Thinking about the future makes Courtney Johnson nervous. The 25-year-old blogger and college student has autism and several chronic illnesses, and with the support of her grandparents and friends, who help her access a complex network of social servic…
‘An Arm and a Leg’: No Money, No Job, No Health Care? Not Always.
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Click here for a transcript of the episode. If you don’t have money and you don’t have a job, what are your best options for getting health care? It’s 2023 open enrollment season, and a lot of Americans…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Midterm Shake-Up
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The predicted Republican “red wave” was a no-show in this week’s midterm elections, b…
Abortion Issue Helps Limit Democrats’ Losses in Midterms
Republicans are likely to take control of one or both houses of Congress when all the votes are counted, but Democrats on Wednesday were celebrating after their party defied expectations of substantial losses in the midterm election. The backlash over …
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: ACA Open Enrollment Without the Drama
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. It’s open enrollment time for Affordable Care Act health coverage. And for the first …
Haven’t Seen Your Doctor in a Few Years? You May Need to Find a New One
When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her diarrhea. The Philadelphia resident was surprised when she received an online message informing her that because s…
Colorado Voters to Decide Whether All Schoolkids Get a Free Lunch
During most of the pandemic, in every public school cafeteria throughout the country, every kid could get a free lunch, not just those from the poorest homes. Everyone. The program that fed 50.6 million U.S. students expired in September, but some stat…
California’s Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Gives Hookah a Pass
LOS ANGELES — In 2019, local business owners began gathering regularly at Arnie Abramyan’s hookah lounge on the outskirts of Los Angeles to fight a proposed statewide prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco. From the heavily Armenian neighborhood o…
California’s Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Gives Hookah a Pass
LOS ANGELES — In 2019, local business owners began gathering regularly at Arnie Abramyan’s hookah lounge on the outskirts of Los Angeles to fight a proposed statewide prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco. From the heavily Armenian neighborhood o…
Hurricane Ian’s Deadly Impact on Florida Seniors Exposes Need for New Preparation Strategies
All kinds of natural disasters — hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, dangerous heat waves — pose substantial risks to older adults. Yet, not enough seniors prepare for these events in advance, and efforts to encourage them to do so have been larg…