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Shefali Luthra was a correspondent for Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News until June 2020.
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On the first of the Democratās two-night debate, only New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered full support for a single-payer system that would banish private health insurance.
Thereās a lack of confidence in the number.
As the 2020 campaign season kicks off, both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden say theyāll cure cancer. If only it were that simple.
Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats or Democratic-leaning independents said it is very important for candidates to discuss health issues. But they are sharply divided among the goals of lowering costs, increasing access, protecting the Affordable Care Act or moving to a āMedicare for Allā plan, a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation reported.
School psychologists provide the first line of treatment for children with mental health issues. Quantifying the shortage depends on whoās counting.
At Wednesdayās House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office experts outlined the complexities of implementing an overhaul of Americaās health insurance system.
The administrationās position on a pending lawsuit to get the Affordable Care Act is one of the reasons experts said thereās cause for skepticism.
The claim by Democratic presidential candidate Eric Swalwell is correct but could use more context and clarification.
A talking point used by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers to all three of these distinct concepts in a way that could magnify public misperceptions.
Findings released Thursday by the Rand Corp. highlight how reimbursement rates vary nationally and the impact the charges have on the nationās high cost of health care.Ā
He didnāt overstate the relationship between hazardous waste sites and birth defects and autism.
The Congressional Budget Office report does clearly communicate that shifting to this type of health system would be a complicated process.
An estimated 1.25 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes and cannot live without insulin. Sen. Kamala Harrisā claim that 1 in 4 diabetes patients cannot afford their insulin is a shockingly high number, so we decided to dig into the sparse data.
The nationās largest reproductive health services provider is in the midst of a high-stakes effort to showcase what it considers its vital role in providing community health care.
Itās "within spitting distance of something thatās true," said one health economist. But our fact check found it wasn't quite there.
āMedicare for Americaā seeks to avoid some of the predictable obstacles of a full-blown expansion of Medicare. Can it survive the politics of health reform?
With Scott Gottlieb making his exit from the Food and Drug Administrationās top spot, city and country health officials call for backup in the fight to curb teen use of e-cigarettes.
At recent ābarnstormingā meetings in South Carolina and West Virginia, activists felt momentum behind their āMedicare-for-allā cause even as they ready for a major political fight.
A recent outbreak at a Louisiana center triggered public health protections, but some immigration lawyers are crying foul.
The progressive proposal adds details to the discussion of this controversial approach to overhauling the nationās health system, and Democratic primary candidates will have to be prepared to get more specific.
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