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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥?
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest in news about the Trump administration鈥檚 effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, a historic hearing on 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥 and the Kansas Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling that the state constitution protects a woman鈥檚 right to abortion. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
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With Head Injuries Mounting, Will Cities Put Their Feet Down On E-Scooters?
As dockless electric scooters run roughshod through cities nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues its first assessment on injuries and safety. It studied the injuries linked to riding e-scooters in Austin, Texas, from September through November. More than 200 people were hurt in scooter crashes and mishaps 鈥 with nearly half suffering head injuries.
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Booker’s Argument For Environmental Justice Stays Within The Lines
He didn鈥檛 overstate the relationship between hazardous waste sites and birth defects and autism.
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Even Doctors Can鈥檛 Navigate Our 鈥楤roken Health Care System鈥
A physician鈥檚 frustration navigating a medical emergency with his elderly father reveals a complex, dysfunctional system.
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CBO鈥檚 Report On Single-Payer Health Care Holds More Questions Than Answers
The Congressional Budget Office report does clearly communicate that shifting to this type of health system would be a complicated process.
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Diabetic Amputations A 鈥楽hameful Metric鈥 Of Inadequate Care
In California, people who are black or Latino are more than twice as likely as whites to undergo amputations related to diabetes, a Kaiser Health News analysis found. The pattern is not unique to California.
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A Big Hearing For 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥 鈥 In A Small Room
In an unusual move, the House Rules Committee, instead of one of the panels that typically oversee health policy, held the first House hearing in a decade about converting the U.S. to a government-financed health care system.
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Watch: Electronic Medical Records Investigation In Spotlight On C-SPAN
KHN鈥檚 Fred Schulte talks on C-SPAN with viewers about errors and other problems with computerized health records.
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Summer Bummer: A Young Camper鈥檚 $142,938 Snakebite
The snake struck a 9-year-old hiker at dusk on a nature trail. The outrageous bills struck her parents a few weeks later.
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Will Ties To A Catholic Hospital System Tie Doctors鈥 Hands?
Doctors at the University of California鈥檚 flagship San Francisco hospital are sharply divided over a proposal to join forces with a Catholic-run system that restricts care on the basis of religious doctrine 鈥 part of a broader public debate as Catholic hospitals expand their reach.
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Is Insulin’s High Cost Keeping Diabetes Patients From Taking Their Medicine?
An estimated 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes and cannot live without insulin. Sen. Kamala Harris鈥 claim that 1 in 4 diabetes patients cannot afford their insulin is a shockingly high number, so we decided to dig into the sparse data.
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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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Hurricane Maria鈥檚 Legacy: Thousands Of Puerto Rican Students Show PTSD Symptoms
A survey of more than 96,000 students finds that 7.2% reported 鈥渃linically significant鈥 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
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Newsom: California Leads On Prescription Drugs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom claims that his state is 鈥渓eading the nation in holding drug companies accountable and fighting prescription drug prices.鈥 Is that really the case?
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Hospitals Chafe Under Medicare鈥檚 New Payment Rule For Off-Campus Clinics
Under the rule that took effect this year, Medicare will lower payments for clinic visits performed at hospital-owned facilities to a rate that is equivalent to what it pays an independent doctor. Federal officials expect the move will save the government $380 million this year.
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Klobuchar Wants To Stop 鈥楶ay-For-Delay鈥 Deals That Keep Drug Prices High
It鈥檚 as shady as it sounds.
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Patients Caught In Middle Of Fight Between Health Care Behemoths
A legal battle in Pennsylvania is testing the boundaries of health care competition and government action to oversee and regulate it.
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States Weigh Banning A Widely Used Pesticide Even Though EPA Won鈥檛
The pesticide chlorpyrifos has been linked to developmental problems in children. Some state and federal lawmakers want the chemical banned, but federal regulators are fighting to keep it on the market.
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Association Insurance Pushes On Despite Court Ruling
Judge cited an attempted 鈥渆nd-run鈥 around the Affordable Care Act in rejecting large chunks of a new rule expanding access to such plans for small businesses and single proprietors.
Morning Briefing
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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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