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HomeHealth Industry

Health Industry

California

The Nation’s Health Secretary Has This Doctor on Call

May 2, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

SACRAMENTO — Carolina Reyes, a Harvard-trained physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, got into medicine to help women obtain health care, especially underserved or marginalized people who face systemic racism. She’s seen progress, albeit slow, […]

Health

How One Patient’s Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG

April 27, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

(Oona Tempest / KFF Health News Illustration) Sadé Lewis of Queens, New York, has suffered migraines since she was a kid, and as she started college, they got worse. A recent change in her insurance […]

Alabama

Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients

March 13, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist in Los […]

Cost and Quality

Pacientes negros visten elegante y hablan distinto para evitar prejuicios cuando van al médico

March 10, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

Una joven madre de Antelope Valley, en California, baña a sus hijos y los viste con ropa impecable, asegurándose de que tengan el mejor aspecto posible en las citas médicas. “Les cepillo los dientes antes […]

California

Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows

March 10, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their very best — at medical appointments. “I brush their teeth before they see the […]

California

Trabajadores comunitarios persuaden a inmigrantes mayores de tener cobertura de salud

February 28, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

OAKLAND, California – Durante tres años, Bertha Embriz, de San Francisco, ha vivido sin seguro de salud, salteándose chequeos anuales, y ahora tratando de no masticar de un lado para evitar el dolor de una […]

Aging

Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered

February 28, 2023 Kermit Williams 0

OAKLAND, Calif. — For three years, Bertha Embriz of San Francisco has gone without health insurance, skipping annual wellness exams and recently tolerating a broken molar by trying not to chew with it. As an […]

Cancer

From Her View in Knoxville, the Health System Is ‘Not Designed for Poor People’

December 21, 2022 Kermit Williams 0

“I don’t buy a lot of food. Just plain and simple.”  Monica Reed Monica Reed, 60, Knoxville, Tenn.  Approximate Medical Debt: $10,000  Medical Issue: Cancer  What Happened: Monica Reed considers herself luckier than most. Born […]

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