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Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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To 鈥楰eep The Lights On,鈥 Doctors And Hospitals Ask For Advance Medicare Payments
As part of the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, Medicare is offering to give hospitals and doctors accelerated payments.
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Second Time Around? Health Care Issues Trump Might Tackle If Reelected
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner examines what health care issues the administration might encounter if President Donald Trump wins in November.
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Trump Administration Uses Wartime Powers To Be First In Line On Medical Supplies
As states scour the world for masks and other protective medical equipment, the federal government has repeatedly invoked a little-known clause in the Defense Production Act to step to the front of the line for sought-after health supplies.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Fox News鈥 Jesse Watters Said Travel Bans 鈥楳ore Critical In Saving Lives鈥 Than COVID Testing. He鈥檚 Wrong.
Travel restrictions came after the coronavirus had reached the U.S.
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More Than 5,000 Surgery Centers Can Now Serve As Makeshift Hospitals During COVID-19 Crisis
Under pressure, the federal government announced it will let surgery centers, hotels and even college dorms serve as hospitals to treat an overflow of patients.
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‘Red Dawn Breaking Bad’: Officials Warned About Safety Gear Shortfall Early On, Emails Show
As President Donald Trump called the nation 鈥渋n good shape鈥 to handle COVID-19, a cache of emails released by officials in Washington state show that top public health authorities feared gear shortages and doctor safety in the early epicenter of sickness and deaths.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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In Coronavirus Relief Bill, Hospitals Poised To Get Massive Infusion Of Cash
The legislation scheduled to go before the House for a vote Friday provides nearly $200 billion in aid for hospitals. That includes payments for expenses or lost revenues from the coronavirus pandemic, interest-free loans and changes in Medicare reimbursements.
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Under Financial Strain, Community Health Centers Ramp Up Coronavirus Response
Many of the nation鈥檚 safety-net clinics for low-income patients are having to turn their model of care upside down overnight to deal with the realities of the pandemic 鈥 a challenge both financially and logistically. Federal funding is on the way.
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Trump鈥檚 Boast About U.S., South Korea Coronavirus Testing Misses The Mark
The president鈥檚 statement frames the data in a way that doesn鈥檛 accurately represent the status of the American response to COVID-19.
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Hospital Suppliers Take To The Skies To Combat Dire Shortages Of COVID-19 Gear
As the coronavirus sweeps the nation, a new survey reveals widespread medical gear shortages while hospitals give up on a fractured supply chain and take matters into their own hands with planes sprinting past cargo ships.
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Listen: The Hard-Knock Health Law Turns 10 Amid Pandemic
On the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Kaiser Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and Kaiser Family Foundation Executive Vice President Larry Levitt put the law in perspective.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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Was The Novel Coronavirus Really Sneaky In Its Spread To The U.S.? Experts Say No.
Public health professionals dismissed the president鈥檚 claims that the spread of the coronavirus, in particular, and the threat of a pandemic, in general, snuck up on us as being 鈥渟imply astonishing鈥 and 鈥渟imply untrue.鈥
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Near Trump鈥檚 Florida Home, Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Gets Off To Rocky Start
Just 5 miles from Mar-a-Lago, the POTUS鈥 outpost, Florida residents find that the president鈥檚 pledge to make testing accessible hasn鈥檛 materialized.
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Biden Falsely Blames Trump Administration For Rejecting WHO Coronavirus Test Kits (That Were Never Offered)
Biden鈥檚 statement leaves out context about how countries decided on which test they鈥檇 use to identify the presence of the coronavirus.
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The High Cost Of Being Trump鈥檚 Enemy
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and California鈥檚 Democratic leaders is costing the Golden State hundreds of millions of health care dollars 鈥 with billions more at stake.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.