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Correctional officers often dictate end-of-life care for incarcerated people who are terminally ill. Most states either dont have a formal policy or are given leeway a big concern for families and advocates, as the incarcerated population rapidly ages.
More Californians are getting mental health or substance use disorder treatment online or over the phone than in person, according to a 窪蹋勛圖厙 News analysis of UCLAs latest California Health Interview Survey. But the telehealth experience isnt always positive.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said that hes proud his state expanded health care to all low-income residents regardless of immigration status but that tough budget times call for some adjustments. The Democrats new budget proposes scaling back benefits to adults living in the country illegally, as well as charging them a $100 monthly premium.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and KFFs Jennifer Kates break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s first hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as HHS secretary and answer your questions.
Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or disabilities.
Taxpayers through federal infrastructure programs have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth.
Apache tribal members are already feeling psychological and spiritual harm as the Trump administration moves to fast-track a deal to turn their sacred land of Oak Flat, Arizona, into a copper mine.
Segregation and lack of access have kept many Black Americans from learning to swim, which raises their risk of drowning. Groups across the country are working to teach more Black kids and adults the skills to save their lives, or someone elses.
Gov. Gavin Newsom was elected to office in 2019 on a promise of universal health care. He dramatically expanded coverage, but after six years, the Democrat is forced to contemplate deep cuts including to the nations largest health care expansion to immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.
Two stories from Washington, D.C., give listeners a sense of what changes the Trump administration has been making to health policy, with 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner and Arthur Allen.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
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A new training program teaches workers to stop the baby talk and address older people as adults.
The administration is facing a May 12 deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce laws requiring parity in insurance coverage of mental and physical health care.
As Californias budget deadline looms, state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a physician-turned-lawmaker, says state leaders may soon have to make some tough decisions on health care spending. With the states Medi-Cal program billions of dollars short, Californias health care safety net is at risk even without federal cuts to Medicaid.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are struggling to reach consensus on cutting the Medicaid program as they search for nearly a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade as many observers predicted. Meanwhile, turmoil continues at the Department of Health and Human Services, with more controversial cuts and personnel moves, including the sudden nomination of Casey Means, an ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s, to become surgeon general. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Lauren Sausser, who co-reported the latest Bill of the Month feature, about an unexpected bill for what seemed like preventive care.
Citizen oversight is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanding answers to more than two dozen questions, including who was involved in decisions to fire staff who handled Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Trump administrations Make America Healthy Again platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank thats been working for more than a decade to reshape the nations public assistance programs.
