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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

KFF Health News

As she watched flames whip around her neighborhood, she, along with children and grandkids, scrambled to secure their dogs in crates and grabbed important documents before they left. .” She had been celebrating her 78th birthday with family when she fled her home in the small city of Sierra Madre, east of Pasadena. Learn more about KFF.

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CSTE Hill Update: July 2024

CSTE

In a significant development for the upcoming fiscal year, the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) passed its FY 2025 Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bill. On July 10, the HAC considered the bill during a full committee meeting.

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As AI advances in NC health care systems, state leaders call for oversight

NC Health News

North Carolina health care systems have been some of the first in the country to develop and deploy generative AI technologies, such as ambient documentation tools that record patient visits and generate notes. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE OF STATE HEALTH POLICY What’s coming for 2025?

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A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill was $445.

KFF Health News

“That’s a pretty healthy markup the hospital is making on it,” Loren Adler , associate director of the Brookings Institution Center on Health Policy, told KFF Health News when contacted about Ryan’s case. Now, it is often patients who foot the bill — and ER bills are notoriously high. Tell us about it !

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Crackdown on Homeless Encampments Raises Public Health Questions

KFF Health News

As law enforcement operations expand, health-care providers on the ground say the efforts are making people sicker. Homeless people are skipping medical appointments, losing their medications, and having their IDs, birth certificates and other vital documents thrown away, slowing efforts to get them indoors. Learn more about KFF.

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Tribal Leaders Ask Feds To Declare Syphilis Outbreak a Public Health Emergency

KFF Health News

According to the South Dakota Department of Health , 649 cases of syphilis have been documented this year. KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism.

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A Baby Step Backwards

The Health Care Blog

To find out, look no further than the current cover of no less venerable a health policy journal than Health Affairs. The potential overall cost savings and improvement in post-natal outcomes associated with such a reduction are well-documented and would be staggering.