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The Trump administration's policy shift on Title X family planning funds is likely to make birth control harder to get and more expensive for low-income women. It will also shift funds from organizations like Planned Parenthood to the Obria Group, which does not give women hormonal contraceptives or condoms in its clinics.
The recent tragic mass shootings have refocused efforts to treat gun violence as a public health issue rather than strictly a law enforcement problem. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the health implications of the budget deal passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, as well as reaction from Canada to a proposal to allow broader imports of its prescription drugs. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee unveiled their long-awaited proposal to try to rein in prescription drug costs, even as bipartisan leaders of the other Senate committee that oversees health announced it would not bring its drug price bill to the Senate floor until fall. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus court actions on health issues.
The proposal is far from minimal and includes several provisions that Congress has failed repeatedly to enact, including some that were part of the original Affordable Care Act debate.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitors Medicare for All plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but would go much further. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus Planned Parenthoods very bad week, the U.S. House vote to repeal the health laws Cadillac tax on generous health plans, and the reduction in deaths from opioids.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Is the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional? That was the question before a federal appeals court in New Orleans this week. Two of the three judges on the panel seemed inclined to agree with a lower court that the elimination of the tax penalty for failure to maintain coverage could mean the entire health law should fall. Also this week, President Donald Trump wants to improve care for people with kidney disease. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus courts blocking efforts to require drug prices in TV ads and to kick Planned Parenthood out of the federal family planning program. Plus, Rovner interviews University of Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley about the latest legal threat to the ACA.
After a wave of Democratic women were elected in 2018, Maine joins the handful of states that are shoring up the right to an abortion ahead of expected Supreme Court challenges.
The doctors group, which had not been very vocal in recent years on the issue, is taking an assertive stance. The AMA said North Dakotas laws interfere with doctor-patient relationships.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Democratic presidential candidates disagreed on how to fix health care in their first debate Wednesday, although they all called for boosting insurance coverage and lowering prices. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is keeping health care in the news, too, with a new plan to make medical prices more available to the public. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about bipartisan progress on catch-all legislation to address surprise medical bills. Plus, Rovner interviews NPRs Jon Hamilton about the latest KHN-NPR Bill of the Month installment.
So far in 2019, nine states have passed laws to outlaw abortion or forbid it past a certain point in pregnancy. None of these laws are in effect, and many are being litigated in the courts.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Lawmakers and patients want to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Hospitals, doctors and insurers say they want to eliminate them, too, but their opposition to one anothers proposals could complicate legislative efforts. Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus the latest in news about reproductive health and health care sharing ministries.
Supporters of the rule say it would strengthen health care professionals freedom of conscience, but opponents say it empowers bad actors to be bad actors.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
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