Turning 26 and Struggling To Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.
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Turning 26 and Struggling To Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.

Health News tamfitronics (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)A hard-won provision of the Affordable Care Act allows young adults to stay on their family’s health insurance until age 26. But after that, those without employer-sponsored insurance face an array of complicated choices, including whether to shop on the insurance plan exchange, apply for Medicaid, or roll the dice and go uninsured.Are you a young adult confused about navigating the exchanges used to pick plans? Have you bought a plan on an ACA exchange and found that it didn’t cover care? Have you married or taken a job just to get insurance? Did you decide to go without coverage?Whatever your story, we want to hear from you for a project we are doing with The New York Times.We’ll read every response to this questionnaire, and we’ll...
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Journalists Talk Shooting’s Toll on Children and State Handling of Opioid Settlement Funds
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Journalists Talk Shooting’s Toll on Children and State Handling of Opioid Settlement Funds

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Bram Sable-Smith discussed the enduring trauma experienced by children who survived the Super Bowl parade shooting earlier this year on KMOX’s “Total Information AM” on Aug. 22.Click here to hear Sable-Smith on “Total Information AM”Read Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe’s “Kids Who Survived Super Bowl Shooting Are Scared, Suffering Panic Attacks and Sleep Problems”KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed how a coalition of groups has issued a call to action regarding how states should spend their opioid settlement money on NPR’s “All Things Considered” on Aug. 21. Pattani also discussed how states such as Wisconsin are planning to spend opioid settlement money on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” on Aug. 19.Click here to hear Pattani on “All Things Considered”Read Pattani’s “A Call to Action Reignites Debate...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Let the General Election Commence
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Let the General Election Commence

Health News tamfitronics Can't see the audio player?Listen on:The HostThe conventions are over, and the general-election campaign is officially on. While reproductive health is sure to play a key role in the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, it’s less clear what role other health issues will play.Meanwhile, Medicare recently announced negotiated prices of the first 10 drugs selected under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The announcement is boosting attention to what was already a major pocketbook issue for both Republicans and Democrats.This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Johns Hopkins University’s schools of nursing and public health, Shefali Luthra of The 19thand Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico.PanelistsAmong the takeaways from this week’s episode:The Democratic National Convention highlighted reproductive rights issues as...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Happy 50th, ERISA
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Happy 50th, ERISA

Health News tamfitronics KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’Episode Title: ‘Happy 50thERISA’Episode Number: 360Published: Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024Julie Rovner: Hello, and welcome back to “What the Health?” I’m Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News. Usually, I’m joined by some of the best and smartest health reporters in Washington, but today, we have a special episode for you. We’re taping this week on Monday, Aug. 12th, at 2 p.m. As always, news happens fast, and things might’ve changed by the time you hear this — although this time, I hope not. So here we go.So if you follow health policy, you’re likely familiar with the big federal laws that have shaped how health care in the U.S. is organized and delivered and paid for. Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, HIPAA in 1996, and...
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