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Trumps Covid Views Dont Track With Reality That Recent Studies Suggest
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I Cant Tell You: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practices facilitate rights violations and create ethical concerns. Hospitals say theyre trying to protect patients.
Blurry Line Between Medical and Vision Insurance Leaves Patient With Unexpected Bill
A Wisconsin retiree with glaucoma needed her eyes examined. Her Medicare Advantage plan from UnitedHealthcare listed her optometrists clinic as in-network, but she learned the hard way that a clinic can be in-network and out-of-network at the same time.
Enfrentan grandes barreras para localizar a los pacientes, saber c籀mo est獺n de salud y brindarles apoyo legal y emocional.
What the Health? From 窪蹋勛圖厙 News: The Hazards of ICE for Public Health
The Trump administrations immigration crackdown is not just roiling politics but also directly affecting the provision of health care, medical groups say. Meanwhile, in Washington, federal spending bills have been stalled by the fight over immigration enforcement funding after the shooting death of a second person in Minneapolis this month. Maya Goldman of Axios, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more.
This Teen Never Got His Day in Vaccine Court. His Former Lawyer Now Advises RFK on Its Overhaul.
The federal governments Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was supposed to help patients with their medical bills while protecting vaccine supply. But allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are routinely transferring cases from that program to launch lawsuits against drugmakers.
Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments
Proposed Trump administration changes to federal Medicare Advantage payments would stop health insurers from mining patient data for extra medical diagnoses that generate more bills to taxpayers even without treatment.
When Suicidal Calls Come In, Who Answers? Georgia Crisis Line Response Rates Reveal Gaps
In Georgia, a high number of callers to the 988 crisis line hang up or disconnect before reaching a counselor. Many other calls are transferred out of state.
Trump Policies at Odds With Emerging Understanding of Covids Long-Term Harm
Studies increasingly offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had covid infections. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed covid vaccine recommendations and cut research.
Doctors Increasingly See AI Scribes in a Positive Light. But Hiccups Persist.
Patients say they find AI summaries of doctor visits user-friendly, but its not clear if their appointments are improving. In any case, doctors appear to be embracing the high-tech innovation.
Watch: A Strange Checkup Bill Revealed a Firefighters Kids Were Mistakenly Uninsured
This installment of InvestigateTV and 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Costly Care series explores how administrative errors can leave patients on the hook for bills they shouldnt owe sometimes with few options to correct a problem they didnt create.
Pol穩ticas del gobierno chocan con el conocimiento emergente sobre los da簽os a largo plazo de covid
Estos hallazgos generan nuevas preocupaciones sobre las pol穩ticas relacionadas con covid durante la administraci籀n Trump, seg繳n investigadores.
Cada vez m獺s m矇dicos ven con buenos ojos a los asistentes de IA. Pero a繳n hay tropiezos
Los m矇dicos est獺n considerando a estos asistentes de IA ambiental como una herramienta revolucionaria que les permite concentrarse en sus pacientes en lugar de en el teclado.
Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans
Breakups between insurers and health systems, on top of plan cuts, left more than 3.7 million Medicare Advantage enrollees facing a tough choice last year: find new insurance or new doctors. But hospital systems say their Advantage plans can avert such upheaval, giving patients peace of mind.
An Arm and a Leg: Charity-Care Nonprofit Scales Up and Doubles Down
An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann talks with the founder of the charity-care nonprofit Dollar For about how it helped eliminate $55 million in medical bills last year.
Cansados de pelear con las aseguradoras, hospitales ofrecen sus propios planes Medicare Advantage
Aunque los planes administrados por hospitales representan solo una peque簽a porci籀n del mercado de Medicare Advantage, su n繳mero de afiliados sigue creciendo, en l穩nea con el aumento general de beneficiarios de ese sistema.
Journalists Mine News for Insights on Tylenol, Obamacare Credits, and Rural Health Funding
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Dems See Opportunities in Republican Embrace of MAHA Movement
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Why Medication Abortion Is the Top Target for Anti-Abortion Groups in 2026
With abortions still on the rise nationwide despite widespread bans, curtailing the use of pregnancy-terminating medication is a top priority for abortion opponents and theyre frustrated that the Trump administration isnt doing more to limit its use.
These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People
Two Trump administration regulatory rollbacks affect nursing home staffing and home care workers, and a new AI experiment in Medicare has alarmed eldercare advocates and congressional Democrats.