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Mashup Score: 18
Our “Navigating Aging” columnist sets off on a new phase in life with lessons she’s learned reporting on aging and health.
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Some Trump insiders are ready to take on the food industry. It remains to be seen whether their entrée will result in any meaningful change in government oversight of “Big Food” — or in American health.
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Mashup Score: 2New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers - KFF Health News - 23 hour(s) ago
California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.
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Though abortion rights supporters prevailed on ballot measures in seven of the 10 states where abortion was up for a vote on Nov. 5, the state supreme courts voters have elected indicate legal fights to come aren’t clear-cut.
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Mashup Score: 24For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
The number of unhoused seniors in the U.S. is expected to triple by 2030. About half of this population is becoming homeless for the first time. Homeless services struggle to help. Finding affordable housing that’s also accessible for older Americans with medical conditions is an extra challenge.
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Mashup Score: 2New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.
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Mashup Score: 8He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two. - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
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Mashup Score: 5Hello, Trump. Bye-Bye, Biden. - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
With just days to go before the official launch of a new administration, the GOP-led Congress is putting together plans on how to enact incoming President Donald Trump’s agenda, with a particular emphasis on cutting spending on the Medicaid program. Meanwhile, the Biden administration makes major moves in its last days, including banning a controversial food dye and ordering cigarette companies to minimize their nicotine content. Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News “Bill of the Month” feature, about a colonoscopy that came with a much larger price tag than estimated.
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Mashup Score: 2New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.
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Mashup Score: 24For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck - KFF Health News - 3 day(s) ago
The number of unhoused seniors in the U.S. is expected to triple by 2030. About half of this population is becoming homeless for the first time. Homeless services struggle to help. Finding affordable housing that’s also accessible for older Americans with medical conditions is an extra challenge.
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NEW: Final reflections from our “Navigating Aging” writer @judith_graham, in her last column. Growing old takes courage. Uncertainty is ever present, and change is inevitable. But how we deal with it, that’s up to us. https://t.co/Ydc9ItiJ9e