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Mass Shootings Reopen the Debate Over Whether Crime Scene Photos Prompt Change or Trauma
McCLELLANVILLE, S.C. — John Lites was one of the first police officers to respond to a 911 call from Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015, when a white gunman murdered…
What Germany’s Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt
Noam N. Levey
PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany’s Saarland.
The…
States Challenge Biden to Lower Drug Prices by Allowing Imports From Canada
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure from states to let them import medicine from Canada to help lower prescription drug costs.
Colorado on Dec. 5 became at least the fourth…
How Medicare Advantage Plans Dodged Auditors and Overcharged Taxpayers by Millions
Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News and Holly K. Hacker
In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner…
Are You an Optimist? Could You Learn to Be? Your Health May Depend on It.
When you think about the future, do you expect good or bad things to happen?
If you weigh in on the “good” side, you’re an optimist. And that has positive implications for your health in later life.
Multiple studies show a…
KHN Investigation: The System Feds Rely On to Stop Repeat Health Fraud Is Broken
The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so, a KHN investigation has found.
That means people are once again tapping into…
In Rural America, Deadly Costs of Opioids Outweigh the Dollars Tagged to Address Them
Aneri Pattani and Rae Ellen Bichell
Tim Buck knows by heart how many people died from drug overdoses in his North Carolina county last year: 10. The year before it was 12 — an all-time high.
Those losses reverberate deeply in rural…
Journalists Explain Medicaid Work Requirements and Hospital Price Transparency
KHN senior editor Andy Miller discussed Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Dec. 5.
Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report“
Read “Path Cleared for Georgia to Launch Work…
Decisiones financieras de los hospitales juegan un papel en la escasez de camas pediátricas para…
La grave escasez de camas pediátricas que azota a la nación este otoño es en parte producto de las decisiones financieras tomadas por los hospitales durante la última década, como cerrar las salas infantiles, que a menudo operan…
To Attract In-Home Caregivers, California Offers Paid Training — And Self-Care
Laurie Udesky
One November afternoon, Chris Espedal asked a group of caregivers — all of whom work with people who have cognitive impairments, behavioral health issues, or complex physical needs — to describe what happens when their work…