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Seguros con deducibles altos ponen en aprietos a pacientes con afecciones cr贸nicas

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os planes con deducibles altos 鈥攅s decir, la cantidad que los pacientes deben abonar por la mayor铆a de los servicios m茅dicos antes que el seguro se haga cargo鈥 se han vuelto cada vez m谩s comunes.

Sticker Shock: Obamacare Customers Confront Premium Spikes as Congress Dithers

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With subsidies that give consumers extra help paying their health insurance premiums set to expire, lawmakers are again debating the Affordable Care Act. The difference this time: It鈥檚 happening in the middle of ACA open enrollment.

Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit

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The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms 鈥 such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.

Out-of-Pocket Pain From High-Deductible Plans Means Skimping on Care

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High-deductible health insurance plans are increasingly common, and many more enrollees will likely need to choose such plans for the coming year. For those with chronic conditions like diabetes, the gamble can mean compromised care and long-term consequences.

Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?

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On 鈥淲hat the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News,鈥 distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and podcast host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican Party issue.

Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums

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Health savings accounts can be used to cover medical expenses, tax-free. But while wealthier Americans are using them to pay for gym equipment, cedar ice baths, and hemlock saunas, poorer Americans can鈥檛 use them to pay their skyrocketing health insurance premiums.

Republicans Left Tribes Out of Their $50B Rural Fund. Now It鈥檚 Up to States To Share.

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The Trump administration has championed its Rural Health Transformation Program as an investment in American families who have been left behind. But Native American tribes, whose communities have a significant presence in rural America and have some of the greatest health needs, are ineligible to apply directly for funding.

Trump Wants Americans To Make More Babies. Critics Say His Policies Won鈥檛 Help Raise Them.

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The administration鈥檚 embrace of the pronatalist movement often doesn鈥檛 include support for programs traditionally associated with the health and well-being of women, children, and families.

They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.

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Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.

Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the 鈥楳edically Frail.鈥 Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.

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People on Medicaid deemed 鈥渕edically frail鈥 won鈥檛 need to meet new federal requirements that enrollees work 80 hours a month or perform another approved activity. But state officials are grappling with how to interpret who qualifies under the vague federal definition, which could affect millions.

Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler鈥檚 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000

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After her son contracted a serious bacterial infection, an Ohio mother took the toddler to a nearby ER, and staffers there sent him to a children鈥檚 hospital in an ambulance. With no insurance, the family was hit with a $9,250 bill for the 40-minute ride.

What the Health? From 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News: The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA

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Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health care. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to leave his mark on the agency, with the CDC altering its website to suggest childhood vaccines could play a role in causing autism. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Avik Roy.