health care

LGBT health advocates fear backlash under Trump

By Anne-christine d’Adesky, KQED Future of You

Since Donald Trump’s election, LGBT health advocates have been holding their breath to see who the president-elect will pick for the cabinet-level position of secretary of Health and Human Services.

What Trump can learn from Obama's rough ride on health care

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price.

Science and technology under a Trump presidency

By Nsikan Akpan, Leigh Anne Tiffany

Science, technology and health policy under Donald Trump will feature cuts, but also inescapable progress.

How some states make effective birth control more available

By Michael Ollove, Stateline

Changes in billing procedures, maternal health care advocates say, give women on Medicaid better access to the most effective and most expensive forms of contraception.

Gaping, painful holes remain in U.S. health care despite coverage gains

By Jason Kane and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News

Dire dental problems and other health issues keep the nonprofit Remote Area Medical busy running free clinics, particularly in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Even after Obamacare, large coverage gaps still exist in the nation's health care system. Special correspondent…

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Bernie Sanders requests federal investigation of insulin makers for price collusion

By Ed Silverman, STAT

In his latest attack on the pharmaceutical industry, Senator Bernie Sanders has asked the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate three insulin makers for price collusion.

Here's how to find the Medicare Part D drug plan right for you

By Philip Moeller

For 2017 plans, active shopping may yield the greatest benefits in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

7 tips for navigating Obamacare open enrollment

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

With the annual sign-up period for plans on the health law’s marketplaces starting Nov. 1, many consumers are worried about rising premiums, shrinking provider networks and the departure of major insurers such as UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Humana from many exchanges.

Column: Do we need librarians now that we have the internet?

By Robert Graboyes

For better or worse, the digital age forces experts to make the case that a Google search doesn’t replace the librarian, and WebMD doesn’t replace the doctor.