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It’s not just heat stroke. Extreme temperatures pose special risk to people with chronic illness (and that’s a lot of us)

By Isabella Cueto for ST A T) A sweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit in North Texas. 97 in Minneapolis. 103 in

(By Jared Ortaliza, Julia Lotan, Matthew McGough, Emma Wager, Krutika Amin, and Cynthia Cox for Kaiser Family Foundation published July

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Self-pay patients pay higher cash prices for emergency department facility fees at

Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and

(By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen for Kaiser Health News) Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against covid-19 at

Researchers from Avalere Heath, using current CMS prescription drug event data, found more than half of the Medicare beneficiaries who

(By Arthur Allen for Kaiser Health News) Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat

(By Karen Pollitz and Kaye Pestaina for Kaiser Family Foundation published July 14, 2022) A recent KFF Health Care Debt

(By Nika Schoonover for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The Joint Commission issued new safety guidance for palliative care to seriously

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The majority of fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage members largely don’t understand