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鈥淐ertificate of need鈥 laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue.
吃瓜不打烊 and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and state media this week to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Anti-abortion groups and their allies secured a generational victory in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned “Roe v. Wade.” A lawsuit in Texas demonstrates how those same forces threaten access to other health services, including birth control and screenings for cancer and sexually transmitted infections.
The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
What does a law to protect worker pensions have to do with how health insurance is regulated? Far more than most people may think. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, turns 50 in September. The law fundamentally changed the way the federal and state governments regulate employer-provided health insurance and continues to shape health policy in the United States. In this special episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥, host and 吃瓜不打烊 chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner speaks to Larry Levitt of KFF, Paul Fronstin of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, and Ilyse Schuman of the American Benefits Council about the history of ERISA and what its future might hold.
Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, was established to exclusively admit Black patients during a time when Jim Crow laws barred them from accessing the same health care facilities as white patients. Its closure underscores how hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. fell casualty to social progress.
While fighting potential fraud in government programs has long been a conservative rallying cry, recent criticisms of the Affordable Care Act represent a renewed line of attack on the program when repealing it is unlikely.
With medical devices, recalls are not always what they seem. In some recalls, including some of the most serious, the FDA and the manufacturers let doctors and hospitals continue to use the devices.
Millions of dollars from national opioid settlements are pouring into Mississippi. The state and localities haven鈥檛 spent much yet. In many cases, how the money will be used is up in the air.
Six months after the Feb. 14 parade, parents of survivors under 18 years old say their children are deeply changed. In this installment of 鈥淭he Injured,鈥 we meet kids who survived the mass shooting only to live with long-term emotional scars.
Proposed legislation would require the state attorney general鈥檚 consent for a wide range of private equity acquisitions in health care. The hospital lobby negotiated an exemption for for-profit hospitals.
This installment of InvestigateTV and 吃瓜不打烊鈥 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series digs into patients’ getting charged hospital prices for doctor鈥檚 office care. For five years, a patient got the same injection from the same office. Then it changed how it billed and she owed more than $1,100 for one treatment.
Exercise is considered fundamental treatment for Parkinson鈥檚 disease, a progressive condition that attacks the central nervous system. But there鈥檚 a huge equity gap, researchers say, with Black people missing from popular treatment programs.
How do the top-of-the-ticket candidates compare on abortion, medical debt, and more? Here鈥檚 what you need to know.
吃瓜不打烊 and California Healthline staff took to the airwaves in the last couple of weeks to discuss maternal health care challenges in rural areas. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Clashes between residents 鈥 verbal, physical, and sexual 鈥 can be spontaneous and too unpredictable to prevent. But the chance of an altercation increases when memory care homes admit and retain residents they can鈥檛 manage, according to a 吃瓜不打烊 examination of inspection and court records and interviews with researchers.
California is among a growing number of states that offer dental benefits to low-income residents, but some lawmakers want the state to go further by covering more cleanings and costlier implants. Dentists and health experts worry the approach doesn鈥檛 address the root of the problem: Many providers don鈥檛 accept Medicaid.
Vice President Kamala Harris this week officially became the Democratic nominee for president and named Minnesota governor and former U.S. congressman Tim Walz as her running mate. Meanwhile, a new study finds the number of abortions taking place since the overturn of 鈥淩oe v. Wade鈥 continued to rise into early this year, despite the imposition of abortion bans around the country. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 吃瓜不打烊 chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
