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‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Negotiate for Lower Medical Bills
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Negotiating medical bills is often possible. It sounds hard —…
From Book Stacks to Psychosis and Food Stamps, Librarians Confront a New…
For nearly two decades, Lisa Dunseth loved her job at San Francisco’s main public library, particularly her final seven…
The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle
When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it.
She was 35, the same age her…
‘American Diagnosis’: As Climate Crises Batter the Bayou, Houma People Are…
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El trabajo de base aumenta la tasa de vacunación en la comunidad de…
Naw Mu Chaw tenía preguntas sobre los posibles efectos secundarios de una vacuna contra covid-19.
Chaw es una…
California Wants to Snip Costs for Vasectomies and Condoms
Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is trying to ease the pain of vasectomies by making them free…
Policies to Roll Back Abortion Rights Will Hit Incarcerated People…
Policies governing abortion and reproductive health care services in U.S. prisons and jails were restrictive and often…
Grassroots Work Leads to Vaccination Success in Georgia Refugee Community
Naw Mu Chaw had questions about the possible side effects of a covid-19 vaccine.
Chaw, a recent refugee from Myanmar,…
Journalists Dig Into Questions About the 988 Hotline and Inflation…
KHN correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed social media criticism of the new 988 mental health hotline on NPR’s “Weekend Edition…
Abortion Is Shaking Up Attorneys General Races and Exposing Limits to Their…
Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead
As the country grapples with states’ newfound power to regulate abortion in the aftermath of…