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California Official Comes out of Retirement To Lead Troubled Mental Health Commission
[ad_1] Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission…
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Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own
[ad_1] Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits and show her how to…
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Journalists Dig Into Vaccine Debate and America’s Obesity Rates
[ad_1] KFF Health News senior correspondent Arthur Allen discussed the fragility of our vaccine infrastructure on The Atlantic’s “Radio Atlantic”…
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Georgia Said It Would Fix Care for the Disabled Years Ago. It’s Still Not Done.
[ad_1] In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such…
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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch
[ad_1] The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in…
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Six Years Into an Appalachia Hospital Monopoly, Patients Are Fearful and Furious
[ad_1] KINGSPORT, Tenn. — Jerry Qualls had a heart attack in 2022 and was rushed by ambulance to Holston Valley…
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How Potential Medicaid Cuts Could Play Out in California
[ad_1] In 2017, the Republicans who controlled Congress tried mightily to slash federal spending on Medicaid, the government-funded health program…
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Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
[ad_1] ATLANTA — Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and…
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9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
[ad_1] Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of…
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Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid
[ad_1] It seems no one is taking covid-19 seriously anymore, said Mollee Loveland, a nursing home aide who lives outside…
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