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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contemplating a Post-‘Roe’ World

February 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In anticipation of the Supreme Court rolling back abortion rights this year, both Democrats and Republicans are arguing among themselves over how best to proceed to either protect or restrict the procedure. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance when the federal government declares an end to the current “public health emergency.” Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Rachana Pradhan of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Jay Hancock, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” episode about a couple whose insurance company deemed their twins’ stay in intensive care not an emergency.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The ACA Turns 14

March 21, 2024 Podcast

Saturday marks the 14th anniversary of the still somewhat embattled Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joins host Julie Rovner to discuss the accomplishments of the health law — and the challenges it still faces. Also this week, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Mary Agnes Carey of KFF Health News join Rovner to discuss what should be the final funding bill for HHS for fiscal 2024, next week’s Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging abortion medication, and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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Grassroots Groups Lead Way on Closing Colorado’s Infant Mortality Gap

By Rae Ellen Bichell June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Colorado is among about 15 states that have met federal goals to reduce infant mortality, an important indicator of overall population health. Breaking down the data by race and ethnicity, though, makes clear that major gaps remain.

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Old TB Vaccine Doesn’t Work On Covid, But It May Have Other Benefits

April 27, 2023 Morning Briefing

The tuberculosis vaccine, known as B.C.G., was being tested on health care workers in 2020. But the rapid development of mRNA covid vaccines made it impossible to complete the trial because health care workers were first in line to get the newly available mRNA shots, The New York Times says.

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This Dental Device Was Sold to Fix Patients’ Jaws. Lawsuits Claim It Wrecked Their Teeth.

By Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, CBS News March 1, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A dental device called AGGA has been used on about 10,000 patients without FDA approval or proof that it works. In lawsuits, patients report irreparable harm. The AGGA’s inventor and manufacturer have denied all liability in court.

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Covid Vaccine Makers Decline To Refund Covax $1.4B For Canceled Orders

February 1, 2023 Morning Briefing

The New York Times reports that Gavi, the global foundation that tried to increase access to covid vaccines to the world’s poor via its Covax program, is trying to negotiate with companies to get back some of the prepayments for vaccine orders that were ultimately canceled. The manufacturers involved made $13.8 billion on the vaccines distributed through Covax.

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Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests

By Michelle Andrews January 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The laws governing Medicare don’t provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, which is precisely what the rapid antigen tests are and why they are an important tool for containing the pandemic.

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As a Nurse Faces Prison for a Deadly Error, Her Colleagues Worry: Could I Be Next?

By Brett Kelman March 22, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Former nurse RaDonda Vaught is on trial for reckless homicide, and her case raises consequential questions about how nurses use computerized medication-dispensing cabinets.

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White House Asks For $10B More To Battle Covid

November 16, 2022 Morning Briefing

The money is sought by the end of the year to go to new vaccines and treatments. But on Tuesday Senate lawmakers voted to end the federal covid emergency declaration. NBC News’ data analysis finds covid hospitalizations and deaths are falling in the U.S.

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Research Finds Catching Covid Offers Protection Like Vaccines Do

February 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

“Natural immunity” from a covid infection provides strong, lasting protection against severe outcomes, new research says — on a par with two doses of an mRNA vaccine. Separately, a study showed that for adults hospitalized with omicron, the death rate is 1.5 times that of influenza A or B.

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Study: Millennials Using More Health Services Than Other Generations

March 10, 2023 Morning Briefing

A new study found that Millennials are seeking more help for health matters than ever. In other startling news, Newsweek says data show murder-suicides have reached a record high in the country. Hepatitis B, Havana Syndrome, treating obesity in children, and more are among other subjects in the news.

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CDC To Award Over $3B To Reinforce Public Health System

November 30, 2022 Morning Briefing

The money is aimed at strengthening the public health work force and infrastructure after the stresses of the pandemic, Reuters reports. In other news, a study found that covid screenings at hospital entries weren’t very helpful despite the considerable cost.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, September 30, 2022

September 30, 2022 Morning Briefing

Friday’s roundup covers the FDA, suicide rates, Hurricane Ian, covid, 340B payments, Medicaid, and spies (!) Plus, weekend reads.

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Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap

By Harris Meyer November 9, 2021 KFF Health News Original

TV ads and mailings targeting seniors tout Medicare Advantage plans this time of year, but millions choosing traditional Medicare make a costly and difficult decision about Medigap coverage, which gets much less attention.

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Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know

By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact November 30, 2021 KFF Health News Original

This new variant has set off alarm bells in the public health community, but much remains to be learned about it.

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Change to Gilead Assistance Program Threatens PrEP Access, HIV Advocates Say

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez June 10, 2021 KFF Health News Original

Safety-net clinics especially are bracing for how the drugmaker’s policy shift could reduce their budgets and hamstring their ability to provide care to an at-risk population.

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Next Year’s Medicare Part B Premiums Will Drop 3%

September 28, 2022 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that 2023 Medicare Part B premiums would drop 3% — the first time in a decade that has happened. The Biden administration says the decrease is primarily due to expected savings on prescription drugs with Medicare now able to negotiate some costs and limited coverage of Aduhelm.

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Ohio Six-Week Abortion Ban Forces Some To Bulk-Buy Plan B

July 5, 2022 Morning Briefing

The Columbus Dispatch reports on how Ohioans are considering reproductive care options under the new abortion ban, with some stocking up on Plan B, and one woman describes how she’s considering sterilization as an option. Also: more on Plan B, employer abortion aid, and impacts on doctors.

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Fast-Tracked Ruling on Abortion Won’t Wait for ‘Hearts and Minds’ to Change

By Julie Rovner January 21, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Public opinion remains bitterly divided on the issue as a Supreme Court decision is imminent that could overturn or dramatically undercut Roe v. Wade.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Struggle Over Who Gets the Last Word

February 1, 2024 Podcast

As science skepticism pervades politics, the Supreme Court will soon consider two cases that seek to define the power of “experts.” Meanwhile, abortion opponents are laying out plans for how Donald Trump, if reelected as president, could effectively curtail abortion even in states where it remains legal. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Samantha Liss, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a husband and wife who got billed for preventive care that should have been fully covered.

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