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Is saving healthcare money a good idea?
Is saving healthcare money a good idea? Before you jump to an answer, I’ll give you the answer: It depends on whose money is being saved.
Think about it as you read the following article:
In Medicare payments fight, hospital lobby shows strength
Phil Galewitz and Colleen DeGuzman,
KFF Health News
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Hospitals are deploying their political power to protect their bottom lines in the…
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Stopping the Churn: Why Some States Want to Guarantee Medicaid Coverage From Birth to Age 6
Stopping the Churn: Why Some States Want to Guarantee Medicaid Coverage From Birth to Age 6
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Before the covid-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, rather than because their family’s income had increased and made them ineligible.
Spurred by pandemic-era lessons, several states are rethinking their enrollment…
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SAY WHAT? Hearing Aids Available Over-the-Counter for as Low as $199, and Without a Prescription
SAY WHAT? Hearing Aids Available Over-the-Counter for as Low as $199, and Without a Prescription
By Phil Galewitz
Starting this past Monday, consumers will be able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at lower prices.
Thanks to the Biden Administration, now a new category of over-the-counter aids are selling for hundreds of dollars. Walmart says it will sell a hearing aid for as little as $199.
The over-the-counter aids are intended for adults with mild to moderate hearing…
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Say What? Hearing Aids Available Over-the-Counter for as Low as $199, and Without a Prescription
Say What? Hearing Aids Available Over-the-Counter for as Low as $199, and Without a Prescription
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Starting Monday, consumers will be able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect.
Where for decades it cost thousands of dollars to get a device that could be purchased only with a prescription from an audiologist or other hearing professional, now a new category of over-the-counter…
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Because nearly all low-income children are eligible for Medicaid or the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, the challenge is making sure parents are aware of the programs [...] and getting the kids enrolled and keeping them signed up as long as they are eligible.
Congress let CHIP program funding [link] lapse for several months in 2017, putting states in a position of having to warn families that enrollment would soon be frozen. Congress restored federal funding early in 2018.
In addition, low-income families were bombarded by news reports last year that Congress was threatening to repeal the health law that extended coverage to millions. And, in the past two years, the Trump administration has slashed funding [link] for Obamacare navigators who help people sign up for coverage.
- Phil Galewitz, “Number Of U.S. Kids Who Don’t Have Health Insurance Is On The Rise” on NPR (November 29, 2018) (link)
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As US Nears 1 Million Covid Deaths, One Hard-Hit County Grapples With Unthinkable Loss
As US Nears 1 Million Covid Deaths, One Hard-Hit County Grapples With Unthinkable Loss
By Phil Galewitz
McVEYTOWN, Pa. — Connie Houtz didn’t think covid would be that bad.
She’d seen many people in this rural hamlet in central Pennsylvania get infected yet recover within a few days. She did not get vaccinated because she worried about how a new vaccine, developed in record time, might affect her heart condition.
Last October, her youngest son, 45-year-old Eric Delamarter, developed…
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Your Covid Game Plan: Are Stadiums Safe?
Your Covid Game Plan: Are Stadiums Safe?
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News and Andy Miller
The college football season is kicking into high gear, the National Football League season starts Sept. 9, and the baseball pennant races are heating up. For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans.
In the so-called Before Times, sitting shoulder to shoulder inside a stadium with tens of thousands of boisterous…
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Your Covid game plan: Are stadiums safe? - Georgia Health News
Your Covid game plan: Are stadiums safe? – Georgia Health News
By Phil Galewitz and Andy Miller
The college football season is kicking into high gear, the NFL season starts Sept. 9, and the baseball pennant races are heating up. For the first time since 2019, nearly all stadiums will be fully open to fans.
In the so-called Before Times, sitting shoulder to shoulder inside a stadium with tens of thousands of boisterous spectators — after a few hours of…
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By Phil Galewitz April 14, 2021 We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask: You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our khn.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and “Kaiser Health News” in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the…
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By Phil Galewitz April 14, 2021 We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask: You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our khn.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and “Kaiser Health News” in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the…
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By Phil Galewitz April 14, 2021 We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here’s what we ask: You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our khn.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and “Kaiser Health News” in the byline. Please preserve the hyperlinks in the…
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Senators Ask GAO to Examine Medicaid’s Low Covid Vaccination Rates
Senators Ask GAO to Examine Medicaid’s Low Covid Vaccination Rates
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Two prominent Democratic senators have requested a Government Accountability Office study of why covid vaccination rates remain far lower among Medicaid enrollees than the general population and what barriers are impeding state efforts to increase immunizations among program beneficiaries, low-income people who have been disproportionately affected by the…
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Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid Era Super Bowl
Tampa’s Mayor vs. a Covid Era Super Bowl
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
Monday, February 01, 2021 (Kaiser News) — With its lively music scene and Ybor City historical district full of bars and restaurants, Tampa has a nightlife hard to beat anywhere in Florida.
The city will have a big reason to party on Sunday — as the site of Super Bowl LV and the first city to host its own football team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in the…
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As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down
As Biden Gets Sworn In, White House Will Get Scrubbed Down
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
December 21, 2020
It was a down-in-the-mud presidential campaign, but the dirtiest part comes on Inauguration Day.
As Joe Biden lifts his right hand to take the oath of office at noon on Jan. 20 at the Capitol, a team of specially trained cleaners will be lifting their hands to disinfect the White House.
The White House, Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron…
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