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Health workers and researchers say an HIV outbreak in West Virginia that three years ago was called āthe most concerningā in the U.S. continues to spread after state and local officials restricted syringe service programs.
In the seventh year of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā āBill of the Monthā series, patients shared their most perplexing, vexing, and downright expensive medical bills, and reporters analyzed $800,000 in charges ā including more than $370,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.
Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.
Homelessness experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused by systematically placing white people in front of the line ahead of Black people. Now places like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Austin, Texas, are developing alternative surveys to reduce bias.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, deference to industry, and neglect for the safety of low-wage workers put the country at risk of another health emergency.
The number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov ā the federal marketplace that serves 31 states ā is well below last yearās as of early December. Also, a Biden administration push to give āDreamersā access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.
A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā reporting, which has documented the programās high costs and low enrollment.
From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, we uncovered how billions in opioid settlement funds were used by state and local governments in 2022 and 2023. Find out where the money went.
The helicopter evacuation of 70 people from a Tennessee hospital during Hurricane Helene is considered a success story. The building was destroyed by floodwaters, but no one died. In hindsight, why was it built next to a river?
A federal judge sided with 19 states seeking an injunction against a Biden administration rule allowing recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to enroll in Affordable Care Act coverage and qualify for subsidies amid the annual open enrollment period.
Aging alone, without a spouse, a partner, or children, requires careful planning. New programs for this growing population offer much-needed help.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Ballad Health, with the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the nation, has failed for years to meet many quality-of-care goals, leaving some patients afraid of their local hospitals but with no other nearby options.
Georgiaās ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kempās āPathwaysā Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times.
Host Dan Weissmann checks back in on the fight for hospital charity care, with lessons from Dollar For and a savvy listener.
About 3.7 million people are at immediate risk of losing health coverage should the federal government cut funding for Medicaid expansions, as some allies of President-elect Donald Trump have proposed. Coverage could be at risk in the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid.
Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.
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