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Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds Sit Untouched as Overdose Deaths Rise
Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state’s opioid overdose and death counts continue to rise.…
Gun Violence Is a Plague. Could Medicaid Help?
To tackle America’s gun problem, a growing number of states are allowing Medicaid dollars to fund community-based violence programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which…
People With Disabilities Hope Autonomous Vehicles Deliver Independence
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. ― Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live outside big cities and have disabilities that prevent them from driving.…
Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
Noam N. Levey and Hannah Norman, KFF Health News
Sharon Woodward used to travel the country as a medical technician. She made good money and prided herself on her skills.
But in her mid-40s, Woodward retired after…
Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too
Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural primary care doctor.
But, today, he isn’t working in rural America and he doesn’t do primary care.…
Journalists Delve Into Gun Violence, Medicaid’s ‘Unwinding,’ Opioid Lawsuits, and…
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Being Black and Pregnant in the Deep South Can Be a Dangerous Combination
Lauren Sausser
O’laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors.
Davis had planned to give birth at a small community hospital about 20 minutes from her home in…
Dodging the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Can Be Costly
Susan Jaffe
Angela M. Du Bois, a retired software tester in Durham, North Carolina, wasn’t looking to replace her UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plan. She wasn’t concerned as the Dec. 7 deadline approached for choosing…
Encuesta revela que persiste la discriminación racial en la atención médica
Muchas personas de grupos raciales y étnicos minoritarios dicen que se preparan mentalmente para recibir insultos y ser prejuzgados antes de las citas médicas, según una nueva encuesta entre pacientes que reafirma la prevalencia…
Programas ponen los medicamentos sin usar en manos de pacientes que los necesitan
En una reciente tarde de noviembre, Angie Phoenix esperaba, en una farmacia de la segunda ciudad más grande de Colorado, para recoger los medicamentos con los que trata su hipertensión y las convulsiones que sufre en uno de sus…