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    (1/) Britta Foster married into a family that owns a billion dollar company. Minerva Tiznado, from Mexico, has no insurance. They get their primary care at the same clinic. A 🧵 📝: 📸:

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    Pharma companies and their lobbying groups gave roughly $1.6M to lawmakers during the first 6 months of 2021, with Republicans accepting $785K and Dems $776K, updated database shows. 📝: , ,

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    “I have never seen an entire system bottleneck this bad,” the head of 's Virginia chapter said of the shortage of state hospital beds for psychiatric patients. 📝 : Andy Miller of KHN /

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    New public health officers face the same pandemic problems that caused so many others to leave — but these replacements have even fewer tools to do the job. 📝 :

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    Amy Howe of breaks down the issues before the court and what the court might do about Texas’ abortion law in this conversation for KHN’s podcast "What the Health?" that aired Thursday. 🔉 : /

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  6. 22 hours ago

    New Advantage ads focus on concerns that new dental, hearing and vision benefits could pinch funding for the private plans many seniors choose. 📝:

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    Fewer than a third of beneficiaries take the time to compare health plans during open enrollment, even though costs and benefits change annually. 📝:

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  8. Oct 30

    "My experience demonstrates that excellent care can be delivered to patients by a system that works within financial limits. And that’s something America needs." 📝 :

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  9. Oct 30

    The economics of nursing homes is complicated. Three states have enacted limits to how much profit they can generate, but will that help when the industry claims most facilities aren't even turning a profit? 📝 :

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  10. Oct 29

    Rep. (D-Calif.) received $63,900 from pharma in the first half of 2021. Rep. (R-Wash.): $50,000 (D-N.J.): $49,300 Read the full update ⤵️ 📝: , ,

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  11. Oct 29

    Medicare Advantage enrollment has doubled to 26 million people since 2012 — now covering 42% of beneficiaries. But the plans aren’t always what they seem. Read the full breakdown by ⤵️

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    Oct 29

    Does your health plan provide regular info on how much of your deductible and annual out-of-pocket maximum you have met? Do you need this info to make health care/financial decisions? If so, and you live in California, I’d like to talk to you for a story I’m writing. DM me.

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  13. Oct 29

    (16/) Read the full story below. 📝: 📸:

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  14. Oct 29

    (15/) Paul Neumann, 84, pays St. Luke’s well north of $10,000 a year for himself, his wife and his son’s family. “I’d be happy to write a check twice as large,” he said.

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  15. Oct 29

    (14/) The co-founder said St. Luke’s arose from his concern for the uninsured and his disdain for bureaucratic systems. “There’s nobody coming in here and looking or telling us what we should or shouldn’t do,” said Dr. Erin Kiesel, a family practitioner at the clinic.

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  16. Oct 29

    (13/) St. Luke’s nonprofit tax-exempt status encourages donations, including from local corporate benefactors such as Foster Farms and winemaker E. & J. Gallo. Paying patients can also take a tax deduction on the portion of their annual fees they don’t use.

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  17. Oct 29

    (12/) Their biggest challenges are regulatory. If the clinics take fees from people enrolled in , for example, their doctors must forgo Medicare reimbursement anywhere they practice. KHN /

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  18. Oct 29

    (11/) “In my old practice, we spent almost half our time collecting payments. I thought if we could just get rid of all that overhead, we could spend more time with patients — and it proved true,” said Dr. Bob Forester, co-founder of St. Luke’s.

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  19. Oct 29

    (10/) How does direct primary care work? Doctors charge patients a monthly / annual fee for enhanced access via phone, shorter wait times and longer face-to-face visits. And they generally don’t accept insurance, eliminating the need to chase bills and authorizations.

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  20. Oct 29

    (9/) St. Luke’s is part of the movement for direct primary care, an alternative for doctors fleeing insurance-dominated medical groups. “We are indeed a small movement at this time,” said Phil Eskew, founder of DPC Frontier, which provides doctors to make that kind of switch.

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  21. Oct 29

    (8/) St. Luke’s is a local response to systemic U.S. health care problems including physician burnout, patient dissatisfaction and the fact that millions still lack care. In 2022, nearly 3.2 million Californians, including 1.3 million undocumented people, will be uninsured.

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