Turning 26 and Struggling To Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
KFF Health News and The New York Times are looking into a dreaded “adulting” milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.
Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.
By Sarah Varney
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don’t know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered, and the proliferation of abortion bans has exacerbated the confusion.
The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush To Get It.
By Arthur Allen Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat
Updated September 5, 2024
Originally Published August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Although public health officials recommend the newly approved covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.
For Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes
By Stephanie Armour
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
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.
Ya está disponible la nueva vacuna contra covid, pero piensa bien cuándo conviene vacunarte
By Arthur Allen Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos ha aprobado una vacuna actualizada contra covid para todas las personas de 6 meses en adelante, lo que renueva un dilema que ahora es anual: ¿Recibir la vacuna ya, con el brote de covid aún por todo el país, o reservarla para la ola invernal?
Cuando la aseguradora se niega a pagar un aborto que es médicamente necesario
By Sarah Varney
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
En el país, la cobertura para la atención del aborto es laberíntica. A menudo, los pacientes no saben cuándo un procedimiento, o las píldoras abortivas, están cubiertas, si es que lo están; y la proliferación de prohibiciones ha exacerbado la confusión.
Para las farmacéuticas, la pelea entre Trump y Harris es entre dos enemigos de la industria
By Stephanie Armour
August 26, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Legisladores de ambos partidos atacan cada vez más a la industria, por los precios de los medicamentos que la mayoría de los estadounidenses consideran irrazonables.
Journalists Talk Shooting’s Toll on Children and State Handling of Opioid Settlement Funds
August 24, 2024
KFF Health News Original
KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Let the General Election Commence
August 23, 2024
Podcast
Abortion and reproductive health issues headlined the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as expected. But what Vice President Kamala Harris has in mind for other health policies as the Democratic nominee remains something of a mystery. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump says he would not use the 19th-century Comstock Act to impose, in effect, a national ban on abortion, which angered his anti-abortion backers. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Johns Hopkins University, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Tony Leys, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a woman who fought back after being charged for two surgeries despite undergoing only one.
EU Countries Scolded, Urged To Share Mpox Stockpiles With Africa Now
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
A WHO official said if countries are “not willing to share, then we are not going to be able to stop the next pandemic.” France has already pledged 100,000 vaccines. Also, an infection in Thailand was confirmed as clade 1b — the new deadly mpox strain.
Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today’s selections are about total knee replacement, Matthew Perry, Pfizer, haute cuisine, and more.
Morning Briefing for Friday, August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
Covid shots, Harris’ speech, reproductive health, hospital closure, wiping out medical debt, mpox, and more. Plus, your weekend reads.
Updated Covid Vaccines Will Be Here In Days. Will People Line Up?
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
The FDA on Thursday gave the green light for Pfizer and Moderna’s updated shots, which target a strain of omicron called KP.2. It’s unclear whether the shots will help with this summer’s covid wave because it takes about two weeks after vaccination for an immune response to kick in.
Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling Keeps Abortion Initiative Off The Ballot
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
The state’s Supreme Court justices decided 4-3 to uphold Republican Secretary of State John Thurston’s rejection of a ballot measure — saying that paperwork was not submitted on time — that would have put the question of expanding abortion access before voters this November.
Accepting Nomination, Kamala Harris Hammers Abortion Bans, Project 2025
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
The Democratic nominee for president did not mince words when discussing Republicans’ restrictions on women’s health care: “Simply put, they are out of their minds.” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in an interview before Harris’ speech, again said he has “no idea” what Project 2025 is.
Steward Asks Pennsylvania To Pony Up $1.5M To Keep Sharon Hospital Open
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
State officials are considering the request even as a judge has determined that it’s OK for the bankrupt hospital operator to close two other facilities in Ohio. Also in the news, Evolent Health, Mission Hospital, the Veterans Administration, and more.
Deal Wipes Out $366M In Medical Debt For 193,000 Southerners
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
The debt-canceling agreement involves patients of Ochsner Health’s hospitals and clinics in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Other news from around the nation comes from Florida, Texas, California, New Jersey, Missouri, and Iowa.
After False Advertising Accusation, EpicGenetics Halts 2 Blood Test Sales
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
Also in the news, gene-editing startup Tome Biosciences; insights into near-death experiences from psychedelics; the cost of Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi; and more.
First Edition: Friday, Aug. 23, 2024
August 23, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
