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The Gun Violence Epidemic Is ‘Locking Us Back in Our Room’

Owen Racer NEW ORLEANS — Erin Brown recalls all too well the dreadful call he received from his mother in 2021, while in the thralls of the covid-19…

How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World

You’ve reached a standstill with your mother and father, who are in their late 80s. You think they need some help in the home, but they vigorously…

The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse.

Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Policy analysts, Democrats, and Republicans dissatisfied with the deal agree: Federal health programs have dodged a…

Watch: Payback for the Opioid Crisis: How Did the Sackler Family Skirt Liability?

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¿Mamografías a los 40? Nueva pauta para la detección del cáncer de seno genera debate

Si bien los médicos mayormente aplaudieron la recomendación de un panel designado por el gobierno de que las mujeres comenzaran sus mamografías de…

Gobernador de California y legisladores demócratas discrepan sobre el uso de miles de millones de…

SACRAMENTO – Cuando el gobernador Gavin Newsom asumió el cargo hace cuatro años, el demócrata arremetió contra los republicanos a nivel nacional…

More States OK Postpartum Medicaid Coverage Beyond Two Months

At least eight states this year have decided to seek federal approval to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage, leaving just a handful that have…

As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data…

Health Care Coalition Jockeys Over Medi-Cal Spending, Eyes Ballot Initiative

SACRAMENTO — Influential health care interests are jockeying over a potential infusion of $19.4 billion into Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid…

How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction

The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons,…