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Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections
GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest private prison contractors, filed a federal lawsuit last month against California officials to strike down a state law allowing local public health officials to inspect immigration…
Florida’s Deloitte-Run Computer System Cut Off New Moms Entitled to Medicaid
In mid-May, Mandi Rokx had a 3-month-old baby and a letter from a Florida agency warning that they both would be cut from Medicaid, the health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities.
Under a…
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, health care entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice.
“First 100 days,” said Means, a former consultant to Big Pharma who uses the social…
El plan del gobernador de Florida para importar medicamentos más baratos de Canadá sigue en la nada
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
Casi un año después que la administración Biden diera luz verde a Florida para convertirse en el primer estado en importar medicamentos recetados más baratos de Canadá —un objetivo de muchos políticos de…
El poder en Washington ha cambiado. ACA podría cambiar también
El regreso del presidente electo Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca podría envalentonar a los republicanos que quieren debilitar o derogar la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA). Sin embargo, la aplicación de cambios tan…
Dicen que los esfuerzos contra el fraude en ACA han dado resultados. Pero hay que estar alerta
Los cambios no autorizados en los planes médicos de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen haberse reducido en las últimas semanas: reguladores federales informaron que hay menos quejas de los consumidores.…
Anti-Fraud Efforts Meet Real-World Test During ACA Enrollment Period
Unauthorized switching of Affordable Care Act plans appears to have tapered off in recent weeks based on an almost one-third drop in casework associated with consumer complaints, say federal regulators. The Centers for Medicare…
Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will nominate former TV host Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on…
Federal Watchdog Urges Crackdown on Medicare Advantage Home Visits
Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home visits by Medicare Advantage health plans — a practice the watchdog says may waste billions of tax dollars every year.
In late…
Readers Embrace ‘Going It Alone’ Series on Aging and Chastise Makers of Pulse Oximeters
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Relating to Relatives of Lonely Dementia Patients
I was sent the…