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Phil Galewitz, Senior Correspondent, covers Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, hospitals and various state health issues for KHN. He has covered the health beat for more than two decades. He is a former board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. He has a BA in health planning and administration and a master’s in public administration with an emphasis in health policy from Penn State University.

Health

In America, Covid Vaccine Eligibility Is a ‘Crazy Quilt’ of State Rules

Phil Galewitz Mar 22, 2021
Senior residents wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Labor of Love, a COVID-19 vaccination event in Los Angeles, Feb.13, 2021. Editorial credit: Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In North…
Health

‘Painless’ Glucose Monitors Pushed Despite Little Evidence They Help Most Diabetes Patients

Phil Galewitz Mar 17, 2021
Trevis Hall, of Fort Washington, Maryland, credits a continuous glucose monitor with helping him get his diabetes under control. Makers of the device say that the instant feedback provides a way to motivate healthier eating and exercise.…
Health

Tampa’s Mayor vs. A Covid-Era Super Bowl

Phil Galewitz Feb 1, 2021
Tampa, FL Mayor Jane Castor Presenting an Official Proclamation of June 19, 2020 at the Juneteenth Awareness Day Hosted by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Tampa, Florida - June 19, 2020. Editorial credit: Fitzcrittle / Shutterstock.com,…
Health

States Move Ahead With Canada Drug Importation While Awaiting Signal From Biden

Phil Galewitz Jan 30, 2021
During the presidential campaign, Joe Biden expressed support for the concept, strongly opposed by the American pharmaceutical industry. Drugmakers argue it would undercut efforts to keep their medicines safe. Editorial credit: Stratos…
Health

Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

Phil Galewitz Jan 27, 2021
About 20 million Americans have been vaccinated for covid since distribution of the first vaccines began in mid-December. The pace has also picked up in recent weeks, with more than a million Americans on average…
Health

SURVEY: Covid Vaccine Rollout Leaves Most Older Adults Confused Where to Get Shots

Phil Galewitz Jan 22, 2021
Nearly 6 in 10 people 65 and older who have not yet gotten a shot said they don’t have enough information about how to get vaccinated, according to the KFF survey. KHN is an editorially independent program of KFF.) WASHINGTON, D.C., -…
Health

Hospitals’ Rocky Rollout of COVID Vaccine Sparks Questions of Fairness

Phil Galewitz Jan 13, 2021
In some hospitals, administrators and other personnel who have no contact with patients or face no risk at work from the virus are getting shots, while patients — and even front-line staff — who are at heightened risk for covid…
Health

Trump Administration Approves First Medicaid Block Grant, in Tennessee

Phil Galewitz Jan 9, 2021
At a public hearing on block grants for Medicaid in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 1, 2019, advocates and health care professionals spoke out against the proposal. Nevertheless, the Trump administration approved it on Jan. 8, 2021, just 12…
Health

With Few Takers for COVID Vaccine, DC Hospital CEO Takes ‘One for the Team’

Phil Galewitz Dec 21, 2020
Anita Jenkins, CEO of Howard University Hospital, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital on Dec. 15. Photo Credit: Nicholas Kamm, AFP, Getty Images. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Administrators at Howard University Hospital in Washington,…
Health

Trump Plan May Set Clock Ticking on Many Health Rules — Setting Off Alarms

Phil Galewitz Dec 10, 2020
The HHS proposal appears designed to tie up the incoming Biden administration, say critics. They note the timing of the proposal, which was issued Nov. 4 — the day after Election Day, when it appeared President Donald Trump would likely…
Health

Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals

Phil Galewitz Nov 11, 2020
Biden, who turns 78 this month, said his plan will help Americans who retire early and those who are unemployed or can’t find jobs with health benefits. Editorial credit: VP Brothers / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Of…
Business

Florida Fails to Attract Bidders for Canada Drug Importation Program

Phil Galewitz Oct 26, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during an executive order signing ceremony on lowering drug prices on July 24. Trump announced new policies aimed at lowering prescription drug prices under Medicare by linking…
Health

Trump Approves Final Plan to Import Drugs From Canada ‘for a Fraction of the Price’

Phil Galewitz Sep 25, 2020
Florida, the biggest swing state in the presidential election, is one of six states to pass laws seeking federal approval to import drugs. Trump’s announcement came the same day counties in Florida began sending out vote-by-mail ballots.…
Health

Trump-Biden Race Could Hinge on How Florida’s Pinellas County Swings

Phil Galewitz Sep 22, 2020
Within the Sunshine State, few places loom as large in the race for the White House as here in Pinellas County, the largest swing county in the ultimate swing state. Skyline of St. Petersburg, Florida. Photo credit Shutterstock licensed. …
Health

Over The Objections Of Drugmakers, Trump Admin Expected To Finalize Plan To Allow States To Import…

