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  What Trump and Harris could do to your health care - The Washington Post

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  What Trump and Harris could do to your health care Today, we cut through the political noise and learn how the presidential candidates’ competing agendas could affect our health care. Thursday, October 10, 2024 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Brandon Bell and Spencer Platt/Getty Images) From Medicare …

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  Analysis | Cash shortages and complex rules impede Native American health-care access

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  Good morning from the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, where we’re keeping our Florida readers in our thoughts. I’m Arielle Zionts, a rural health correspondent for KFF Health News based in Rapid City. Send your experiences navigating the Indian Health Service to me at …

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  Florida officials rush to evacuate vulnerable patients ahead of Milton

  The Washington Post - David Ovalle, Sabrina Malhi

  State officials said 352 health-care facilities had reported evacuations, including 16 hospitals and seven hospice facilities. An armada of ambulances, buses and helicopters this week have ferried thousands of sick and vulnerable people to safer ground in a medical evacuation unparalleled in Florida …

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  Florida threatens to criminally charge TV stations airing abortion rights ad

  The Washington Post - Ben Brasch

  The Florida health department is demanding stations pull the ad, which urges voters to defeat the state’s six-week abortion ban at the polls. Florida’s health department threatened criminal charges for television stations that run a political ad calling for the repeal of the state’s six-week …

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  ‘Office’ star Jenna Fischer had triple-positive breast cancer. What is it?

  The Washington Post - Adela Suliman

  Fischer said she had recently become “cancer free” after months of treatment. Actor Jenna Fischer, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in “The Office,” revealed that last year she had been diagnosed with Stage 1 triple-positive breast cancer, adding that she had recently become “cancer free” after …

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  Analysis | Florida’s hospitals and health-care workers brace for Milton

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  Good morning. I’m Sabrina Malhi, a Post reporter covering national health-care issues, including those related to Hurricanes Helene and Milton. My colleague David Ovalle and I read reports of the emotional and mental toll these disasters are taking on health-care workers in affected hospitals, …