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Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.

By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra and Melissa Bailey June 30, 2020

As health workers in California and other states were dying of COVID-19, federal work-safety officials filed just one citation against an employer and rapidly closed complaints about protective gear.

Moved Overseas For School, Stayed For Insulin

By Shefali Luthra October 29, 2019

Katie West, an American health researcher who has lived in Germany the past three years, hasn’t mastered the language and misses her family. But not having to worry about the cost of her lifesaving medication makes it OK.

Klobuchar Leans In On Support For Roe V. Wade, Planned Parenthood

By Shefali Luthra November 21, 2019

Some of the numbers cited by the Minnesota senator during Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate miss the mark.

Do 160 Million Americans Really Like Their Health Plans? Kind Of

By Shefali Luthra November 20, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim during the latest Democratic presidential debate relies on a squishy number, and context matters.

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Spooky Stuff

October 31, 2019

If it’s Halloween, that means open enrollment for plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges is right around the corner. Prices are down this year, but the future of the health law remains in doubt due to a lawsuit seeking to have the entire measure thrown out. This week, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, the panelists read the top entries in KHN’s Halloween Health Haiku Contest.

Surgeon General’s Marijuana Warning Omits Crucial Context

By Shefali Luthra November 15, 2019

Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the drug has a “unique impact” on the developing brain ⁠— technically true, but neglecting a vital comparison to other drugs, as well as shortcomings in the existing research.

Warren Says Out-Of-Pocket Health Spending Will Total $11 Trillion In The Next Decade. We Checked Her Math.

By Shefali Luthra November 12, 2019

Big picture remains hazy, but these numbers add up.

Obamacare A Disgrace? Biden Highlights Bloomberg’s Negative Remarks About The ACA

By Shefali Luthra and Victoria Knight February 19, 2020

There was a time when Bloomberg’s criticism was consistent.

Warren Trots Out Her Own Harvard Law Research

By Shefali Luthra October 15, 2019

Warren’s claim on health insurance and bankruptcy is narrow enough to hold up.

Biden Gets Too Specific On ‘Medicare For All’ Tax Hikes

By Shefali Luthra October 15, 2019

It comes down to questionable methodology.

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