Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The Supreme Court formally overturned the nearly 50-year-old right to ... [Continue Reading]
Pesa el legado de Trump, mientras Colorado busca zanjar la brecha del seguro de salud hispano
Armando Peniche Rosales tiene un dedo del pie torcido, que durante años ha pronosticado el clima y se vuelve sensible cuando se avecina lluvia o frío. “Nunca se curó bien”, dijo Peniche ... [Continue Reading]
Senate Deal Raises Hopes for a Reduction in Gun Suicides
A bipartisan U.S. Senate agreement negotiated after high-profile mass shootings in Texas, New York, and Oklahoma lacks gun access restrictions that advocates say are needed to prevent such attacks. But the deal’s focus on mental health has ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: She Almost Died. The $250K Debt Took Their House.
Cindy Powers needed 19 surgeries over the course of five years for abdominal problems and life-threatening infections. “I knew of at least three times where she died on the operating table and they had to restart her heart,” her husband, ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Dig Deep on Medical Debt and the Boundaries of AI in Health Care
KHN senior correspondent Noam N. Levey discussed America’s medical debt crisis on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on June 16. Click here to hear Levey on “Morning Edition”Read Levey’s “100 Million People in ... [Continue Reading]
Watch: Still Paying Off Bills From Twins’ Birth. The Kids Are 10 Now.
Marcus and Allyson Ward carefully planned their finances before having children — but they owed $80,000 after their twins were born prematurely. Years later, after exhausting savings and retirement accounts, they are still paying off that debt. The ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing In on Covid Vaccines for ‘The Littles’
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Children younger than 5 are the only population not eligible for a ... [Continue Reading]
Double Shifts, Credit Card Debt, and Family Loans When Twins Were Born Early
We had a plan that we were not going to be homeless.Allyson Ward Allyson Ward, 43, Chicago Approximate Medical Debt: $80,000 Medical Issue: Childbirth What Happened: There were times after her sons were born 10 years ago ... [Continue Reading]
Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals
MEXICO, Mo. — When the new corporate owners of two rural hospitals suddenly announced they would stop admitting patients one Friday in March, Kayla Schudel, a nurse, stood resolute in the nearly empty lobby of Audrain Community Hospital: ... [Continue Reading]
As Biden Fights Overdoses, Harm Reduction Groups Face Local Opposition
HOUSTON — Casey Malish had just pulled into an intersection in the 2nd Ward when a woman with tattoos and pinkish hair unexpectedly hopped into the back seat of his gray Mazda. He handles outreach for the Houston Harm Reduction Alliance, a nonprofit ... [Continue Reading]
States Fight Student Mental Health Crisis With Days Off
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Linnea Sorensen falls into a funk whenever her girlfriend of four years leaves for her six-month stints with the Marines, and the high school junior has trouble concentrating on her class work. “I’m ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Delve Into Vaccine Mandates and Surprise Billing
California Healthline correspondent Rachel Bluth discussed California’s doomed covid-19 vaccine mandates on iHeartPodcasts “The Daily Dive” on June 7. Click here to hear Bluth on “The Daily Dive” Read Bluth’s ... [Continue Reading]
Trauma Surgeons Detail the Horror of Mass Shootings in the Wake of Uvalde and Call for Reforms
When Dr. Roy Guerrero, a pediatrician in Uvalde, Texas, testified before a U.S. House committee Wednesday about gun violence, he told lawmakers about the horror of seeing the bodies of two of the 19 children killed in the Robb Elementary massacre. ... [Continue Reading]
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a Shot at Gun Control
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The House passed a package of bills to restrict the availability of ... [Continue Reading]
A Deep Dive Into the Widening Mortality Gap Across the Political Aisle
New research indicates politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the BMJ examined mortality rates and voting patterns in the past five presidential elections, and found that people who lived in ... [Continue Reading]
¿Recibes, pagas o brindas cuidado a largo plazo?
A medida que los estadounidenses viven más tiempo, se vuelve cada más difícil y costoso garantizar que las personas mayores, en sus hogares o en centros de atención, reciban la ayuda médica y personal que necesitan, ... [Continue Reading]
She’s 31, Has Stage 4 Kidney Cancer — And Talked Openly About It in a Job Interview
Katie Coleman stood face-to-face with a choice no job seeker should ever have to make. She could tell her prospective employer she had stage 4 kidney cancer, the most life-threatening stage of all. Or she could stay mum. She ... [Continue Reading]
Por qué la guerra en Ucrania afecta a los tratamientos de conducto en Estados Unidos
El asalto de Rusia a Ucrania se siente en todo el mundo, y el sistema de salud de EE.UU. no es inmune. Tanto Rusia como Ucrania son potencias en el suministro de ciertos productos básicos, entre ellos, el nitrato de ... [Continue Reading]
Skirmishes Over Medication Abortion Renews Debate on State vs. Federal Powers
As the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guarantees the constitutional right to an abortion, reproductive rights advocates are considering new ways to protect nationwide access to the procedure. ... [Continue Reading]
‘Desperate Situation’: States Are Housing High-Needs Foster Kids in Offices and Hotels
Isela Perez entered the custody of Georgia’s child welfare system at age 10. It happened after her father was deported and her mother left her and her brother alone in their home for two weeks, she said. Perez estimates she ... [Continue Reading]
Got Long Covid? Medical Expertise Is Vital, and Seniors Should Prepare to Go Slow
Older adults who have survived covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain, and difficulty with memory and concentration — ... [Continue Reading]