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Even voters who say they are more enthusiastic about voting in this congressional election than in past ones are not motivated by any specific issue. But, according to a poll out Thursday, health care policies rank high among topics voters want candidates to address.
Federal law prohibits them from using the coupons drugmakers offer to help patients cover their share of a medicine鈥檚 cost.
The saga of Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals focused a lot of attention on prescription drug prices, but no reversal of the exponential price increases for the lifesaving drug Daraprim resulted. The story offers an object lesson into the interworkings of the pharmaceutical market.
Denmark-based drugmaker Novo Nordisk has invested more in lobbying and doubled political donations since 2015.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
President Donald Trump鈥檚 upcoming speech on drug prices comes after months of public comments and debate about tackling the issue.
KHN鈥檚 newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post examine how even after Republicans failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the health care debate continues to roil politics. They discuss how Republicans in Congress have shifted their ACA messaging and how the Democrats are looking to Medicare expansion. They also discuss state efforts to expand Medicaid and drug pricing. And they spend a moment talking about Congress鈥 push to do something about the opioid crisis.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged more people to carry the drug naloxone, a lifesaving treatment for opioid overdoses. But this policy is tricky to implement.
Roughly half of patients don't take their high blood pressure medicine as they should, even though heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Now, a drug test can flag whether a patient is taking the prescribed medication and is meant to spark a more truthful conversation between patient and doctor.
The decision in Maryland鈥檚 case could slow momentum for other states that are attempting to take action to curb high drug costs.
KHN's newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don't have to.
An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushing鈥檚 syndrome 鈥 and it鈥檚 bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.
Kaiser Health News reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on C-SPAN鈥檚 "Newsmakers" program. The conversation ranged from how the nation should combat the opioid epidemic to reining in drug prices.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss President Donald Trump鈥檚 firing of David Shulkin, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Shulkin鈥檚 claim that he was forced out by those who want to privatize VA health care.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the apparent demise of bipartisan legislation aimed at shoring up parts of the Affordable Care Act. They also discuss aggressive new efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.
Almost three-quarters of Americans think the pharmaceutical industry has too much power in the nation鈥檚 capital, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
How a prescription wiped out one woman鈥檚 health reimbursement account, raising questions about prescription drug price tags and about how health care professionals deal (or don鈥檛) with medical costs.
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