Noam Levey
@NoamLevey
Senior correspondent, KFF Health News
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02-05-2012 16:47:19
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and you can either talk politics (hard pass) or about something that affects so many families: the cost of long-term care. Here's a thread of our NYT Health - KFF Health News stories 1/
Tennessee told the family of a disabled man, who was on TennCare for 31 years, that he no longer qualified. As his parents tried to protect his insurance, he died of pneumonia. Then the state said it was an error. Medicaid horror from KFF Health News: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…
While most people think of gun violence as largely an urban phenomenon, in fact, it is rife in rural areas, particularly in the Deep South.
Renuka Rayasam reports on how poverty and discrimination are driving rural gun deaths: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/g…
An important investigation from Ben Poston and Emily Alpert Reyes: Psychiatric patients are restrained at sky-high rates at this Los Angeles hospital.
latimes.com/california/sto…
Five years ago, Ballad Health committed to providing about $100 million in charity care every year. Then it didn’t. But it did take thousands of patients to court over unpaid bills.
📝: Brett Kelman & Samantha Liss kffhealthnews.org/news/article/a…
Reporters at Cox and KFF Health News broke the story of the government clawing back payments from poor people. Here finally is the reaction from the government. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…
.ProPublica: How pharmaceutical giant GSK stalled a potentially lifesaving tuberculosis vaccine for its own ends propublica.org/article/how-bi…
Such an honor to chat with Don Berwick & Kedar Mate, MD from Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) about health journalism, medical debt & primary care on their terrific Turn on the Lights podcast. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…
NEW: Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) wants to know “where is the money going” after KFF Health News reported a federal rural maternity grant program misses Black mothers.
📝: Sarah Jane Tribble kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…
This is a terrific piece about hospital monopolies by @brettkelman & Samantha Liss -- really well told. kffhealthnews.org/MTc1MDU5MQ via @kffhealthnews
Five years ago, Ballad Health committed to providing about $100 million in charity care every year. Then it didn’t. But it did take thousands of patients to court over unpaid bills.
📝: Brett Kelman, Samantha Liss kffhealthnews.org/news/article/a…
Dianne Feinstein was a giant in CA history. This Los Angeles Times obituary by Cathy Decker is masterful. latimes.com/obituaries/sto…
Some federal health programs, like Medicare and Medicaid, could operate relatively unaffected during a government shutdown — at least for a while. But everyone can expect at least some confusion.
📝: julie rovner, KFF Health News-NPR npr.org/sections/healt…