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KFF Health News
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A national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues; a core program of @KFF.
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    Jun 4
    “We now have databases together that we can actually do the studies,” RFK Jr. says, as he works to obtain medical records he claims could point to the causes of autism from state health information exchanges. @AmandaSeitz and @dariustahir report ⤵️
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    RFK Jr. Seeks To Peek at Americans’ Medical Records for Clues on Autism and Vaccines - KFF Health...
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    Jun 16, 2023
    NEW: A Tennessee doctor who signed covid-19 vaccine waivers for people without actually examining them has lost his medical license after a Nashville news station duped him into giving a waiver to… a dog. 📝: @BrettKelman
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    Doctor Lands in the Doghouse After Giving Covid Vaccine Waivers Too Freely - KFF Health News
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    Feb 26, 2019
    More than 42% of the 9.5 million people diagnosed with cancer from 2000 to 2012 drained their life's assets within two years, according to a study published last year in the American Journal of Medicine. via @annagorman KHN/@NPR n.pr/2XhuqAu
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    Nov 15, 2018
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    Not the dust masks or the surgical masks that loop around your ears. Forget wearing a bandana or holding a tissue over your mouth — those won’t protect your lungs. Experts recommend the“N95” respirators or “P100” masks. Graphic via @CaitlinHillyard #CaliforniaFires
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    Apr 18, 2021
    Moderna’s latest analysis of its vaccine clinical trial data shows 900 people got covid after being vaccinated, consistent with 90% or more efficacy for the vaccine, company spokesperson Colleen Hussey said. 📝: Steven Findlay khn.org/news/article/t…
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    Oct 23, 2020
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    President Trump said that he will "always protect people with preexisting conditions." In January, President Trump claimed that he "saved" preexisting conditions. We rated this claim Pants on Fire. KHN/@PolitiFact #Debates2020 📝: @shefalil khn.org/news/trumps-cl…
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    Mar 18, 2019
    A look at the U.S. attempt to switch medical charts into electronic records. “The system is an unholy mess.” via @FredSchulte and @erikafry KHN/⁦@FortuneMagazine⁩
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    Death By 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong - KFF Health News
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    Oct 8, 2020
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    Is #TrumpAdminstration really working to protect #PreExistingConditions? In January, Trump attempted to take credit for protecting preexisting medical conditions. We rated this claim Pants on Fire. KHN/@PolitiFact #HealthCheck #Debates2020 📝@shefalil khn.org/news/trumps-cl…
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    Feb 25, 2021
    . @GovRonDeSantis said lockdown states have seen “increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in covid mortality.” We rate the statement Mostly False. 📝: @philgalewitz, KHN/@PolitiFact 🔗: khn.org/news/article/d…
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    Jun 27, 2018
    Defendants In Diapers? Immigrant Toddlers Ordered To Appear In Court Alone khn.org/ODUxNDg5 via @By_CJewett and @shefalil
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    Feb 5, 2020
    At tonight’s #SOTU President #Trump claimed that he saved #PreExistingConditions. @shefalil fact-checked this. We rate this claim Pants on Fire. KHN/@PolitiFact #HealthCheck khn.org/MTA0MDUwMg
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    Oct 23, 2020
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    How many people have #PreexistingConditions? #JoeBiden claimed “There’s 100 million people that have pre-existing conditions.” Experts all agreed that Biden was certainly in the ballpark with his estimate. KHN/@PolitiFact #Debates2020 📝: @victoriaregisk
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    Biden’s in the Ballpark on How Many People Have Preexisting Conditions - KFF Health News
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    Feb 26, 2019
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    Cancer patients are 2.5 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without #cancer, and bankruptcy puts them at a higher risk for early death, according to research.
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    Jul 27, 2019
    As president, Klobuchar said, she would unleash the bargaining power of #Medicare to lower drug prices. “There are, literally, two pharmaceutical lobbyists for every member of Congress. They think they own Congress. They don’t own me.” via @Julie_appleby khn.org/OTc3NTEz