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States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion
Sam Whitehead
Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.
That meant the Medicaid benefits of many women expired before they could be referred to other medical providers for…
Nineteen Surgeries Over Five Years. Then They Lost Their House.
Noam N. Levey
It was five years of hell.Jim Powers
Cindy Powers, 52, Greeley, Colorado
Approximate Medical Debt: $250,000
Medical Issue: Twisted intestine
What Happened: Cindy Powers was 34 when doctors discovered…
Damaged Credit Delays the Dream of Buying a Home
Aneri Pattani
It makes me sick about medical costs and how this whole thing is done.Amanda Pitzo
Joe Pitzo, 42, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Approximate medical debt: $350,000
Medical Issue: Cancer
What Happened: Joe Pitzo…
A Sexual Assault and Years of Calls From Debt Collectors
Noam N. Levey
I was being haunted by this zombie bill.Edy Adams
Edy Adams, 31, Austin, Texas
Approximate Medical Debt: $131
Medical Issue: Sexual assault
What Happened: Edy Adams had just graduated from college when…
Double Shifts, Credit Card Debt, and Family Loans When Twins Were Born Early
Noam N. Levey
We had a plan that we were not going to be homeless.Allyson Ward
Allyson Ward, 43, Chicago
Approximate Medical Debt: $80,000
Medical Issue: Childbirth
What Happened: There were times after her sons…
A Surgery Shatters Retirement Plans and Leads to Bankruptcy
Noam N. Levey
They took everything we had.Sherrie Foy
Sherrie Foy, 63, Moneta, Virginia
Approximate Medical Debt: $850,000
Medical Issue: Colon surgery
What Happened: Sherrie and Michael Foy thought they’d made all…
Five Quick Takeaways From a Yearlong Investigation of Medical Debt in America
Joe and Amanda Pitzo (Darren Hauck for KHN and NPR)KHN and NPR embarked on a project to understand how widespread medical debt is in America. Here are the most important takeaways of that…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing In on Covid Vaccines for ‘The Littles’
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Children younger than 5 are the only population not…
100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
Noam N. Levey
Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated.
Ariane Buck, a young father…
It’s Hot Outside — And That’s Bad News for Children’s Health
Colleen DeGuzman
AUSTIN, Texas — Heat waves are getting hotter and becoming more frequent because of rising rates of air pollution, putting children’s health at risk, a wide-ranging new report finds.
A June 15 article in the…