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California officials jumped at the chance to cover millions more low-income people by expanding its Medicaid program. Now, health policymakers and advocates fear the Trump administration and a Republican-ruled Congress will roll back the stateās progress.
Trump and leading Republicans like the idea. Some policymakers and experts say it wasnāt viable in the first place.
The legislation would give federal officials more flexibility in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs and devices and add billions of dollars to NIH funding. But critics say it could endanger patientsā safety and doesnāt do enough to stop spiraling drug prices.
Nick Fugate has a cognitive disability but held a job and was independent for years. Then he lost his dishwashing job and learned there are long delays getting help he needs from Medicaid in Kansas.
Providing regular care at a Texas clinic prevents patients from cycling back to the hospital in a psychiatric crisis.
Education and better heart health may deserve credit.
Low-income residents in poverty-stricken Clay County worry what will happen to their health care if Gov. Matt Bevinās ambitions to overhaul the stateās Medicaid program go forward.
The effect of ārepeal and replaceā could have greatest consequences for hospitals. They accepted lower federal funding under the law because their uncompensated care was expected to fall as more people became insured.
While hundreds of his former patients submit claims for restitution, a Detroit cancer doctor convicted of making millions by purposefully poisoning them with drugs they didnāt need vows to prove his innocence.
The results suggest that retail clinics may not provide a solution for reducing unnecessary emergency department visits, researchers say.
A three-month drug regimen to treat latent TB in a California jail system was just as effective as the standard nine-month approach ā and the patients were far more likely to finish treatment.
Some experts worry that smoking pot could lead to use of tobacco, but proponents of marijuana legalization argue that the two products are different and should not be conflated.
More people struggle with alcohol or drugs than have cancer, and 1 in 5 Americans binge drink. It all costs the nation $420 billion a year. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says we know how to help.
The companyās CEO also dismisses Trumpās notion of selling insurance plans across state lines, calling it āperplexing.ā
Despite tax penalties, opponents of the nationās health law are emboldened by President-elect Donald Trumpās vow to scrap it. Others wonder why they should bother signing up.
Federal officials have released final regulations for the new program, which will reward physicians for providing high quality, efficient care.
An innovative partnership in which a childrenās hospital shares revenue and costs with a community hospital helps improve access to specialized care.
Although the state has an overall high level of vaccinations, some people are concerned about growing pockets with high numbers of children who are not immunized.
KHN’s Julie Rovner and Mary Agnes Carey, The New York Times’ Margot Sanger-Katz and The Lancet’s Richard Lane discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act under GOP control of both the White House and Capitol Hill.
Consumers who feel they pay too much for skimpy coverage may welcome Donald Trumpās changes to the health law, but those who are sick are deeply worried.
