Abortion Coverage Is Limited or Unavailable at a Quarter of Large Workplaces
By Rachana Pradhan
A KFF survey of employer health benefits shows that 28% of large U.S. companies have limited or no access to abortion under company health insurance.
Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients
By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group
Some Social Security beneficiaries say the government is clawing back benefits after they received covid stimulus payments that were supposed to be exempt from asset limits.
Health Care ‘Game-Changer’? Feds Boost Care for Homeless Americans
By Angela Hart
This month, the federal government started paying for treatments delivered outside hospitals and clinics, expanding funding for “street medicine” teams that treat homeless patients. California led the way on the change, which could help sick and vulnerable patients get healthy, sober, and, in some cases, into housing.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Maternal health, covid, Medicare Advantage, open enrollment, mental health parity, Medi-Cal, health worker wages, and more are in the news.
Michigan Voters Backed Abortion Rights. Now Democrats Want to Go Further.
By Kate Wells, Michigan Public
Michigan is one of the few remaining abortion havens in the Midwest. But getting an abortion in that state is still more difficult than it should be, providers say.
For People With Sickle Cell Disease, ERs Can Mean Life-Threatening Waits
By Sara Hutchinson
When patients with sickle cell disease have a health crisis — crescent-shaped red blood cells blocking blood flow — their condition can quickly lead to a fatal stroke or infection. But, despite efforts to educate doctors, research shows that patients are waiting hours in ERs and are often denied pain medication.
Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine
By Angela Hart
As homelessness explodes across California, so does the number of expectant mothers on the streets. Street medicine doctors are getting paid more by Medicaid and offering some of those mothers-to-be a chance to overcome addiction and reverse chronic diseases so they can have healthy babies — and perhaps keep them.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 16, 2023
Health worker pay, CARE court, “excited delirium,” Rite Aid bankruptcy, opioids, Medicare open enrollment, and more are in the news.
Es el momento de revisar el plan de Medicare. Lo nuevo que hay que saber
By Julie Appleby
Desde el 15 de octubre y hasta el 7 de diciembre, los afiliados al programa tradicional o a los planes de Medicare Advantage, que ofrecen aseguradoras privadas, pueden cambiar su cobertura.
Listen: Inroads for Women in California’s Health Care Workforce
California Healthline senior correspondent Angela Hart leads a discussion about the role women play as California grapples with a shortage of health care providers.
