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More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do More to Help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and…
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw.
Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded…
Unauthorized Sign-Ups Cast Shadow on Obamacare’s Record Enrollment
The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance brokers enrolling people who don’t need coverage or switching them to new plans…
Feds Join Ranks of Employers with Generous Fertility Benefits
Michelle Andrews
Companies have increasingly offered generous fertility benefits to attract and keep top-notch workers. Now, the federal government is getting in on the act. Starting this year, federal employees can choose plans that…
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands.
It’s also how much she spent on her monthly internet bill before the federal Affordable Connectivity Program stepped in and…
The GOP Keeps Pushing Medicaid Work Requirements, Despite Setbacks
Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster track record.
In Mississippi, the idea has momentum from GOP lawmakers advancing legislation to expand…
La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado
DENVER, Colorado. — En febrero, la hija adolescente de Norma Brambila le escribió una carta que ahora lleva en su cartera. Es un dibujo de una rosa y una nota alentadora que anima a su mamá a “seguir luchando” contra su…
Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules
Angela Hart and Samantha Young
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other…
Attacks on Emergency Room Workers Prompt Debate Over Tougher Penalties
Patients hurl verbal abuse at Michelle Ravera every day in the emergency room. Physical violence is less common, she said, but has become a growing threat.
Ravera, an ER nurse at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento,…
Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard
Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline
DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a drawing of a rose, and a note encouraging Brambila to “keep…