“Mike Odeh, senior director of health for the California advocacy group Children Now, … thinks 89,000 children a year are affected. The California legislature included the continuous eligibility provision in the budget approved in June. California would cover children in Medicaid from birth […]
“Like many others with long covid, Taveras has fallen through the cracks of a system that was time-consuming and difficult to navigate even before the covid pandemic. People are facing years-long wait times, insufficient legal support, and a lack of clear guidance on […]
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“On Nov. 2, 2021, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s reelection campaign received 10 separate $10,000 contributions from what appeared to be unrelated health insurance plans from across the country. … But a thread connects the companies: Each is a subsidiary of Centene Corp., ranked […]
“’It’s not age alone that renders elderly people vulnerable in disasters. … It’s the intersection of age with other social forces’ that affects people who are poor and represent racial and ethnic minorities.“This lesson has been painfully learned during the covid pandemic, which […]
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“Though Lupron was invented in 1973, its manufacturer got patent extensions in 1989 by offering a slow-release version. Drugmakers commonly use this tactic to extend their exclusive rights to sell a product. … In subsequent years, Abbott and Takeda, in a joint venture called […]
“The lack of clarity about whether health systems like Atrium gain or lose money treating Medicare recipients reflects how loosely the federal government regulates the way hospitals calculate their community benefits. “As a result … what taxpayers get from local nonprofit hospitals in […]
