Articles tagged as: KCUR
February 26, 2024
Report finds more 42% of Indiana's rural hospitals no longer deliver babies
The report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found a growing number of rural hospitals no longer deliver babies.
Read MoreFebruary 19, 2024
As more rural hospitals stop delivering babies, some are determined to make it work
At a time when many rural hospitals continue to make the tough choice to shutter their obstetrics units and stop delivering babies, some have found ways to make their units survive and, sometimes, even thrive.
Read MoreFebruary 16, 2024
The feds sent letters to Indiana among other states to fix SNAP application errors and inefficiencies
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack sent out a letter to the governors of 44 states that are not meeting federal standards for processing SNAP applications.
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024
Her colonoscopy should cost her $0 per federal law. Why was she asked to pay $765?
A screening colonoscopy is supposed to be free, under federal rules. But an Indiana woman still got a $765 bill. For a year and a half, she got no answers why just finger-pointing between the hospital and insurance. She got sent to debt collection. Then, she reached out to a journalist.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2024
Are schools prepared to respond if a student’s heart stops? Data shows some aren’t
Chances of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest are significantly higher if a school is prepared with a response plan and devices known as AEDs. But data show many schools aren't as prepared as they could be.
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2024
5 Ways America's courts could change health care in 2024
Key court decisions in 2024 about prescription drug prices, abortion bans, gender-affirming care and the Affordable Care Act could change the way health care is delivered in America.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2024
Why are people afraid of the most popular opioid addiction treatment?
Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now its making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2024
Medicaid unwinding is causing people with disabilities to lose coverage with devastating consequences
Some people with disabilities are caught up in the Medicaid unwinding process and losing their coverage despite their best efforts.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2024
Some states with abortion bans saw slightly more births, new analysis finds
A recent report estimates how abortion bans in states like Kentucky and Missouri affected birth rates during the first half of 2023. Its an early indicator that the bans arent equal in terms of impact.
Read MoreDecember 28, 2023
Your college student is back home and you want to talk mental health? Keep this mind
Thousands of college students are home with their families this week. It's a great time for parents to check on their kids' mental health but they need the right approach to do it.
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