Emily Bazar, KFF Health News

Emily Bazar

KFF Health News

Sacramento, CA, United States

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Past:
  • KFF Health News
  • CaliforniaHealthline
  • L.A. Daily News
  • The Sacramento Bee
  • SGV Tribune
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel

Past articles by Emily:

Doctor Survived Cambodia’s Killing Fields, but Not Covid

Dr. Linath Lim came to the U.S. as a refugee after slaving at work camps under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Even with little English or education when she arrived, Lim put herself through college… → Read More

Without Obamacare Penalty, Think It’ll Be Nice To Drop Your Plan? Better Think Twice

If you’re among the millions of people expected to forgo health insurance next year when the Affordable Care Act tax penalty goes away, the financial consequences could be dire if you need unexpected medical care. → Read More

Time For That Colonoscopy? Probe Your Doc First On How The Scopes Are Cleaned

Millions of Americans undergo procedures each year requiring medical scopes, but there’s growing concern about the risk of infection from dirty devices. Be prepared to ask questions — and bail if you’re not satisfied with the answers. → Read More

Time For That Colonoscopy? Probe Your Doc First On How The Scopes Are Cleaned

Millions of Americans undergo procedures each year requiring medical scopes, but there’s growing concern about the risk of infection from dirty devices. Be prepared to ask questions — and bail if you’re not satisfied with the answers. → Read More

When Erratic Teenage Behavior Means Something More

Teenagers can be volatile and moody, but there are some specific signs that separate typical adolescent behavior from potentially serious mental health problems. → Read More

When Erratic Teenage Behavior Means Something More

Teenagers can be volatile and moody, but there are some specific signs that separate typical adolescent behavior from potentially serious mental health problems. → Read More

Tax-Funded Mental Health Programs Not Always Easy To Find

Revenue from California’s Mental Health Services Act has funded billions of dollars in mental health programs across the state, but finding out what’s available — and to whom — could be a challenge for consumers. → Read More

Tax-Funded Mental Health Programs Not Always Easy To Find

Revenue from California’s Mental Health Services Act has funded billions of dollars in mental health programs across the state, but finding out what’s available — and to whom — could be a challenge for consumers. → Read More

Staying Alive: How To Fight An Opioid Addiction

First of all, make sure you have an overdose reversal drug handy. Then prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication. → Read More

Staying Alive: How To Fight An Opioid Addiction

First of all, make sure you have an overdose reversal drug handy. Then prepare for years of vigilance and long-term medication. → Read More

Ding Dong! The Obamacare Tax Penalty Is(n’t) Dead

When President Donald Trump signed the nation’s new tax law, he also killed the Affordable Care Act’s tax penalty — but not until 2019. Despite widespread confusion, experts caution that consumers still need to pay the tax penalty if they were uninsured last year or will be this year. → Read More

Ding dong! The Obamacare Tax Penalty is(n’t) dead

The penalty won’t go away until 2019, and that means you still will owe Uncle Sam if you didn’t have health insurance — or an exemption from the mandate — in 2017. The same holds true for this year… → Read More

Ding Dong! The Obamacare Tax Penalty Is(n’t) Dead

When President Donald Trump signed the nation’s new tax law, he also killed the Affordable Care Act’s tax penalty — but not until 2019. Despite widespread confusion, experts caution that consumers still need to pay the tax penalty if they were uninsured last year or will be this year. → Read More

Family Crisis Or New Joy? Get Paid Time Off For It

California’s family leave program allows people to get time off to care for a new child or sick relative. The wage replacement rate rises this year. → Read More

Family Crisis Or New Joy? Get Paid Time Off For It

California’s family leave program allows people to get time off to care for a new child or sick relative. The wage replacement rate rises this year. → Read More

Giving Medicaid Enrollees Something To Smile About

More than 7 million California adults enrolled in Medi-Cal regained coverage for critical dental care, including crowns and partial dentures, this month. → Read More

State Gives Medi-Cal Enrollees Something To Smile About

More than 7 million California adults enrolled in Medi-Cal regained coverage for critical dental care, including crowns and partial dentures, this month. → Read More

Problems With Your Hospital Care? Speak Up!

If you’re in the hospital and aren’t happy with how they are treating you, here are some simple steps to improve your situation. → Read More

For Millions of Insured Americans, State Health Laws Don’t Apply

Many states have adopted strong consumer regulations, but they don’t protect the millions of Americans with a specific type of job-based coverage. → Read More

Acute Confusion As Exchange Enrollment Nears

The political maelstrom swirling around health care this year — from attempts to repeal Obamacare to the loss of funding for a key ACA subsidy — will complicate the upcoming enrollment period for Covered California consumers starting Nov. 1. → Read More