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As Medicaid Shrinks, Clinics for the Poor Are Trying to Survive

TYLER, Texas — Appointment cancellations and financial distress have become a constant at Bethesda Pediatrics, a nonprofit medical clinic in East Texas that is heavily dependent on Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor. On a recent Monday, the mother of a toddler who had a primary care appointment broke down in tears after learning the child had just lost Medicaid coverage, wondering how she could pay the bill. Another mother told Dr. Danny Price, the clinic’s lead pediatrician, th

Politics, pay and too few dentists: Barriers to healing the pain in Kentuckians' mouths | Kentucky

Politics, pay and too few dentists

At the Red Bird Mission dental clinic in Southeastern Kentucky, patients with few or no teeth now are eligible for dentures through an expansion of the state’s Medicaid dental services

Politics, pay and too few dentists: Barriers to healing the pain in Kentuckians' mouths | Kentucky

At the Red Bird Mission dental clinic in Southeastern Kentucky, patients with few or no teeth now are eligible for dentures through an expansion of the state’s Medicaid dental services

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COVID vaccines for kids under 5 could be available in Kentucky soon

The vaccines for children as young as 6 months could be available in Kentucky next week with final federal approval.

Health providers fear end of covid aid for uninsured

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the pandemic -- but only for covid-19.

COVID Coverage for All Dries up Even as Hospital Costs Rise

Things are reverting to the way they were as federal money for COVID care of the uninsured dries up, creating a potential barrier to timely access. But the virus is not contained, even if it’s better controlled. And safety-net hospitals and clinics are seeing sharply higher costs for salaries and other basic operating expenses. 

Even as hospital costs rise, COVID-19 coverage for all dries up

One woman said if she or her husband gets COVID-19, "we don’t have a way to pay for it. It would likely bankrupt us if we can’t find some other help.”

COVID coverage for all dries up as hospital costs rise

The federal money for testing, treating and vaccinating uninsured Americans has run out.