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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Hot Covid Summer

The summer that promised to let Americans resume a relatively normal life is turning into another summer of anxiety and face masks, as the delta variant drives covid caseloads up in all 50 states. Meanwhile, the Americans with Disabilities Act turns 35, and the Missouri Supreme Court orders the state to expand Medicaid after all. Mary Ellen McIntire of CQ Roll Call, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Samantha Young, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about an Olympic-level athlete with an Olympic-size medical bill.

July 29, 2021

Still Cashing In

Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

Only severely injured patients are supposed to be billed for “trauma team alert” fees that can exceed $50,000.

By Jay Hancock

July 16, 2021

Clearing the Air

Government Oversight of Covid Air Cleaners Leaves Gaping Holes

Thousands of schools have spent millions of federal covid relief dollars snapping up air cleaning technology that claims to inactivate covid-19. But the devices fall into a regulatory gap.

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett

July 12, 2021

COVID-19

As Covid Vaccinations Slow, Parts of the US Remain Far Behind 70% Goal

Vermont and Massachusetts lead the nation, with more than 70% of adults having had at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. Southern states like Tennessee lag far behind.

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio

July 7, 2021

Covid’s Long Shadow: Generation Covid

Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime

Black and Hispanic students have lost up to 12 months of learning, which could lead to lower incomes and shorter, sicker lives.

By Liz Szabo

July 1, 2021

Evictions Continue Despite CDC Moratorium As COVID-19 Ravages U.S. Economy

Covid’s Long Shadow

Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII

The pandemic will undermine Americans' health for years. Even those not infected by the coronavirus could suffer health problems related to poverty, job loss, eviction — or all of the above.

By Liz Szabo

June 24, 2021

COVID-19

At Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance

In Texas’ border communities, which are overwhelmingly Hispanic, covid-19 death rates for people under age 65 were double those in the rest of the state and three times the national average. They were also significantly higher than rates in New Mexico border areas.

By René Kladzyk, El Paso Matters, Phil Galewitz, and Elizabeth Lucas

June 23, 2021

Still Cashing In

In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers

HCA charges patients an “activation fee” of up to $50,000 for trauma teams at centers located in half its 179 hospitals — and they often don’t need trauma care, an analysis of insurance claims data shows.

By Jay Hancock

June 14, 2021

COVID-19

With Roots in Civil Rights, Community Health Centers Push for Equity in the Pandemic

Community health centers were born in the 1960s to reach low-income communities. But some rural health experts say federally qualified health centers were a missing piece in achieving early equity in the vaccine rollout.

By Shalina Chatlani, WWNO

June 8, 2021

Trying to Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black Obstetricians

Besides shared culture and values, a Black physician can offer Black patients a sense of safety, validation and trust. By contrast, the impact of systemic racism can show up starkly in childbirth. Black women are three times as likely to die after giving birth as white women in the United States.

By Verónica Zaragovia, WLRN

June 7, 2021

Covid’s Long Shadow: Mourning in America

The ‘Grief Pandemic’ Will Torment Americans for Years

More than 5 million Americans lost a loved one to covid, and the ripple effects could lead to serious illness down the road.

By Liz Szabo

June 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Readers and Tweeters React to Racism, Inequities in Health Care

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

June 2, 2021

Covid-19

Mississippi’s Black Communities Turned Around Their Covid Rates. Next Up: Make Strides on Vaccines.

Covid-19 tore through Mississippi’s Black population in the pandemic’s early days, but community efforts slowed the rate. Now health officials and community leaders aim to replicate the success as they dole out vaccines.

By Michaela Gibson Morris

May 30, 2021

COVID-19

No-Cancel Culture: How Telehealth Is Making It Easier to Keep That Therapy Session

No-shows for behavioral health appointments have been a long-standing problem, with up to 60% skipped. Now telehealth, fueled by the pandemic, makes it easier for people dealing with depression and other mental health issues to make it to their appointments at a time when such care is in high demand. But teletherapy creates other challenges.

By Eric Berger

May 24, 2021

KHN On Air

KHN Journalists Comment on Abortion Case, Wasted Covid Doses

KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

May 22, 2021

COVID-19

If You Are Vaccinated, You Can Dance the Night Away

After being closed for 14 months because of the pandemic, a North Carolina nightclub reopens. But now, in addition to showing an ID to gain entry, patrons also must show their vaccination cards.

By Aneri Pattani

May 21, 2021

COVID-19

Stark Racial Disparities Persist in Vaccinations, State-Level CDC Data Shows

Black Americans’ vaccination rates still trail all other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. Native Americans show the strongest rates nationally.

By Hannah Recht, Rachana Pradhan, and Lauren Weber

May 20, 2021

The Making of Reluctant Activists: A Police Shooting in a Hospital Forces One Family to Rethink American Justice

In 2015, Houston police officers stepped into Alan Pean’s hospital room, closed the door and shot him through the chest. Nearly six years later, his survival has brought the Pean family a wrenching legacy and conflicted sense of purpose.

By Sarah Varney

May 10, 2021

COVID-19

For Kurdish Americans in Nashville, a Beloved Leader’s Death Prompts Vaccine Push

Some immigrant groups are closing the ethnic gap on COVID-19 shots. For many Kurdish Americans, their fears about vaccination are entangled with their experiences in refugee camps after fleeing Iraq.

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio

May 6, 2021

The Last Drugstore

Covid Shot in the Arm Not Enough to Keep Pharmacies in Business

Pandemic lockdowns exacerbated long-standing economic pressures on pharmacies — and forced many owner-operated shops to evolve or risk closing their doors.

By Markian Hawryluk

May 5, 2021

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