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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 ante su intento de destruir la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA). La…
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 opted not to guarantee at least a year of health care for women during that critical…
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 shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing…
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 program, while also angling for a 2024 ballot initiative to permanently lock in that…
How a Medical Recoding May Limit Cancer Patients’ Options for Breast Reconstruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhL7IaQMrEg
The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women’s options for…
Mood-Altering Mushroom Sales Bloom Despite Safety Concerns
(Oona Tempest / KFF Health News)
TAMPA, Fla. — When a hemp dispensary in this Florida city started to stock edibles with certain mushroom extracts last year, state regulators quickly ordered it to stop selling the items.…
Readers and Tweeters Weigh Marijuana’s Merits Against Those of Alcohol or Opioids
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On Alcohol Abuse: Seeing a Double Standard
I have done quite a bit of…
California Governor and Democratic Lawmakers at Odds Over Billions in Health Care Funds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office four years ago, the Democrat went after Republicans on the national stage as they sought to gut the Affordable Care Act. Key to his ambitious health care agenda:…
Many People Living in the ‘Diabetes Belt’ Are Plagued With Medical Debt
Robert Benincasa, NPR and Nick McMillan, NPR
Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving plant near her home in Bennettsville, South Carolina, and the world around her seemed to go dim.…
Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate
Ronnie Cohen
While physicians mostly applauded a government-appointed panel’s recommendation that women get routine mammography screening for breast cancer starting at age 40, down from 50, not everyone approves.
Some…