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Obamacare insurance isn’t worth it anymore for some families. After Congress allowed pandemic-era subsidies to expire, many are going without insurance, some for the first time.
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- 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
- 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
- Replying to @KFFHealthNewsNot 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
- 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…
- Replying to @KFFHealthNewsPresident 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…
- 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
- Replying to @KFFHealthNewsIs #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…
- . @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…
GIF - Defendants In Diapers? Immigrant Toddlers Ordered To Appear In Court Alone khn.org/ODUxNDg5 via @By_CJewett and @shefalil
- 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
- Replying to @KFFHealthNewsHow 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
- Replying to @KFFHealthNewsCancer 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.
- 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
