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Congress approved two bills last month that prohibit provisions keeping pharmacists from telling patients when they can save money by paying the cash price instead of the price negotiated by their insurance plan.
In the bipartisan opioid bill headed to the presidents desk, hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you dont have to.
Medevac helicopter companies are on the radar of an FAA funding bill likely to pass the House and Senate this week.
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico talk about a spate of health-related legislative action on Capitol Hill, including Senate passage of a bill to address the opioid epidemic. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week.
The measure is designed to help people getting emergency care from hospitals or doctors that are not part of their insurance network.
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about the Food and Drug Administrations latest actions to address teenagers use of e-cigarettes, Arkansas Medicaid work requirements and news about the uninsured from the latest federal Census report.
At least 11 states are going to try to tax opioids despite pushback from pharmaceutical companies.
California legislators approved some significant health care proposals in their rush to meet the Friday end-of-session deadline. They tackled controversial topics, such as making abortion pills available on college campuses, and adopted measures countering Trump administration attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Joanne Kenen of Politico answer listeners questions about health policy and politics.
The six-term Arizona senator, who died Saturday, took on some of health cares goliaths, such as the tobacco industry and insurance companies, in addition to the health law.
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about the new push on health legislation by Republicans in the House, as well as developments on Medicaid work requirements, drug prices and the fate of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health stories of the week.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you dont have to.
As the opioid epidemic rages, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and researcher is leading an effort to curb overprescribing by offering procedure-specific guidelines to ensure that post-surgical patients leave the hospital with enough, but not too much, pain medication.
KHNs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you dont have to.
KHNs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you dont have to.
The first-in-the-nation measure would empower Vermont to set up a wholesale program to import prescription drugs from Canada. But it still will have to get federal buy-in before it is operational.
More than 20,000 Californians were sterilized at state homes and hospitals from 1909 to 1979, most of them women, people with disabilities and immigrants. Now, a state lawmaker wants to provide reparations to the roughly 800 living survivors, many of whom never consented to the procedures or did so under pressure.
In the face of federal efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, policymakers in the largest state are proposing laws and other changes to counter them. Beyond that, theyre aggressively pushing measures to expand health coverage beyond what the ACA envisioned.
KHNs Shefali Luthra offers insight into what federal and state officials are eyeing to help reduce addiction problems.
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