Journalists Examine Health Care for Native Americans and Recent Food Recalls
20 Nov
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Journalists Examine Health Care for Native Americans and Recent Food Recalls

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Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News contributor Andy Miller discussed the Trump presidency and health care on WUGA’s “The Georgia Health Report” on Nov. 8.Click here to hear Miller on “The Georgia Health Report”Read Stephanie Armour’s “Trump’s White House Return Poised To Tangle Health Care Safety Net”KFF Health News correspondent Brett Kelman discussed dental implants on KCBS on Nov. 4. Click here to hear Kelman on KCBSRead Kelman’s “Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn,” with reporting from Anna Werner, CBS NewsKFF Health News California correspondent Christine Mai-Duc discussed an abortion clinic lawsuit on KCBS on Oct. 31.Click here to hear Mai-Duc on KCBSRead Mai-Duc’s “‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic”KFF Health News South Dakota correspondent Arielle Zionts discussed the Purchased/Referred Care program for...
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Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans’ Health
20 Nov
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Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans’ Health

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Health News tamfitronics The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health — reviewing court and inspection records and government reports, and interviewing dozens of academic researchers, doctors, politicians, community leaders, grieving moms, and patients.During the past two decades there have been 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans relative to white Americans. That represents a loss of more than 80 million years of life, according to a 2023 JAMA study.The video features senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, along with Morris Brown, a family care physician in Kingstree, South Carolina.Learn...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Readying for Republican Rule
20 Nov
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Readying for Republican Rule

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Health News tamfitronics Julie Rovner: Hello, and welcome back to “What The Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, and I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington. We’re taping this week on Thursday, November 14th, at 10 a.m. As always, and particularly this week, news happens fast and things might’ve changed by the time you hear this. So, here we go.Today we are joined via videoconference by Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post.Rachel Roubein: Hi. Thanks for having me.Rovner: Anna Edney of Bloomberg News.Anna Edney: Hello.Rovner: And Lauren Weber, also The Washington Post.Lauren Weber: Double trouble today. Thanks for having me.Rovner: No interview this week but more than enough news to make up for it, so let’s dig right in. So as of yesterday, it’s...
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KFF Health News Sues To Force Disclosure of Medicare Advantage Audit Records
13 Nov
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KFF Health News Sues To Force Disclosure of Medicare Advantage Audit Records

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Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release a range of Medicare Advantage health plan audits and other financial records.The suit, filed Nov. 12 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, seeks documents from the HHS inspector general’s office, which acts as a watchdog over federal health insurance programs run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.The suit asks for correspondence and other records of contact between HHS officials or their representatives and Medicare Advantage organizations concerning overpayment audit findings and potential financial penalties.It also seeks records reflecting communication between HHS and CMS officials regarding the government’s policies for recovering overpayments discovered during Medicare Advantage audits, including a controversial...
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