After Capping Insulin Copays, Colorado Sets Its Sights on EpiPens
Colorado鈥檚 proposed legislation to cap the copay for the EpiPen is part of a nationwide trend as more states try to shield patients from skyrocketing drug prices.
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A Bitter Battle Over the 鈥極rphan Drug鈥 Program Leaves Patients鈥 Pocketbooks at Risk
Patients who depend upon special drugs to treat rare diseases are caught in the crossfire as drugmakers and the FDA battle over regulations that reward companies for developing treatments for relatively small pools of patients.
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California Says It Can No Longer Afford Aid for Covid Testing, Vaccinations for Migrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom is winding down state assistance for health care services to migrants seeking asylum. He鈥檚 lobbying the Biden administration to increase aid along the state鈥檚 southern border.
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Mark Cuban Has Been Taking On the Drug Industry. But Which One?
The billionaire entrepreneur and NBA team owner is making waves with his new drug company. But his generics aren鈥檛 always the lowest-priced deal.
By Darius Tahir She Sued a Hospital and Lost 鈥 But Felt She鈥檇 Won
Season 9, Episode 2A listener sued a hospital in small-claims court and lost but felt as if she鈥檇 won. Now, she wants to encourage more people to take their bills to court.
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Watch: In Insurers鈥 Eyes, Not All Midwives Are Equal
The first installment of InvestigateTV and KHN鈥檚 鈥淐ostly Care鈥 series explores one California mother鈥檚 experience struggling to get reimbursed for midwifery care and the differences between providers that may determine whether insurance covers them.
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Armed With Hashtags, These Activists Made Insulin Prices a Presidential Talking Point
Twitter has been a hotbed for the burgeoning insulin access movement and activism surrounding other medical conditions. For people with diabetes, the platform has helped propel concern about insulin prices into policy. Can it continue to win with hashtags?
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Your Money or Your Life: Patient on $50,000-a-Week Cancer Drug Fears Leaving Behind Huge Medical Debt
When Medicare stops paying for a pricey drug that prolongs life, an Ohio man considers giving up treatment to spare his family enormous debt.
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Special Delivery: Heart-Heavy Health Policy Valentines
KHN shares the cream of the crop of creative valentines about health policy submitted by readers and tweeters. Our favorite is anointed with an original illustration and bragging rights as 鈥渢he one.鈥
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Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs
As a money-saving strategy, emergency rooms are turning to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other staffers who earn far less than physicians.
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Montana鈥檚 Tax-Exempt Hospitals Oppose Increased Oversight by State Officials
As Montana officials seek to make nonprofit hospitals prove the benefits they provide the community justify their tax exemptions, industry leaders propose their own changes 鈥 which state officials say would further limit the state鈥檚 authority.
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Era of 鈥楩ree鈥 Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now?
Insurers, employers, and taxpayers will all be affected as drug manufacturers move these products to the commercial market.
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Community Resurrects Colorado Birth Center Closed by Private Equity Firm
A private equity firm bought a birth center and then shut it down. The community brought it back as a nonprofit.
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Health Policies Were a Prominent Theme in Biden鈥檚 State of the Union Speech
Our partners at PolitiFact fact-checked a range of President Joe Biden鈥檚 statements, including key health-related comments.
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鈥榃e Ain鈥檛 Gonna Get It鈥: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
As he takes the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the independent from Vermont and implacable champion of 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 maps out his strategy for negotiating with Republicans 鈥 and Big Pharma.
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Decisions by CVS and Optum Panicked Thousands of Their Sickest Patients
Pharmacy closures by two of the biggest home infusion companies point to grave shortages and dangers for patients who require IV nutrition to survive.
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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
As the federal government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. 鈥淎 dog would get better care than he did,鈥 one resident鈥檚 wife said.
By Jordan Rau Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Update)
Season 9, Episode 1Can a medical provider you鈥檝e never heard of send you an outrageous bill? Sure. Can you fight back and win? Yes, sometimes you can. Here鈥檚 how to do it.
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A Baby Spent 36 Days in an In-Network NICU. Why Did the Hospital Next Door Send a Bill?
A baby spent more than a month in a Chicago NICU. A big bill revealed she was treated by out-of-network doctors from the children鈥檚 hospital next door. Her parents were charged despite a state law protecting patients from such out-of-network billing 鈥 and sent to collections when they didn鈥檛 pay up.
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Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.