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Personal Medical Debt in Los Angeles County Tops $2.6 Billion, Report Finds

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 7, 2023
Molly Castle Work About 810,000, or 1 in 10, Los Angeles County adults together owe more than $2.6 billion in medical debt as of 2021, a new analysis has found — a staggering sum that suggests extending health coverage to more people…
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A Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 7, 2023
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News “Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.” Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), in a tweet on May 17, 2023 Former…
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Burnout Threatens Primary Care Workforce and Doctors’ Mental Health

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 7, 2023
Lauren Sausser If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. CHARLESTON, S.C. —…
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As Fewer MDs Practice Rural Primary Care, a Different Type of Doctor Helps Take Up the Slack

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 6, 2023
WINTERSET, Iowa — For 35 years, this town’s residents have brought all manner of illnesses, aches, and worries to Kevin de Regnier’s storefront clinic on the courthouse square — and he loves them for it. De Regnier is an…
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Recovery From Addiction Is a Journey. There’s No One-and-Done Solution.

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 6, 2023
Bernard J. Wolfson The atmosphere inside the Allen House is easygoing as residents circulate freely through the hallways, meet in group sessions, or gather on a large outdoor patio that features a dirt volleyball court with an oversize…
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Will a ‘National Patient Safety Board,’ Modeled After the NTSB, Actually Fly?

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 5, 2023
People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can’t hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes? That’s the rationale behind calls to…
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California Confronts the Threat of ‘Tranq’ as Overdose Crisis Rages

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 5, 2023
Brian Rinker SAN FRANCISCO — When the city’s medical examiner announced in February that four people who had recently died of overdoses had the animal sedative xylazine in their systems, public health workers across the state sprang into…
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The Gun Violence Epidemic Is ‘Locking Us Back in Our Room’

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 2, 2023
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 pandemic: His cousin — his “brother” — had been shot six times. Although it…
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How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 2, 2023
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 refuse. You’re frustrated because you want to make their lives easier. They’re…
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The Debt Ceiling Deal Takes a Bite Out of Health Programs. It Could Have Been Much Worse.

Vaughn Hillyard Jun 1, 2023
Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Policy analysts, Democrats, and Republicans dissatisfied with the deal agree: Federal health programs have dodged a budgetary bullet in the Washington showdown over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.…
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