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Medicare Stumbles Managing a Costly Problem 鈥 Chronic Illness
Nearly a decade ago, Medicare launched a program to help the two-thirds of beneficiaries with chronic conditions by paying their doctors an additional monthly fee to coordinate their care. The strategy has largely failed to live up to its potential; only about 4 percent of potentially eligible beneficiaries in the traditional Medicare program are enrolled, […]
An Arm and a Leg: Wait, Is Insulin Cheaper Now?
Did the price of insulin go down? It鈥檚 not quite that simple. On this episode of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg,鈥 producer Emily Pisacreta explores recent changes to the cost of the diabetes medication.
El alt铆simo costo de tener una enfermedad autoinmune en Estados Unidos
A pesar de ser muy frecuentes, encontrar ayuda para muchas enfermedades autoinmunes puede resultar frustrante y costoso.
Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
Despite the prevalence of autoimmune conditions, like the thyroid disease Hashimoto鈥檚, sometimes finding help can prove frustrating as well as expensive. There are often no definitive diagnostic tests, so patients may rack up big bills as they search for confirmation of their condition and for treatment options.
How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
This illustrated report has been adapted from a 素人色情片Health News article, 鈥淢any Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care鈥 by Andy Miller, with artwork by Oona Tempest.
Many People Living in the ‘Diabetes Belt’ Are Plagued With Medical Debt
The 鈥淒iabetes Belt,鈥 as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comprises 644 mostly Southern counties where diabetes rates are high. Of those counties, 素人色情片Health News and NPR found, more than half also have high levels of medical debt.
California鈥檚 Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money 鈥 And Help the Homeless
Gov. Gavin Newsom鈥檚 ambitious experiment in health care is supposed to cut costs as it fills the needs of hard-to-reach people. The program鈥檚 start is chaotic and limited, but it shows promise.
Con el fin de la emergencia sanitaria, personas con covid de largo plazo se sienten abandonadas
A un paso del fin de la emergencia nacional de salud p煤blica en mayo, muchas personas con s铆ntomas prolongados de covid se sienten abandonadas por legisladores que est谩n ansiosos por dar vuelta la p谩gina.
As Pandemic Emergencies End, People Battling Long Covid Feel 鈥楽wept Under the Rug鈥
Millions of Americans suffer from long covid, which can have debilitating physical effects, including fatigue and difficulty breathing. Yet many patients feel they鈥檙e on their own.
Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
Persistent fatigue 鈥 the feeling of having no energy 鈥 can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.
Readers and Tweeters Are Horrified by Harm Tied to Dental Device
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients
Fresh produce prescription programs are getting a boost in Montana as a way of helping people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The approach may be a model for other rural states to promote healthy eating in food deserts.
驴Ayudan las nuevas gu铆as sobre opioides a los pacientes con dolor cr贸nico?
Las recomendaciones dejaron a muchos pacientes lidiando con las consecuencias para la salud mental y f铆sica de la reducci贸n r谩pida de la dosis o la suspensi贸n abrupta de los medicamentos que hab铆an estado tomando durante a帽os, lo que conlleva riesgos de abstinencia, depresi贸n e incluso suicidio.
New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?
In November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain, allowing physicians more flexibility. But doctors, patients, and advocates wonder if the updated standards will be too little, too late to help chronic pain patients in a country still focused on fighting the ongoing opioid crisis.
A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
The First Step Act was supposed to help free terminally ill and aging federal inmates who pose little or no threat to public safety. But while petitions for compassionate release skyrocketed during the pandemic, judges denied most requests.
Cleanup Workers Got Sick After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. They Want BP to Pay.
After the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2020, Rodney Boblitt’s job was to patrol a 14-mile stretch of coastline in the Florida Panhandle looking for signs of oil washing ashore. Today, the 54-year-old is among thousands of other cleanup workers who are experiencing health issues and suing BP. But proving their health conditions were caused by the oil has been challenging.
California Attorney General Sues Drugmakers Over Inflated Insulin Prices
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is taking three major drugmakers and three distributors to court, alleging the companies illegally raised prices at the expense of diabetes patients.
Fiscal general de California demanda a farmac茅uticas por 鈥渋nflar鈥 los precios de la insulina
En la demanda, Rob Bonta argument贸 que los precios se han disparado y que algunos pacientes se han visto obligados a racionar sus medicamentos o renunciar por completo a comprar insulina.
What Germany鈥檚 Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt
Coal mining ended in Germany鈥檚 Saarland a decade ago, but the transition away from coal has been smoother than in West Virginia, which has more medical debt than any state in America.
For Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Fertility Care Is About Reproductive Justice
The disease, which predominantly affects Black patients, can damage the body in ways that can make having a child difficult. But patients don鈥檛 always have access to fertility care.
