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Taco Bowls and Chicken Curry: Medi-Cal Delivers Ready Meals in Grand Health Care Experiment

By Heidi de Marco and Angela Hart May 31, 2022

California has embarked on an ambitious five-year initiative to improve the health of its sickest Medicaid patients by introducing nontraditional services. In the Inland Empire, where many residents have diabetes, one health plan is diving into the experiment by delivering healthy, prepared meals to those lucky enough to get them.

Got Long Covid? Medical Expertise Is Vital, and Seniors Should Prepare to Go Slow

By Judith Graham May 31, 2022

Although identifying long covid in older adults can be tricky, experts say there are good strategies for getting medical advice and fighting the impact of the virus.

Her First Colonoscopy Cost Her $0. Her Second Cost $2,185. Why?

By Michelle Andrews May 31, 2022

Preventive care, like screening colonoscopies, is supposed to be free of charge to patients under the Affordable Care Act. But some hospitals haven’t gotten the memo.

¿Eres mayor y tienes síntomas de covid persistente? Esto es lo que deberías hacer

By Judith Graham May 31, 2022

Pero hay que tener en cuenta que muchos médicos de atención primaria no saben cómo identificar y tratar covid persistente. Si tu médico no puede ayudarte, considera que te remita a un especialista que atienda a pacientes con covid a largo plazo. Además, ármate de paciencia: las esperas para las citas son largas.

Tacos y pollo al curry: Medi-Cal ofrece comidas preparadas en un experimento de atención médica

By Heidi de Marco and Angela Hart May 31, 2022

El programa ayuda a personas con diabetes y otras afecciones a comer más sano y a aprender sobre alimentos saludables. Busca mejorar la salud y reducir costos en atención médica.

Daily Edition for Friday, May 27, 2022

May 27, 2022

Friday’s roundup covers covid mandates, variants, treatments, monkeypox, gun violence, baby formula, mental health, abortion, and more.

Betting on ‘Golden Age’ of Colonoscopies, Private Equity Invests in Gastro Docs

By Emily Pisacreta and Emmarie Huetteman May 27, 2022

An aging population in need of regular cancer screenings has driven private equity companies, seeking profits, to invest in many gastroenterology practices and set up aggressive billing practices. Steep prices on routine tests are one consequence for patients.

Politics and Pandemic Fatigue Doom California’s Covid Vaccine Mandates

By Rachel Bluth May 27, 2022

Even in deep-blue California, Democratic lawmakers pulled their proposed covid vaccine requirements before they had a vote. The lawmakers blamed the ebbs and flows of the virus, the public’s short attention span, and opposition from public safety unions.

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Private Equity Is Everywhere in Health Care. Really.

By Dan Weissmann May 27, 2022

Private equity companies are the house-flippers of the investment world, and they’ve found their way into many areas of our lives — including your local gastroenterologist’s office.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A(nother) Very Sad Week

May 26, 2022

Two mass shootings in two weeks — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers — have reignited the “guns-as-public-health-problem” debate. But political consensus seems as far away as ever. Meanwhile, the FDA is in the congressional hot seat over its handling of the infant formula shortage. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dr. Richard Baron, head of the American Board of Internal Medicine, about how doctors should discipline colleagues who spread medical misinformation.

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