Columnist and Senior Correspondent, @CalHealthline, which is produced by @KHNews, an editorially independent service of @KaiserFamFound.
Joined June 2010
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27 Sep 2022
California just passed a new law allowing "human composting" after death as an alternative to burial or cremation. What do you think and feel about that? I'd love to hear your thoughts for a story I'm writing. DM me if you're willing to talk to me on the record.
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22 Sep 2022
A new state will law give Californians an alternative to burial and cremation: human composting. I would love to talk to anyone willing to share their thoughts and feelings about it for a story I'm writing. If you are willing, DM me. And read this: latimes.com/california/story…
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14 Sep 2022
“White mulberry is not toxic.” In this stunning report by my colleague, @youngsamantha, experts cast doubt on a coroner's finding that linked the death of U.S. Rep Tom McClintock's wife, Lori McClintock, to white mulberry leaf. @KHNews, @CalHealthline. khn.org/news/article/experts…
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24 Aug 2022
Read this fascinating scoop by my colleague @youngsamantha about the Sacramento coroner's finding that the wife of California U.S. Rep Tom McClintock died after ingesting white mulberry leaf. @khn, @CalHealthline khn.org/news/article/tom-lor…
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24 Aug 2022
California regulators are investigating whether Kaiser Permanente is providing timely mental health care during the KP clinicians strike. A broader query into KP mental health services launched in May is ongoing. Read our story about the KP strike: khn.org/news/article/kaiser-…
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15 Aug 2022
If you've had experience – whether good or bad –
seeking mental health care as a Kaiser Permanente member in California, I’d like to speak with you for an article I’m writing. Please DM me.
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15 Aug 2022
My colleague Rachel Bluth would like to interview men who have had a vasectomy in California. Please DM her at the handle below.
15 Aug 2022
Have you had a #vasectomy in California? Reach out! I'd love to talk to you about how much it cost.
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18 Jul 2022
If you’ve been less than rigorous about Covid safety, you are not alone. Now it's surging again amid renewed warnings. Is that making you more likely to mask up and take other precautions? Whether yes or no, I’d like to talk to you for a story I’m writing. Please DM me.
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15 Jul 2022
Big Pharma is not developing new antibiotics even as existing ones become increasingly ineffective against some deadly bacteria. Read this illuminating story by my colleague @ArthurAllen202, via @KHNews khn.org/news/article/big-pha…
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Bernard Wolfson retweeted
28 Jun 2022
TONIGHT on the @NewsHour my report from Illinois, a safe harbor for abortion care in a sea of states that have criminalized abortion. Watch on your @pbs station or stream here: ttps://pbs.org/newshour/ with @lornabaldwin
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29 Jun 2022
Have you ever found inaccurate information in your health plan's directory of supposedly in-network doctors - and has it delayed your access to care? If so, I’d like to talk to you for a piece I’m writing (California residents preferred). Please DM me if you're willing to talk.
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17 Mar 2022
Evusheld, a potentially life saving Covid prevention therapy, just got harder to find for some 7 million immunocompromised people who could benefit from it. Read the story by my colleague @hannah_recht. via @KHNews, @CalHealthline khn.org/news/article/evushel…
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Bernard Wolfson retweeted
23 Feb 2022
“Dear Scarlett Bull,” began one of Cigna’s letters, addressed to a 6-month-old baby. “We found the service requested is not medically necessary.”
Total Bill: $117,084. The Bulls on the hook for about $80K.
📝: @jayhancock1, @KHNews/@NPR #BilloftheMonth khn.org/news/article/nicu-su…
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4 Mar 2022
“You don’t really care whether something was a one-in-a-million chance of happening when it happens.” 17-year old Kennedy Stonum declined the covid vaccine, then she caught the virus and died. @bjwolfson, via @CalHealthline, @KHNews,@CNN. khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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4 Mar 2022
“The more a mother’s lips move, the less the ears on their male children open.” Tyler Gilreath, 20, deflected the repeated pleas of his mother to get vaccinated against covid. He caught the virus and died. @bjwolfson,via @CalHealthline, @KHNews, @CNN. khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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4 Mar 2022
Covid deaths and hospitalization are rare for young people, but vaccine refusal poses serious risks. Read this sad tale of two young people who refused vaccination and died of covid. @bjwolfson, via @CalHealthline, @KHNews,@CNN. khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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4 Mar 2022
Kennedy Stonum, 17, and Tyler Gilreath, 20,resisted getting vaccinated against covid. They both caught the virus and died. Vaccine hesitancy can sometimes have tragic consequences. Read my story. @bjwolfson, via @CalHealthline, @KHNews,@CNN. khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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Bernard Wolfson retweeted
4 Mar 2022
Kennedy Stonum, 17, and Tyler Gilreath, 20, brushed off repeated parental pleas to get vaccinated against covid.
They both caught the virus and died. Vaccine hesitancy can sometimes have tragic consequences.
📝: @bjwolfson
khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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Bernard Wolfson retweeted
4 Mar 2022
57% of U.S. kids ages 12-17 and 62% of those 18-24 are vaccinated against covid, compared with 69% of the entire vaccination-eligible population.
📝: @bjwolfson
khn.org/news/article/unvacci…
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18 Feb 2022
Read this important story by my colleague Victoria Knight about Americans who are immunocompromised or living w/disabilities & chronic illnesses who feel left behind as society moves on from omicron. Published on @CalHealthline: californiahealthline.org/new…
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