Phil Galewitz Sep 18, 2020
Six states, Colorado, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Vermont, have passed laws allowing them to seek federal approval to buy drugs from Canada to give their residents access to lower-cost medicines. Photo credit Shutterstock…

Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study

Phil Galewitz Aug 9, 2020
During the next two months, vaccine makers hope to recruit 60,000 Americans to roll up their sleeves to test the two vaccines, one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, a German company, and the other by biotech startup Moderna. Photo credit…
Finance

The COVID-19 Downturn Triggers Jump in Medicaid Enrollment

Phil Galewitz Jul 28, 2020
Medicaid enrollment was 72.3 million in April, up from 71.5 million in March and 71 million in February, according to the latest enrollment figures released last week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The increase…

As Long Waits for Results Render COVID Tests ‘Useless,’ States Seek Workarounds

Phil Galewitz Jul 23, 2020
Montana said Wednesday that it is dropping Quest Diagnostics, one of the nation’s largest diagnostic testing companies. Instead, the state is enlisting Montana State University’s lab to process up to 500 tests a day and has finalized a…
Finance

Shingles Vaccination Rate Soars But Leaves Many Behind

Phil Galewitz Jul 9, 2020
A report shows low-income adults and those who are Black or Hispanic are far less likely to get vaccinated than whites. About 39% of non-Hispanic white adults were vaccinated for shingles by 2018, compared with about 19% of Hispanic and…
Health

As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week – Or More

Phil Galewitz Jul 9, 2020
Cars line up at city COVID-19 drive-through testing center. Sugar Land, Texas. Editorial credit: michelmond / Shutterstock.com CALIFORNIA - Elliot Truslow went to a CVS drugstore on June 15 in Tucson, Arizona, to get tested for the…
Business

Hospital Taps Small Craft Brewery For Financial Aid To Buy Masks, Gloves

Phil Galewitz Jun 16, 2020
Water's End Brewery in Woodbridge, Virginia, partnered with Beltway Brewing in Sterling, to make PPE, a West Coast-style IPA. Money raised from the sale of PPE goes to Inova Health System’s Emergency Preparedness Fund. Photo credit: Phil…
Health

Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment

Phil Galewitz Apr 23, 2020
Under the national emergency declared by the Trump administration in March, the government has suspended a federal law that required patients to have an in-person visit with a physician before they could be prescribed drugs that help quell…
Health

Amid Pandemic, FDA Seizes Cheaper Drugs From Canada

Phil Galewitz Apr 20, 2020
While seizures at the nation’s international mail facilities have periodically spiked during the past two decades, the latest crackdown is distressing many older customers whose goal is to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic. Image…
Economy

‘It’s Not Over Until It’s Over’: 5 Things To Know About Hitting The Peak

Phil Galewitz Apr 17, 2020
Lowering the number of new cases is important, but it doesn’t mean the virus is disappearing. It suggests instead that social distancing has slowed the spread of the disease and elongated the course of the pandemic, said an infectious…
Health

Furor Erupts: Billions Going To Hospitals Based On Medicare Billings, Not COVID-19

Phil Galewitz Apr 11, 2020
States such as Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana, which the pandemic has touched relatively lightly, are getting more than $300,000 per reported COVID-19 case in the $30 billion, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. Image by F.…
Health

To ‘Keep The Lights On,’ Doctors And Hospitals Ask For Advance Medicare Payments

Phil Galewitz Apr 10, 2020
“Healthcare providers are making massive financial sacrifices to care for the influx of coronavirus patients,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement. Photo credit: C-SPAN WASHINGTON,…
Health

Retiree-Rich Palm Beach County Leads Florida In COVID-19 Deaths

Phil Galewitz Apr 8, 2020
Health experts attribute the Palm Beach county’s high mortality rate to three factors: a large elder population, its lack of available testing, and frequent travel among residents and visitors to and from the New York metro area, the…
Finance

Medicaid Nearing ‘Eye Of Storm’ As Newly Unemployed Look For Coverage

Phil Galewitz Apr 3, 2020
The Labor Department reported Thursday that more than 6.6 million people signed up for unemployment insurance during the week that ended March 28. Many of these newly unemployed people may turn to Medicaid for their families.…
Health

Under Pressure, Florida Governor Finally Orders Residents To Stay Home

Phil Galewitz Apr 1, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an executive order to limit Floridians movements outside of their home in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He also shared his concerns regarding cruise ships with outbreaks on board docking in…
Economy

With Coronavirus Rare In Rural Florida, Experts Dispute Way Forward

Phil Galewitz Apr 1, 2020
On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a stay-at-home order for residents of South Florida until April 14, saying the action makes sense for the region because of the number of cases concentrated there. Photo credit: C-SPAN. …
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