Trump鈥檚 Claim He 鈥楽aved鈥 Preexisting Conditions 鈥楶art Fantasy, Part Delusion鈥
The claim, which builds on previous statements and campaign messaging, drew strong reactions.
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No Shield From X-Rays: How Science Is Rethinking Lead Aprons
A number of radiology organizations are trying to end the decades-old practice of shielding patients from radiation with lead aprons. They say it provides no benefit and might even inadvertently expose people to higher radiation levels. But the policy about-face is moving slowly.
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Warren and Klobuchar Say They Can Lower Drug Prices Without Congress鈥 Help
Democratic presidential candidates also returned to now-familiar themes in debating the differences between “Medicare for All” and more incremental reforms.
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Sanders Targets Health Industry Profits. Are His Figures Right?
Calculations are complicated, but correct.
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Loopholes Limit New California Law To Guard Against Lofty Air Ambulance Bills
A new state law limits what consumers owe if they鈥檙e transported by an air ambulance that鈥檚 not part of their insurance network to the amount that they鈥檇 be charged if they used an in-network provider. But the law won鈥檛 protect millions of consumers whose health plans aren鈥檛 regulated by the state.
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Team Trump Says Administration鈥檚 Action On Health Care 鈥業s Working.鈥 Is It?
The impact of the Trump administration鈥檚 health policies is not as clear-cut as the president鈥檚 reelection campaign suggests.
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Smokers Need Not Apply: Fairness Of No-Nicotine Hiring Policies Questioned
U-Haul will not hire nicotine users in 21 states where it is legal to do so. Ethicists say such policies disproportionately affect the poor and are a sign of employers becoming overly involved in workers’ lifestyle choices.
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Homeless Californians Adapt To Camp Sweeps And 鈥楾he Caltrans Shuffle鈥
Communities across California, frustrated with the growing number of homeless people living on public property, have tasked police and sanitation workers with dismantling encampments they say pose a risk to health and safety. The routine cleanups have spawned another public health concern: the loss of the displaced people鈥檚 personal possessions, including medicines.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
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High-Deductible Plans Jeopardize Financial Health Of Patients And Rural Hospitals
Small hospitals and patients in rural areas have been hit hard by the boom in high-deductible health plans. Often when a patient arrives at a rural hospital needing critical care, the person is stabilized and transferred to a larger facility. But bills from the first site of care generally get applied to the patient鈥檚 deductible. When patients can鈥檛 afford their deductible, the smaller hospital winds up eating the costs.
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Family Doctors In Rural America Tackle Crisis Of Addiction And Pain
For rural physicians, the burden of responding to the opioid epidemic falls squarely on their already loaded shoulders. For one doctor in a small Wisconsin village, there was no question that she wanted to rise to the challenge.
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KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥: Democrats Roll Dice On SCOTUS And The ACA
A group of Democratic state attorneys general are betting the Supreme Court will take up the case and overturn a federal appeals court ruling in time for the 2020 elections. In other high-court news, most Republicans in Congress are asking the justices to use a Louisiana law to overturn the landmark abortion-rights ruling, Roe v. Wade. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Rovner also interviews NPR鈥檚 Richard Harris, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
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鈥楢n Arm And A Leg鈥: Watch Your Back 鈥 And Your Wallet
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, author of the book 鈥淐rooked,鈥 says chronic low back pain is not a medical condition. Nonetheless, that complaint sends millions of Americans down a path of expensive imaging tests, ongoing therapies and invasive surgery 鈥 all with limited effectiveness for many patients. In a conversation with 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 podcast host Dan Weissmann, Ramin shares her journey of back pain and recovery.
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Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints
Nearly a decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his Camden Coalition appeared to have an answer to remake American health care: Treat the sickest and most expensive patients. But a rigorous study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the approach doesn鈥檛 save money. 鈥淲e built a brilliant intervention to navigate people to nowhere,鈥 Brenner tells the 鈥淭radeoffs鈥 podcast.
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Listen: A Renewed Focus On Health Care In 2020
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner joins Stephen Henderson of 鈥淒etroit Today鈥 on WDET, an NPR station, to talk about the pivotal role of health care issues in the 2020 presidential campaign.
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Democrats Press High Court To Make Call On ACA. How It Could Play Out At Polls.
Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to take up an appeals court ruling that could invalidate some or all of the federal health law. It鈥檚 not clear the court will take the case, but the efforts will carry consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
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5 Things To Know As California Starts Screening Children For Toxic Stress
California now will pay pediatricians to screen Medi-Cal patients for traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs. The program is based on research showing that children who endure chronic stress have an increased risk of developing serious health problems. Here are five things to know about the new program.
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In Massachusetts, Minors Need Permission For Abortion, But That Could Change
A parental consent requirement for minors who seek abortions is still on the books in left-leaning Massachusetts, as well as about two dozen other states. But a proposed Massachusetts law seeks to repeal that consent requirement and shore up the right to abortion in case the Supreme Court strikes down the federal right to the procedure.
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Fecal Bacteria In California鈥檚 Waterways Increases With Homeless Crisis
Some of California鈥檚 most prized rivers, bays, beaches and streams are contaminated with levels of fecal bacteria that exceed state limits, threatening human health. While aging sewage infrastructure is largely to blame, homeless encampments are also a probable source of contamination.
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Hospital Known For Glamorous Patients Opens New Doors To Its Neediest
For years, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, one of California鈥檚 largest nonprofit hospitals, has been spending less on charity care than other nonprofit hospitals in the state. Now it is expanding eligibility for free and discounted medical care.
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For First Time, 9/11 Ceremony Pays Tribute To As Many As 9,000 People Who Died From Illnesses Since The Attacks
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Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Linked To Iceberg Lettuce To Be Declared Over, Insiders Say
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Anthropic Says It Thwarted Use Of Its AI Tools To Devise Biological Weapons
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