchers said, and two-thirds of 1.7 million uninsured Hispanic kids live in five states.
The clinics have agreed to disclose more fully which health insurance plans consider them 鈥渋n network.鈥
A family struggles with what to do when an autistic adolescent becomes aggressive.聽
Consumers in New York are getting new protections against 鈥渂alance billing,鈥 where insurers bill patients for the difference between what insurers pay and what providers want, and states considering similar laws are watching closely.
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