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Americans With HIV Are Living Longer. Federal Spending Isn’t Keeping Up.
DECATUR, Ga. — Malcolm Reid recently marked the anniversary of his HIV diagnosis on Facebook. “Diagnosed with HIV 28 years ago, AND TODAY I THRIVE,” he wrote in a post in April, which garnered dozens of responses.
Reid,…
California Lawmakers Preserve Aid to Older, Disabled Immigrants
California lawmakers on Thursday passed a 2024-25 budget that rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to cut in-home supportive services for low-income older, blind, and disabled immigrants lacking legal residency. However, the…
Indiana Weighs Hospital Monopoly as Officials Elsewhere Scrutinize Similar Deals
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Locals in this city of 58,000 are used to having to wait at railroad crossings for one of the dozens of daily cargo trains to pass through.
But a proposed merger between the two hospitals on either…
Biden’s on Target About What Repealing ACA Would Mean for Preexisting Condition Protections
Jacob Gardenswartz
If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”
President Joe Biden in a campaign advertisement, May 8…
Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas
For Diana Perez, a medical resident at the Family Health Center of Harlem, the handwritten thank-you note she received from a patient is all the evidence she needs that she has chosen the right training path.
Perez…
Watch: California Pays Drug Users To Stay Clean
June 13, 2024
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KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1’s “LA Times Today” last week to explain how California is trying to help…
California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending
California is now among the states trying to keep health-care costs down by setting spending caps — a task that pits public officials against a deeply entrenched and heavily lawyered set of players.
It’s uncertain…
Many Young Adults Who Began Vaping as Teens Can’t Shake the Habit
G Kumar’s vaping addiction peaked in college at the University of Colorado, when flavored, disposable vapes were taking off.
“I’d go through, let’s say, 1,200 puffs in a week,” Kumar said.
Vaping became a crutch…
‘I Try To Stay Strong’: Mom Struggles To Get Diagnosis for Son’s Developmental Problems
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — Four-year-old Ahmeir Diaz-Thornton couldn’t sit still in class and rarely ate his lunch. While his preschool classmates spoke in perfect sentences, Ahmeir had trouble pronouncing words.
Ahmeir’s…
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA’s most serious recall, the agency announced Monday.
The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems…