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In this episode of āAn Arm and a Leg,ā host Dan Weissmann speaks with Caitlyn Mai, a woman in Oklahoma who received a six-figure bill for a surgery her insurance promised to cover. This episode is an extended version of the āBill of the Monthā series, produced in partnership with NPR.
Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as more aggressive than former President Donald Trump in taking on pharmaceutical companies, but Trump allies say he would also make lowering drug costs a top priority.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and The New York Times are looking into a dreaded āadultingā milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
A collection agency sought court authority to garnish a patientās wages to pay a disputed surgery bill. But after the patient showed up in court to argue the bill was bogus, the judge declined to let the bill collector seize her money.
The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
While fighting potential fraud in government programs has long been a conservative rallying cry, recent criticisms of the Affordable Care Act represent a renewed line of attack on the program when repealing it is unlikely.
This installment of InvestigateTV and Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā āCostly Careā series digs into patients' getting charged hospital prices for doctorās office care. For five years, a patient got the same injection from the same office. Then it changed how it billed and she owed more than $1,100 for one treatment.
How do the top-of-the-ticket candidates compare on abortion, medical debt, and more? Hereās what you need to know.
California is among a growing number of states that offer dental benefits to low-income residents, but some lawmakers want the state to go further by covering more cleanings and costlier implants. Dentists and health experts worry the approach doesnāt address the root of the problem: Many providers donāt accept Medicaid.
Ten states have not expanded Medicaid, leaving 1.5 million people ineligible for the state and federal insurance program and also unable to afford private insurance. Seven of those states are in the South, where expansion efforts may have momentum but where lawmakers say political polarization is holding them back.
As Congress pushes for Medicare to cover payment for anti-obesity drugs, Denmark ā Ozempic maker Novo Nordiskās home ā has limited coverage of the drug after cost overruns āemptied all the money boxes in the entire public health system.ā
Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services ā often by a lot.
Legal maneuvering, industry lobbying, and lax IRS oversight leave lots of room for āoperating surpluses.ā
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
The National Education Association, the nationās largest union, told striking workers that their health coverage would be cut off Aug. 1 absent a deal on a new contract. Tensions have mounted after staff disrupted the unionās convention, at which President Joe Biden had been scheduled to speak.
For the 2024 campaign, Joe Biden is out, and Kamala Harris is in. As the vice president makes moves toward the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, health policy is resurging as a campaign issue. Meanwhile, Congress tries ā and again fails ā to make timely progress on the annual government spending bills as abortion issues cause delays. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Stephanie Armour of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Stat join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Anthony Wright, the new executive director of Families USA, about his plans for the organization and his history working with Harris on health topics.āÆ
Although Novo Nordisk and Lilly lump together the pharmacies that compound semaglutide and tirzepatide with internet cowboys selling fake drugs, there is a distinction. The FDA has offered Americans little clarity about the vast gray and black markets for the drugs.
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 ā hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.
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