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Melissa Bailey

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As seen in: CNN, MSN, The New York Times, Color Research & Application, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, WebMD and
Journalist covering climate & health. 2015 Nieman fellow. ✏️ in WaPo, @nytimes & others. Prev: @KHNews, @statnews, @newhavenindy, Scripps fellow @CUBoulder.
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'No one is coming.' Hospice patients abandoned at death's door

'No one is coming.' Hospice patients abandoned at death's door

An analysis by Kaiser Health News of 20,000 government inspection records revealed that missed visits and neg…

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Ambulance trips can leave you with surprising - and very expensive - bills

Ambulance trips can leave you with surprising - and very expensive - bills

One patient got a $3,660 bill for a four-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from a hospital tha…

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Dying at home in pain doesn't keep relatives from stealing the pills

Dying at home in pain doesn't keep relatives from stealing the pills

Nothing seemed to help the patient - and the hospice staff didn't know why. They sent home more painkillers f…

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'Put The Fire Under Us': Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death

'Put The Fire Under Us': Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death

"It would feel like murder to pull her life support," a young woman tells the doctor. The woman sits by a hos…

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As Trump Targets Immigrants, Elderly Brace To Lose Caregivers

As Trump Targets Immigrants, Elderly Brace To Lose Caregivers

BOSTON - After back-to-back, eight-hour shifts at a chiropractor's office and a rehab center, Nirva arrived o…

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Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns

As America copes with an epidemic of gun violence, there has been vigorous debate about how to prevent people…

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A Final Comfort: 'Palliative Transport' Brings Dying Children Home

A Final Comfort: 'Palliative Transport' Brings Dying Children Home

Anne Brescia sat beside her only child, Anthony, as he lay unconscious in a hospital bed at age 16. Just a fe…

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A genetic-testing scam is targeting seniors and ripping off Medicare

A genetic-testing scam is targeting seniors and ripping off Medicare

The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn't usually answer solicitations from strangers, she said, but the yo…

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Lost On The Frontline

Lost On The Frontline

"Lost on the Frontline" is a collaboration between The Guardian and Kaiser Health News that aims to document …

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