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Readers Make Their Wish Lists, Checking Up on Health Care
窪蹋勛圖厙 News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Health Care Consolidation and Rising Costs Happen, but Obamacare Is Not the Key Culprit
The debate over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits has given Republicans room to resurface old criticisms such as blaming the ACA for mergers and consolidation within the health care industry.
Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?
On What the Health? From 窪蹋勛圖厙 News, distributed by WAMU, chief Washington correspondent and podcast host Julie Rovner sat down with Avik Roy, a GOP health policy adviser, to talk about how health care has evolved as a Republican Party issue.
Shutdown Has Highlighted Washingtons Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care
As voters feel financial pressure from runaway health care costs and crave innovations that would provide relief, the standoff in Congress has been firmly rooted in the status quo keeping an existing provision of the Affordable Care Act alive.
Journalists Follow the Fallout of CDC Director’s Firing and Trump’s Health Policies
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Journalists Dig Into Megabill’s Slashing of Medicaid. Plus, How To Avoid Tick Bites.
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Journalists Assess Health Impacts of Trump’s Megabill, Who Will Feel Them, and When
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and regional media this week to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
What the Health? From 窪蹋勛圖厙 News: Trumps Bill Reaches the Finish Line
The House on Thursday moved to approve the largest-ever cuts to federal safety net programs, the last step before the measure goes to President Donald Trumps desk. After the Senate very narrowly passed the bill, House GOP leaders ushered it past resistance from conservatives wary of adding trillions to the federal debt and moderates concerned about its cuts to Medicaid. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has continued to pursue his anti-vaccine agenda, despite promising that he would not. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Journalists Delve Into Effects of Deep Federal Cuts on Public Health
窪蹋勛圖厙 News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Heres a collection of their appearances.
Un acuerdo exitoso eliminar獺 $30 mil millones de deuda m矇dica. 聶Es suficiente?
Solo el a簽o pasado, los estadounidenses pidieron prestado aproximadamente $74 mil millones para pagar la atenci籀n m矇dica, seg繳n una encuesta nacional de West Health-Gallup.
Elecci籀n de Trump y desaf穩os legales retrasan las inscripciones en el Obamacare
Las nuevas inscripciones bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) parecen ser hasta un mill籀n menos que el n繳mero r矇cord del a簽o pasado, especialmente por problemas con el programa que enfrenta la saliente administraci籀n Biden.
Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans Health
窪蹋勛圖厙 News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
Lo nuevo y lo que debes tener en cuenta en el pr籀ximo per穩odo de inscripci籀n abierta de ACA
Estamos en esa 矇poca del a簽o otra vez. En la mayor穩a de los estados, la temporada de inscripci籀n abierta de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) para los planes de salud comienza el 1 de noviembre y dura hasta el 15 de enero.
How North Carolina Made Its Hospitals Do Something About Medical Debt
State officials threatened to withhold public money from hospitals, pioneering a strategy that could become a national model.
Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace
Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.
Why Many Nonprofit (Wink, Wink) Hospitals Are Rolling in Money
Legal maneuvering, industry lobbying, and lax IRS oversight leave lots of room for operating surpluses.
Harris, Once Bidens Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health
If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.
Pain Doesnt Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10
A popular scale for measuring pain doesnt work, but medicine still has no better alternative.
El dolor ya no se puede medir en una escala de cero a 10
Los m矇dicos de hoy tienen una comprensi籀n m獺s completa del tratamiento del dolor, as穩 como de las terribles consecuencias de recetar opioides con liviandad. Lo que est獺n aprendiendo ahora es c籀mo medir mejor el dolor y tratar sus muchas formas.
Battleground Wisconsin: Voters Feel Nickel-and-Dimed by Health Care Costs
In the swing state of Wisconsin, the cost and availability of health care have emerged as key issues. Voters there say prescriptions, procedures, and health insurance policies are too expensive, and must be addressed by the next president, whether Republican or Democrat.
