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Hospitals have a tool to automatically screen patients for financial aid and grant them relief: presumptive eligibility. But if, when, and how they deploy it is largely up to them. There are few state or federal requirements.
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A proposed federal rule could dramatically reduce access to remote patient monitoring programs for ppl on Medicare, especially in rural areas. Learn how one rural patient uses RPM + why many agree more oversight is needed but think this rule goes too far:
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Many states have debated ending their laws regulating hospital construction. Now, hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for rural health could depend on it.
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Employers saw their healthcare premiums rise 5% this year — and some passed on that burden to workers — as the cost of family coverage in job-based insurance exceeds $28,000 for family plans.
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After Laura Loomer suggested an anti-Trump conspiracy might lie behind a new federal rule that threatens access to cheaper drugs imported by millions of Americans, the administration put it off for three months.
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Georgia is using federal funds to equip rural emergency rooms with obstetric carts to combat its maternal health crisis. Advocates, however, worry that it’s just a stopgap. @briah_lumpkins reports ⤵️
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When Oregon hospitals started proactively screening patients for financial aid, people got direct relief from high healthcare costs.
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As people take a greater number of medications across years or decades, experts say, the risk for adverse drug interactions increases. One way to advocate for yourself? Keep a list of your meds handy. @CaraRAnthony @flakebarmer
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The FDA hadn’t approved the drug that would effectively treat Debbie Doppelt’s cancer. So her son found the medication in China.
@ArthurAllen202 reports ⤵️
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State eligibility systems “have been built up, patched, and frankensteined for decades,” the senators said.
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Think you can terrify us in 17 syllables? Enter KFF Health News' annual Halloween haiku contest! Submissions close TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. ET. ⤵️
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MAHA has pushed to lower barriers on experimental peptides, saying people should have the freedom to take what they choose.
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The Trump administration’s ouster of Affordable Care Act enrollees, claiming fraud, has riled Democrats and turned into a midterm election issue.
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The next phase of the Trump administration’s Affordable Care Act fraud dragnet is underway, KFF Health News reports.
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As early voting begins in some states, the Trump administration is working to keep its crackdown on healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse in the headlines. Listen to this week's episode of “What the Health?" for details ⤵️
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If patients can’t afford their bills, hospitals are typically supposed to offer financial aid — but you might have to ask. Listen to this week's ‘KFF Health News Minute’ ⤵️
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Texas has among the highest state rates of people in medical debt. Policymakers in Texas are considering legislation that would require nonprofit hospitals to use “presumptive eligibility” before sending patients a bill.
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California wants to offset billions in federal healthcare cuts with a one-time wealth tax on roughly 200 billionaires.
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Aging life care managers can be a “godsend”: They can arrange a move to a senior living facility, deal with Medicare and Medicaid, recommend doctors, drive a client to the dentist, and much more.
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