health care access

Amid Medicaid's 'unwinding,' many states work to expand health care access

7:00am August 16, 2024

States have been culling their Medicaid rolls since pandemic coverage protections expired last year. But more than a dozen states have also expanded access for lower-income people, including children.

Around 42% of respondents in a recent NPR poll said someone in their household had used telehealth. Of those, 82% reported satisfaction, yet nearly two-thirds — 64% — would have preferred to see their nurse or doctor in person.

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Patients say telehealth is OK, but most prefer to see their doctor in person

2:33pm October 18, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

An NPR poll finds that while a large majority of people using telehealth during the pandemic were satisfied, nearly two-thirds prefer in-person visits. That may foretell telehealth's future.

As Democratic presidential candidates prepare to debate again on Tuesday night, health care proposals are likely to come up, as they did during the November 20 debate. Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., (left) Former vice president Joe

Medicare for All? A Public Option? Health Care Terms, Explained

12:38pm January 14, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Democratic presidential candidates and the pundits who discuss them throw out a lot of terms describing plans for a new and improved health care system. But what do they all mean?

Band-aid at the ready, Sara McRae, a medical assistant at Unity Health Care, heads in to vaccinate a pediatric patient.

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The Other Reasons Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinations: Poverty And Health Care Access

12:03am May 21, 2019

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Religious and ideological opposition to vaccines has fueled the current measles outbreak. But there's another factor driving low vaccination rates in some communities: poverty.

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