Abortion Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The Abortion Wars Rage Onkhn.org A federal district judge in Oregon blocked new rules for the federal family planning program issued by the Trump administration and due to take …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Policy Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ You Have Questions, We Have Answerskhn.org This week, KHN’s “What the Health?” panelists answered questions submitted by listeners. Among the topics covered were what might happen to parts of …
Mick Mulvaney Mulvaney: Trump Brought Down Drug Prices For The First Time In 50 Yearskhn.org - By Shefali Luthra President Donald Trump announced last month that the GOP will become “the party of health care,” and news reports suggest he intends to make it a top …
Bernie Sanders Watch: Sanders Re-Ups ‘Medicare-For-All,’ Gets More Mileage On Campaign Trail3khn.org KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on two CNN programs to help explain what’s known and what’s still to be figured out about …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMedicare Watch: Sanders Re-Ups ‘Medicare-For-All,’ Gets More Mileage On Campaign Trailkhn.org KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on two CNN programs to help explain what’s known and what’s still to be figured out about …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Care Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health’: Still More ‘Medicare-For-All’khn.org Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled the 2019 version of his “Medicare-for-all” bill this week. But even more than two …
Health Care As Sanders Officially Revives Medicare-For-All, Plan B For Democrats Gains Tractionkhn.org - By Shefali Luthra As Democratic presidential primary candidates try to walk a political tightrope between the party’s progressive and center-left wings, they face …
Health Policy The Blame Game: Everyone And No One Is Raising Insulin Priceskhn.org - By Rachel Bluth A casual observer of Wednesday’s House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing might think insulin prices just go up by themselves. After all, the …
Health Policy Lethal Plans: When Seniors Turn To Suicide In Long-Term Carekhn.org - By Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia April 9, 2019 When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing home in late 2017, he wasn’t supposed to be there long. At 77, the stoic …
Play buttonHealth Policy Can Someone Tell Me What A PBM Does?khn.org - By Rachel Bluth It was back-to-school day at the Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday morning. In the third of a series of hearings on rising drug prices, the …
Health Big Soda Pours Big Bucks Into California’s Capitolkhn.org - By Samantha Young Dinners at an expensive restaurant in Maui — with ocean views. Tickets to professional sports games. A free screening of “Black Panther” at a …
Play buttonHealth Policy Consumers Rejected Drug Plan That Mirrors Trump Administration Proposalkhn.org - By Sydney Lupkin Unraveling how much of a prescription drug price gets swallowed by “middlemen” is at the forefront of Tuesday’s drug price hearing in the Senate. One …
Health Mourning Paradise: Collective Trauma In A Town Destroyedkhn.org - By Stephanie O'Neill One of the final memories Carol Holcomb has of her pine-shaded neighborhood was the morning sun that reflected red and gold on her trees last Nov. 8. …
Health Policy Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskeskhn.org - By Brianna Labuskes Happy Friday! The question for the day is: If there were a drug that would turbocharge your brain, would you take it? I’ve seen enough sci-fi movies …
Health On The Border, Volunteer Doctors Struggle To Provide Stopgap Care To Immigrantskhn.org - By Anna Maria Barry-Jester EL PASO, Texas — It wasn’t the rash covering Meliza’s feet and legs that worried Dr. José Manuel de la Rosa. What concerned him were the deep bruises …
Health Exemptions Surge As Parents And Doctors Do ‘Hail Mary’ Around Vaccine Lawskhn.org - By Barbara Feder Ostrov SAN JOSE, Calif. — At two public charter schools in the Sonoma wine country town of Sebastopol, more than half the kindergartners received medical …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health’ The GOP’s Health Reform Whiplashkhn.org President Donald Trump last week insisted that Republicans would move this year to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Or possibly not. …
Health How Easy Are Vaccine Exemptions? Take A Look At The Oregon Modelkhn.org - By JoNel Aleccia As measles outbreaks continue in the Northwest and across the nation, newly revealed health records from Oregon suggest it’s surprisingly easy to opt …
Health Popular Weed Killer’s Alleged Link To Cancer Spreads Concernkhn.org - By Marla Cone Clumps of dandelions have popped up in your yard, so you reach for a bottle of Roundup, the popular weed killer. It is known for being very …
Health Finding Homeless Patients A Place To Healkhn.org - By Ana B. Ibarra SAN JOSE, Calif. — After they amputated the second toe on John Trumbla’s right foot last summer, doctors sent him to a nursing home because he still …
Health Fixing Surprise Medical Bill Problem Shouldn’t Fall To Consumers, Panel Toldkhn.org - By Rachel Bluth One point drew clear agreement Tuesday during a House subcommittee hearing: When it comes to the problem of surprise medical bills, the solution must …
Medicine Elite Hospitals Plunge Into Unproven Stem Cell Treatmentskhn.org - By Liz Szabo The online video seems to promise everything an arthritis patient could want. The six-minute segment mimics a morning talk show, using a polished TV …
Health California Hospitals See Massive Surge In Homeless Patientskhn.org - By Phillip Reese Homeless patients made about 100,000 visits to California hospitals in 2017, marking a 28% rise from two years earlier, according to the most recent …
Health Suicide Risk Grew After Missouri Medicaid Kids Shifted To Managed Care, Hospitals Saykhn.org - By Phil Galewitz After more than 2,000 Missouri children diagnosed with mental illness were shifted from traditional Medicaid into three for-profit managed-care …
Health CMS Ignores Federal Judge Ruling To Approve Medicaid Work Rules in Utahkhn.org - By Phil Galewitz Less than 48 hours after a federal judge struck down Medicaid work requirements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday gave Utah …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Policy Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskeskhn.org - By Brianna Labuskes Happy Friday and happy spring! A huge thanks to KHN Executive Editor Damon Darlin for stepping in last week as yours truly did a bit of sightseeing …
Health Policy Doughnut Hole Is Gone, But Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Still Bite Into Budgetskhn.org - By Michelle Andrews Three times a week, Tod Gervich injects himself with Copaxone, a prescription drug that can reduce the frequency of relapses in people who have some …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHealth Care Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health’ Health Care’s Back (In Court)khn.org A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked work requirements for Medicaid recipients in Arkansas and Kentucky. Since the …
Health World’s First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Succeedskhn.org - By Victoria Knight and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez The world’s first kidney transplant from a living HIV-positive donor to another HIV-positive person was successfully performed Monday by doctors at a …
Health Health Officials’ Plug For Next FDA Chief: Go Big On E-Cig Regulationkhn.org - By Shefali Luthra In an almost uniform response to the impending exit of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, city and county public health …
