Jan 28 Arizona children could lose big under ACA repeal By Will Stone, KJZZ In recent years, Arizona has had one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country. But the Affordable Care Act has begun to change that. Continue reading
Jan 26 Aid-in-dying laws don’t guarantee patients can choose to die, advocates say By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Across California — and in the five other states where medical aid-in-dying is now legal—many hospitals and doctors are not obligated to prescribe medication. Continue reading
Jan 25 Block grants are the heart of GOP’s Medicaid plans. Here’s how they work By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Republican plans to transform Medicaid could help set debate on the role of government and entitlements. Here's an explanation of how it could work. Continue reading
Jan 13 Tom Price, Trump’s HHS nominee, got a sweetheart deal from a foreign biotech firm By Jay Hancock and Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News When Australian biotech firm Innate Immunotherapeutics needed to raise money last summer, it offered a sweetheart deal to “sophisticated U.S. investors.” One of them was Rep. Tom Price. Continue reading
Jan 09 Health secretary nominee kept federal dollars flowing to campaign donors By Marisa Taylor and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Rep. Tom Price, the physician and Georgia Republican tapped for the nation’s leading health care job, has long criticized federal spending as excessive. Yet during his years in Congress, he’s worked hard to keep federal dollars flowing to his most… Continue reading
Jan 04 Vowing to jettison Obamacare, Republicans face immediate resistance and risks By Julie Rovner, KFF Health News Nearly seven years after its passage, Republicans still have no consensus on how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Dec 26 Mumps cases balloon in 2016, raising debate about need for booster vaccines By Rebecca Smith, Side Effects Public Media Mumps is back, and is having its worst year in a decade, fueled in part by its spread on college campuses. Continue reading
Dec 22 Drug companies fixed prices over martinis at ‘Girls Nights Out,’ lawsuit says By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia and Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio The high prices Americans pay for generic drugs may have been cooked up by pharmaceutical salespeople on golf courses, at a New Jersey steakhouse or over martinis at a “Girls Nights Out” in Minnesota. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 9:16 Major health bill would fund medical research, hasten FDA approvals By PBS News Hour In Congress, lawmakers are close to passing a major bill that would increase funding for the FDA, the NIH and the effort to fight opioid abuse. The measure would also introduce more flexible standards for drug approvals, reducing the need… Continue watching
Dec 05 In California, Planned Parenthood girds for potential defunding under Trump By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to defund Planned Parenthood, to appoint conservative Supreme Court justices who could overturn Roe v. Wade and to prohibit late-term abortions. Kathy Kneer, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, answered some questions… Continue reading