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News Articles: Health Care

Ellen Allen holds the letter from President Trump that explains the $500 payment she got. It's about a quarter of what she had to pay monthly in 2026 after her ACA insurance premiums skyrocketed. NPR has redacted her address in the letter to protect her privacy.

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  • Health Care

She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'

As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.

October 08, 2026
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Naman Shah examines a patient at Monrovia Health Center, a Los Angeles County public health clinic in Monrovia, California. Shah says reducing medical debt in the community will depend on effective prevention strategies, just as stopping the spread of infectious disease does.

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  • Health Care

Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix

In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay.

October 08, 2026
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By:
  • Noam Levey

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  • Health Care

What's behind HHS claims that gender-affirming care 'may' radicalize

The report is the agency's latest effort to chip away at trust in established health care models for transgender people. Critics say it frames transgender identity as illegitimate or even dangerous.

October 02, 2026
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
FILE PHOTO - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter takes questions from the media during a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 20, 2015. REUTERS/John Amis/File Picture

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  • News

Georgia Today: Voter lawsuit tossed; Candidates focus on health care; Jimmy Carter's birthday

On the Oct. 1 edition: Healthcare and affordability take center stage in the Georgia governor's race; the Atlanta Braves face elimination in the wild card series; the State Election Board considers a big last-minute change.

October 01, 2026
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Miranda Hawkins
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  • Mental Health

Two Middle Georgia mental health providers merge as the state streamlines its safety net care

There are 21 community service boards in Georgia, born out of an effort to standardize mental health care out of regional hospitals and back into communities. 

September 25, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Immigration

Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids

The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.

September 17, 2026
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
Maija Whitefeather-Manning, 28, cuddles her newborn baby, Corvus, at United Hospital District in Blue Earth, Minnesota- the only hospital in the region.

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  • Health Care

One rural hospital offers hope amid nationwide rural maternity ward closures

As more rural hospitals shut down maternity wards, one hospital in Minnesota has a survival strategy that could spur others to imitate  it.

September 10, 2026
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By:
  • Molly Castle Work
Dr. William Richardson opens the telemedicine portal at his clinic, Choices Women's Center, through which he can see patients seeking an abortion, in his office at the clinic in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.

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  • Health Care

A Louisiana case could upend telehealth abortion. What exactly is it?

As a federal appeals court considers Louisiana's lawsuit to end telehealth abortion access, a longtime OB-GYN in Arizona explains how telehealth works in his clinic.

September 09, 2026
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Profile of a seated person wearing a cap, with elbows on knees

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  • Mental Health

Veterans in Georgia can get mental health help by dialing 988. Too many don't know it

Data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says over half of veterans who died by suicide in 2023 were not diagnosed with or treated for mental illness in the last year of their lives.

September 08, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
UGA researcher Yaw Buabeng poses for a photo

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  • Health

Blue light damage comes from the sun, digital devices. Here's how to protect your eyes.

Blue light exposure, more than any other wavelength, can damage the eyes and vision over time, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

September 07, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health Care

A N.Y. hospital tried to close its birthing center. This city united to fight back

Democrats and Republicans in Troy, N.Y., took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.

September 04, 2026
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By:
  • Noam Levey
Brave kid getting a vaccine shot at the pediatrician

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  • Health

With the CDC silent on vaccine guidance, physician-led groups make their own for the upcoming season

Respiratory virus season usually lasts from fall through mid-Spring, with cases of common infectious diseases spiking in the winter and over the holidays.

September 03, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A selfie taken and posted by an Amerigroup Georgia representative at an event in Kennesaw, Ga.

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  • Health

Diaper days, ice cream social: Medicaid provider hosts health, wellness days in Georgia

Amerigroup Georgia is partnering with community organizations to support events that educate and promote healthy lifestyles for Georgia families this month.

September 02, 2026
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The Georgia Access website displayed on a computer screen.

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  • Health

ACA premium prices insuring 900K Georgians to shoot up — again

The Affordable Care Act health insurance program that covers 900,000 Georgians is on track to see price hikes of as much as 20% or more when open enrollment begins this fall for 2027 coverage. That’s according to state data obtained by the Georgia Recorder for the ACA exchange run by the state and called Georgia Access.

August 31, 2026
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By:
  • Ariel Hart and
  • Georgia Recorder
Xavier Becerra campaigns to be governor of California in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo on August 18. He faces Republican Steve Hilton in the race to succeed two-term Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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  • Health Care

Becerra, running for governor of California, faces a health insurance problem

The nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance.

August 24, 2026
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By:
  • Christine Mai-Duc
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