Daniel Chang

Correspondent for @KFFHealthNews covering Florida and the South.

[Alex Wayne @aawayne]

Welcome to the United States, the world's wealthiest and most powerful country, where people living in its capitol sleep in their cars waiting for free health care.

By @philgalewitz

https://t.co/h4xgpnFKrX

[Alex Wayne @aawayne]

Fascinating story from @dchangmiami + Fred Clasen-Kelly connecting the dots between historic redlining of Jacksonville, Florida's Black neighborhoods and the horrific gun violence its children suffer today.

Via @KFFHealthNews

https://t.co/5mJCEjzF1p

[Sabriya Rice @sabriyarice]

A Finnish study followed patients for 10 years after they had a popular knee surgery. For many, the pain continued or even worsened. “I don’t know how I would defend this procedure at all,” one study author told @RosenthalHealth of @KFFHealthNews. https://t.co/nWkhgNw7TS

[Daniel Chang @dchangmiami]

Drugmakers give consumers financial help to afford costly medications. But some health insurers keep that assistance without applying it to consumers’ deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.
https://t.co/DfbVbjDjZ0

[Alex Wayne @aawayne]

In Florida, data show that getting shot without health insurance often means a shorter stay in the hospital. And then there's the bill.

Check out our investigation with https://t.co/xbZGC6yekI

By @dchangmiami + Fred Clasen-Kelly + @olgapierce

https://t.co/2WekJvaMk8

[Markian Hawryluk @MarkianHawryluk]

Patients can save thousands with drug coupons, but only if insurers honor them, via @dchangmiami https://t.co/L8osKCdSXM

[Holly Bullard @HollyBullardFL]

“Millions of Floridians may lose access to SNAP due to the state’s high error rate, according to political analyst Holly Bullard of the Florida Policy Institute.”

https://t.co/2llKoOVrqf

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Florida lawmakers unanimously approved an expansion of a subsidized health insurance plan for kids in low-income families. But expansion has been stuck in legal limbo for more than two years, shutting out thousands of kids.

@dchangmiami reports ⤵️
https://t.co/ki2F8uET9J

[Daniel Chang @dchangmiami]

.@SecKennedy & @DrOz were in Miami this week for a "Take Back Your Health" event promoting a farm-to-hospital program. Jell-O and Cheerios came in for serious criticism, but measles got the silent treatment.
https://t.co/nuAm56miUi

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Florida lawmakers are debating adding work requirements for some adults in the Medicaid program.

Critics say the policy would force many off their health insurance, whether they meet the mandate or not. Some doubt it’s even legal, reports @dchangmiami
https://t.co/KV3GtRjbzX

[Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz]

The Trump administration has used concerns about fraud to justify major policy changes in the Obamacare marketplaces. It is kind of surprising its officials also reinstated brokers who had been involved in fraudulent enrollment.

[Daniel Chang @dchangmiami]

At The Hollow in Florida, the ‘Medical Freedom’ Movement Finds Its Base Camp https://t.co/qLF0Bm5RZv via @kffhealthnews @ArthurAllen202

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Florida embarks on a risky experiment — ending nearly five decades of mandatory vaccination.

@ArthurAllen202 reports ⤵️ https://t.co/ZulC2t7RYy

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

“These contractors are just going to get a jumbo windfall for creating systems that actually harm Americans trying to get health care,” said Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.

@rachanadpradhan + @samanthann report. ⤵️ https://t.co/USKQNjNiRD

[Daniel Chang @dchangmiami]

Much of the US health care system was built decades ago and did not plan for climate change and an increased risk of flooding. A @KFFHealthNews investigation found more than 170 US hospitals face major flood risk that could disrupt patient care. w/ @hollyhacker @BrettKelman

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

The government might be shut down, but Mother Nature doesn't care. At least 170 American hospitals face a major flood risk, which could cut off ERs and force evacuations. A @KFFHealthNews investigation from me, @hollyhacker and @dchangmiami. https://t.co/zBny0wQKL5

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: At least 170 U.S. hospitals are at risk of significant or dangerous flooding, which could interrupt or halt patient care, according to a months-long KFF Health News investigation.

📝: @hollyhacker, @BrettKelman, @dchangmiami
https://t.co/4IY5jsDy6d

[Arielle Zionts @Ajzionts]

There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived at the emergency room in the small hospital at intersection of two dirt roads in Ekalaka, MT.

There never is.

Experts believe ERs, especially in rural areas, increasingly operate with few or no doctors.

https://t.co/3KT8E3d6Lz

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: States that refused to expand Medicaid under Obamacare thought their conservative approach would pay off in the long run. As it turns out: not so much.

@dchangmiami + Sam Whitehead report. ⤵️ https://t.co/xsmiV7y6k3

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

States that refused to expand Medicaid under Obamacare thought their conservative approach would pay off in the long run. As it turns out: not so much.

@dchangmiami + Sam Whitehead report for KFF Health News + @CBSNews. ⤵️ https://t.co/VCELCkgIQD