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A shortage of health care workers in Kansas has created a crisis at nursing homes, which are closing even as the state’s population continues to age.
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New Census data shows that more Americans have health insurance now than before the pandemic thanks to special federal programs. But not so in Kansas, where insurance rates dropped significantly below the U.S. average for the first time in decades.
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2020 brought a sharp rise in the already-dire rate of Black infant mortality in Kansas. Black babies are now nearly three and a half times as likely to die in their first year of life as white babies.
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Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine, or TCHATT, was created in response to an increasing number of children who are unable to access mental health services, mostly due to a low number of providers.
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Last year, the federal government required most insurance companies to cover the drug known as PrEP. But a group of Christian business owners claimed the mandate pushes them to “facilitate homosexual behavior.”
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In the past 10 years, more than 20 rural hospitals in Texas have stopped delivering babies.
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The money helps hospitals pay for health care for uninsured people in Texas, which has more residents without coverage than any other state.
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It can be a lifeline for transgender youth, especially those struggling with their mental health and thoughts of suicide.
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Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the state’s child welfare agency to investigate family and medical providers who help young transgender youth receive gender-affirming care. The move immediately attracted a legal challenge and condemnation across the country from LGBTQ+ advocates. They say the state policy is part of a years-long campaign against trans youth in Texas — and it’s inspired one young Texan to speak out.
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A state judge’s ruling does not stop the agency from opening investigations into other families in similar situations.