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New KFF-Washington Post Poll Explores Parents’ Vaccine Attitudes, and Confusion Follows ACIP Meeting on Vaccine Recommendations – The Monitor
FeatureThis volume explores findings from the KFF-Washington Post Survey of Parents on views of childhood vaccines; how ACIP may have contributed to concerns about hepatitis B and COVID-19 vaccines; recent HHS warnings about alleged links between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism; and AI-generated deepfakes impersonating doctors to sell products.
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Tracking State Actions on Vaccine Policy and Access
Issue BriefWith recent federal actions to curtail vaccine access, many states have announced actions intended to maintain broader access. This issue brief provides a snapshot of this rapidly changing landscape, tracking which states have instituted changes in response to or in anticipation of administration policy changes.
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Key Takeaways from CMS’s Rural Health Funding Announcement
Issue BriefThis brief describes five key takeaways from CMS's Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. It includes information about how CMS intends to review state applications and distribute funds and ongoing questions about the impact on rural hospitals, the distribution of funds across rural hospitals and states, and issues related to oversight and transparency.
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Dave A. Chokshi Joins KFF Board of Trustees
News ReleaseSan Francisco – KFF announced today that Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi, a practicing physician and health leader, has joined KFF’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Chokshi is a physician at Bellevue Hospital as well as Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York.
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RFK Jr. Faces Senate Finance Committee: A Live Discussion
Event Date:EventHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee follows the ouster last week of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez. At least four other senior CDC officials resigned in protest.
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Tengo enfermedad renal en etapa terminal (ESRD). ¿Cuáles son mis opciones de cobertura bajo Medicare y cuanto duraría esta cobertura?
FAQsEs elegible para Medicare tres meses después de comenzar el tratamiento de diálisis o inmediatamente después de recibir un trasplante de riñón. Es posible que desee averiguar si califica para Medicaid si sus ingresos y bienes son lo suficientemente bajos.
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Estoy por cumplir 65 años; mi cónyuge tiene 60 y sigue trabajando. Ambos estamos cubiertos por el plan de salud de su empleador. ¿Tengo que hacer algo con respecto a Medicare este año?
FAQsUna persona (o el cónyuge) con cobertura de salud grupal a través de un empleador actual puede retrasar la inscripción en la Parte A y la Parte B hasta que finalice la cobertura, y no enfrentará sanciones por inscribirse más tarde, pero solo si el empleador tiene 20 o más empleados.