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Dec 19, 2017 · Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones.
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In these dire times for the news industry, the birth of a news organization is a rare bright spot. We hope KFF Health News will make a vital contribution by covering health care policy and politics, as well as trends in the industry and delivery of care. With …
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KFF Health News Leadership. Alex Wayne, Executive Editor, previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act.In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about the coronavirus’ infiltration of Trump’s White House that won the Gerald R. Ford ...
Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency …
Dec 20, 2024 · It seems simple: Require hospitals and insurers to post their negotiated prices for most health care services and — bingo — competition follows, yielding lower costs for consumers. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for …
‘Bill of the Month’: The Series That Dissects and Slashes Medical Bills
Dec 20, 2024 · Over 6½ years ago, KFF Health News and NPR kicked off “Bill of the Month,” a crowdsourced investigation highlighting the impact of medical bills on patients. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. The goal was to understand how the U.S. health care system generates outsize ...
Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to …
Dec 21, 2024 · KFF Health News senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the incoming Trump administration — notably, the possibility of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary— on the “On With Kara Swisher” podcast on Dec. 19. She also discussed the ...
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He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two. By Harris Meyer December 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original. A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
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Dec 17, 2024 · This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Community groups are working to restore the cemeteries of closed psychiatric hospitals, and some hospitals are looking for new ways to help patients keep up with the utility bills. Dec. 5 This week on the KFF Health News Minute: Leaders often fail to address ...
Survey Finds Nearly 80% Dissatisfied With Cost Of Health Care In US
Dec 9, 2024 · In the lowest marks in over two decades, a Gallup poll finds that only 19% of Americans are satisfied with the costs of health care in 2024. Quality ratings suffer as well, with less than a majority of people giving "good" or "excellent." And a separate survey looks at Medicare Advantage plans.