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Mashup Score: 0Mandatory Reporting Laws Meant To Protect Children Get Another Look - KFF Health News - 16 hour(s) ago
The state is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high.
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Many older adults needing hospital care are getting stuck in emergency room limbo — sometimes for over a day — affecting those with multiple health issues.
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Mashup Score: 0Whatever Happened to Biden’s Public Option? - KFF Health News - 19 hour(s) ago
In the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option” health insurance plan. It was framed, at the time, as part of his incoming administration’s response to the pandemic. “Low-income Americans will be automatically enrolled in the public option at zero cost to them, though […]
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Mashup Score: 1Friday, April 26, 2024 - KFF Health News - 20 hour(s) ago
Youth mental health, bird flu, HIV, a data breach, drug prices and shortages, cancer, covid vaccines, and more are in the news. Plus, weekend reads.
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Out-of-state abortions will be more expensive, difficult to get for women across much of the South, advocates warn.
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Mashup Score: 10Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway. - KFF Health News - 22 hour(s) ago
Big health insurers that have contracts with state Medicaid programs find themselves making more money even as enrollment in Medicaid programs has dropped. Here’s why.
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Mashup Score: 5California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off. - KFF Health News - 23 hour(s) ago
California launched two teletherapy apps as part of the governor’s $500 million foray into health technology with private companies. But the rollout has been so slow that one company has yet to make its app available on Android, and social workers worry youths who need clinical care won’t get referrals.
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Mashup Score: 17
For the second time in as many months, the Supreme Court heard arguments in an abortion case. This time, the justices are being asked to decide whether a federal law that requires emergency care in hospitals can trump Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. Meanwhile, the federal government, for the first time, will require minimum staffing standards for nursing homes. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
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Mashup Score: 2
Tires emit huge volumes of particles and chemicals as they roll along the highway, and researchers are only beginning to understand the threat. One byproduct of tire use, 6PPD-q, is in regulators’ crosshairs after it was found to be killing fish.
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Mashup Score: 4Thursday, April 25, 2024 - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
Abortion and EMTALA, Arizona’s ban, genetic studies, the opioid crisis, health care cost increases, bird flu, covid, and more are in the news.
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Colorado, California, and New York are among the states looking at scaling back mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse and neglect. Critics worry that changes in the law could result in missed cases. đź“ť: Kristin Jones https://t.co/9wousiOUDO