Katheryn Houghton
@K_Hought
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RT @Ajzionts: There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived at the emergency room in the small hospital at intersection of two dirt ro….
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Some doctors and the groups that represent them say physicians’ extensive training leads to better emergency care, and that some hospitals are trying to save money by not hiring them. They support...
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: More than a dozen states are seeking their own versions of Medicaid work requirements. But the incoming federal sta….
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More than a dozen states are seeking their own versions of Medicaid work requirements. But the incoming federal standards pose questions around how much leeway states have to design their rules.
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RT @KFFHealthNews: Here’s the story of a man who said he had to break Medicaid rules, putting him at odds with Republicans who added hurdle….
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Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate fraud. A Montana man says he's breaking the rules to keep his insurance and his job.
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RT @mattvolz: "I don't want to be a fraud. I don't want to die," James said. "Those shouldn't be the only two options.". One reluctant Medi….
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Congressional Republicans successfully pushed to add hurdles to qualify for Medicaid by saying they would eliminate fraud. A Montana man says he's breaking the rules to keep his insurance and his job.
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RT @KFFHealthNews: The Trump admin is cutting some programs intended to prevent gun violence, and seniors who don’t sign up for Medicare ca….
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The "KFF Health News Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from our newsroom to the airwaves each week.
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Policymakers agree patients shouldn’t be stuck in the middle when an ambulance service charges more than what an in….
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A Colorado bill banning surprise billing for ambulance rides passed unanimously in both legislative chambers, only to be met with a veto from the governor. As more states pass such legislation, some...
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So far, @IHSgov has mostly been spared in the fed's widespread scale back. But tribal nations and orgs have lost funding elsewhere in the melee of cuts. “You’re disrupting real lives,” said Navajo council delegate, Cherilyn Yazzie. A collab with @Ajzionts and @jazmin1orozco.
NEW: Tribes and Native American organizations lost grants for community health workers, vaccinations, data modernization, and other public health efforts, the chair of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe told Congress. 📝: @K_Hought + @jazmin1orozco + @Ajzionts
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RT @ByJudyLin: “It is penny wise, pound foolish,” @XavierBecerra responds to @ahartreports about Republican and Democratic proposals to cut….
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RT @David__Erickson: There are 500 dispensaries in MT, and it's a $400M industry. But there's only 1 privately-run lab in Missoula to test….
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One of the only two testing labs in the state saw its license to test for pesticides suspended last month, leaving Fidelity Diagnostics in Missoula as the last lab standing.
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RT @Ajzionts: Federal law says #Medicaid must cover out-of-state emergency care. But what happens when hospitals won't bill your state Medi….
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He owed almost $78,000 after a hospital wouldn’t bill his out-of-state Medicaid plan. What can people do if a hospital bills them instead of their plan?
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Ed Bolen of the @CenterOnBudget said @TheFGA has a pattern of proposing technical changes to existing laws and “unw….
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The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank that’s been working for more than a decade to reshape the nation’s public assist...
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RT @KFFHealthNews: A new survey finds that more Americans are hearing false claims about measles and the vaccine that prevents it, and chan….
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The "KFF Health News Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from our newsroom to the airwaves each week.
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RT @NoraMabie: Breaking: A group of Montana students, families and tribes reached a settlement agreement with the Montana Board of Public E….
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The settlement is a major development in a years-long class action lawsuit regarding the implementation of Indian Education for All.
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Vincent River, who has worked as the jail’s sole mental health clinician for 25 years, said many people imprisoned in crisis gradually get better and leave isolation. Some don’t. “They languish there, psychotic and lonely, at the mercy of what the voices are telling them.”.
Like local jails nationwide, Montana’s small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental health crisis stall in backlogs, waiting for beds at the state-run mental hospital. @K_Hought reports:
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RT @mattvolz: “Somebody who's having a mental health crisis — they don't belong here,” said Lake County Attorney James Lapotka as he stood….
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Like local jails nationwide, Montana's small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental health crisis wait for beds at a mental hospital.
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RT @KFFHealthNews: NEW: Republicans are pushing to implement work requirements for Medicaid recipients. Some states try to help enrollees f….
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Republicans are pushing to implement requirements that Medicaid recipients work in order to obtain or retain coverage. Some states try to help enrollees find jobs. But states lack the data to show...
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RT @NoraMabie: NEW: This year will likely make history, as a bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day is poised to become law. Senate Bill….
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Senate Bill 224 now heads to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk — marking the most significant progress the legislation has made in ten years.
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On his last day of the #MAHA tour, @SecKennedy met with Navajo Nation leadership to learn more about what health issues are on their radar. Here's a glimpse of more reporting to come from @KFFHealthNews
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Next stop on the #MAHA tour, @SecKennedy toured Native Health Mesa, an FQHC that among other things provides integrated health services and food assistance. Clinic staffers said the focus of the visit was healthy foods and the impact nutrition has on preventing chronic disease.
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