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“We now have databases together that we can actually do the studies,” RFK Jr. says, as he works to obtain medical records he claims could point to the causes of autism from state health information exchanges.
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California is considering expanding financial help for low-income residents struggling to pay high health insurance premiums after losing federal subsidies. Here’s who may get help and what it could mean for premiums.
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Federal officials have released the final rules governing how states should handle new Medicaid work requirements that will affect millions of Americans.
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As predicted, the expiration of enhanced tax subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans is causing many people to lose coverage for failing to make premium payments. @jrovner discusses this and more on 'What the Health?' ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/podcast/wh…
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In March, just before the FDA rolled out a regulation boosting e-cigarettes, President Donald Trump purchased Philip Morris and Altria stock on eight occasions.
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“This initiative reflects the serious crisis we face and that affordability is a real thing,” Lown Institute President Vikas Saini says of a California union’s ballot measure to cap healthcare executives’ pay.
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“People are not shunning sunscreen because they have stopped believing UV is dangerous. They are shunning it because they have lost trust in what is in the bottle.” Will a newly approved sunscreen chemical change that?
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Measles has been spreading in Utah for nearly a year, straining hospitals, schools, and parents. It’s a glimpse into a new era in America’s health, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
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With RFK Jr.’s blessing, people with autism find a new way to communicate — but is it real?
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Utah’s measles outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
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Under the current maternity billing system, pregnant patients are supposed to get 13 prenatal visits, whether they need them or not. The new codes allow more flexibility.
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Is the behavior happening over and over? Does it last a long time? Does it disrupt everyday life? Counselors say frequency, duration, and intensity are three signs a child may benefit from therapy.
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Hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege in federal lawsuits that immigration detention facilities are failing to provide adequate medical care, an investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press exposes. Detainees say they didn’t get medications on time — or at all — for conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson’s and HIV. @KFFHealthNews
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“If we want to reduce suicide rates in our country, which is absolutely essential, then a key part of that has to be fostering social connection,” says @vivek_murthy, former U.S. surgeon general.
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Assisted spelling technique becomes the latest craze in the autism community.
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A law set to go into effect in August allows gravely ill New Yorkers to receive help ending their own lives. Such laws will soon cover about a third of Americans, but their use remains rare.
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Many Americans got sticker shock from pricier ACA premiums this year. Next year could be just as painful. @jrovner spoke with WAMU’s Health Hub about the ways the GOP’s healthcare cuts are driving up the cost of insurance. kffhealthnews.org/insurance/…
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One of the reasons policymakers gravitated toward bundled payments was to lower costs and improve quality. Now some say changing pregnancy care to an à la carte system will better reflect treatment.
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Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without tests and protective gear needed to contain the Ebola outbreak.
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In Louisiana, a new law has made it harder for immigrant families to access Medicaid for their children even when they qualify. One advocate said she had received calls from multiple parents who had been denied.
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