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I'm a correspondent covering Georgia and elsewhere in the south for KFF Health News.

Before that, I worked at local public radio stations WABE and Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and community radio station WRFI in Ithaca, New York. I spent a few years prior to that working in internet fraud de/protection for Airbnb.

You can learn more about me and see some of my work at http://www.sam-whitehead.com/.

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Médicos dicen que no será fácil cumplir con requisito de Medicaid

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By Sam Whitehead Verified
| Impacto Latino Verified
Alice Thornton ha dedicado más de dos décadas a atender a personas que viven con VIH en Lexington, Kentucky. Su equipo suele “estremecerse” cada vez que escucha que un paciente tiene que llenar una pila de formularios, como ocurre al solicitar los pagos por discapacidad del Seguro Social, porque puede ser un proceso difícil y muy engorroso. Thornton dijo que intenta apoyar a sus pacientes, pero también reconoce los límites de su formación.
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Doctors ‘cringe’ at possibility of documenting which Medicaid enrollees too sick to work

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By Sam Whitehead Verified
| McKnight's Long-Term Care News Verified
(Photo credit: Milan_Jovic/Getty Images) Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, KY. Her team tends to “cringe” anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. Thornton tries to support her patients, she said, but understands the limits of her training.
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Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work

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By Sam Whitehead Verified
| Rethinking 65 Verified
HighlightsWork Life Clients with disabilities or disabled family members should keep an eye on this issue. Your physician clients need to stay informed, too. By Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News | August 3, 2026 Linkedin X Facebook Email VK Photo by Getty Images for Unsplash+ Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky.
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