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• Washington Power Has Shifted. Here’s How the ACA May Shift, Too. (2024/11/21 10:00)

  With a new Trump administration poised to move into the White House and Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress, party leaders are making a to-do list for the Affordable Care Act.
• Listen: A Tussle With a Rattlesnake Can Take a Bite Out of Your Wallet (2024/11/20 10:00)

  Listen to KFF Health News' Jackie Fortiér recount how a backyard snakebite led to a harrowing hospitalization — and big bills — for a San Diego family.
• Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors (2024/11/20 10:00)

  Corneas, the windshields of the eye, are the most transplanted part of the human body. But four former employees at Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank told of numerous retrieval problems, including damage to eyes and removal from the wrong body.
• FTC, Indiana Residents Pressure State To Block Hospital Merger (2024/11/19 20:54)

  Hundreds of people and the Federal Trade Commission weighed in on a proposed hospital merger in Terre Haute, Indiana, with most arguing that the creation of a monopoly would increase costs and worsen patient care.
• Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’ (2024/11/19 15:30)

  “Health Minute” brings original health care and health policy reporting from the KFF Health News newsroom to the airwaves each week.
• Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage Could Change How Hospitals Manage Patient Hydration (2024/11/19 10:00)

  Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say the shortage accelerated their plans to change IV fluid hydration protocols altogether.
• Idaho Calls Abortion ‘Barbaric and Gruesome’ in Trial Challenging Strict Ban (2024/11/18 21:37)

  Women with serious pregnancy complications who were denied abortion care have turned to state courts after appeals to state lawmakers to clarify medical exceptions have largely failed.
• Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain (2024/11/18 10:00)

  With his term soon to expire, Social Security chief Martin O’Malley’s efforts to address the agency’s overpayments to beneficiaries remain incomplete.