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The State of the Union Is … Busy

Episode 337

March 7, 2024

At last, Congress is getting half of its annual spending bills across the finish line, albeit five months after the start of the fiscal year. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address, an over-the-counter birth control pill is (finally) available, and controversy erupts over new public health guidelines for covid-19 isolation. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Neera Tanden, the White House domestic policy adviser, about Biden’s health agenda. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services

A recent report finds half of America’s rural hospitals are losing money, and many are struggling to stay open. Researchers and advocates worry the hospitals’ financial spiral will have immediate and long-term health effects on their communities.

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

March 7, 2024

When It Comes to Ketamine, Meta’s Posting Policy Is No Party to Decipher

Despite growing awareness that the party drug is dangerous, the social media company is open to promotion of the drug in treating mental health.

By Darius Tahir

March 7, 2024

A digital illustration of a circle of hands extending from the edge of the image, each holding a sheet of paper. The papers overlap in the center and, like a puzzle, come together to reveal a drawing of a handgun. The gun is partially pixelated, representing the data and information each person is adding to the pile. In the background, a yellow spotlight made of Ben-Day dots eclipses the research over a textured black background.

Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America

After the 1996 Dickey Amendment halted federal spending on research into firearms risks, a small group of academics pressed on, with little money or political support, to document the nation’s growing gun violence problem and start to understand what can be done to curb the public health crisis.

By Christine Spolar

March 6, 2024

KFF Health News & PolitiFact HealthCheck

Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs.

Research has consistently found that, overall, U.S. prescription drug prices are significantly higher, sometimes two to four times as high, compared with prices in other high-income industrialized countries. However, some market factors can obscure actual prices, making comparisons harder.

By Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact

March 6, 2024

The Health 202

Why Hospitals in Many States With Legal Abortion May Refuse To Perform Them

By Rachana Pradhan

March 5, 2024

Stephen Loyd, center, stands in a crowd holding a foam-board check for $500,000.00 for the Helios Alliance.

Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash

Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers: Who Knows Best How to Spend Opioid Settlement Cash?

A mathematical model designed to direct spending of opioid settlement funds is at the center of a debate over whether to invest in technology to guide long-term decisions or focus on the immediate needs of people in addiction.

By Aneri Pattani

March 5, 2024

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Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud

A recently unsealed lawsuit alleges Aledade Inc. developed billing software that boosted revenues by making patients appear sicker than they were.

By Fred Schulte

March 5, 2024

The Health 202

Biden’s Got a Taker for One of His Gun Safety Proposals: California

By Samantha Young

March 4, 2024

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America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans

The presidential election is likely to turn on the simple question of whether Americans want Donald Trump back in the White House. But health care tops the list of household financial worries for adults from both parties.

By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz

March 4, 2024

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California Pushes to Expand the Universe of Abortion Care Providers

A new California law allows trained physician assistants, also called physician associates, to perform first-trimester abortions without the presence of a supervising doctor. The legislation is part of a broader effort by the state to expand access to abortion care, especially in rural areas. Some doctor groups are wary.

By Laurie Udesky

March 4, 2024

KFF Health News On Air

Journalists Examine Medicaid Unwinding, Farmworkers’ Mental Health, and the Big Opioid Payback

KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

March 2, 2024

Share Your Catholic Hospital Story With Us

March 1, 2024

How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists

High school students in Colorado are pushing for a change they say is necessary to combat fentanyl poisoning: ensuring students can't get in trouble for carrying the overdose reversal drug naloxone wherever they go, including at school.

By Rae Ellen Bichell

March 1, 2024

A doctor wearing teal scrubs and purple latex gloves prepares an injection of buprenorphine.

California Hospitals, Advocates Seek Stable Funding to Retain Behavioral Health Navigators

California has supported expanded use of medications in the fight against opioid use disorder and overdose deaths. But hospitals and addiction treatment advocates say the state needs to secure ongoing funding if it wants more behavioral health workers to guide patients into long-term treatment.

By Vanessa G. Sánchez

March 1, 2024

A photograph of Rohit Chopra during the senate hearing. He holds his chin in his left hand in a contemplative position.

Diagnosis: Debt

With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.

By Noam N. Levey

March 1, 2024

What the Health? From KFF Health News

Alabama’s IVF Ruling Still Making Waves

Episode 336

Feb. 29, 2024

Lawmakers in Congress and state legislatures are scrambling to react to the ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos created for in vitro fertilization are legally children. Abortion opponents are divided among themselves, with some supporting full “personhood” for fertilized eggs, while others support IVF as a moral way to have children. Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Riley Griffin of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews University of Pittsburgh law professor Greer Donley, who explains how a 150-year-old anti-vice law that’s still on the books could be used to ban abortion nationwide. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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California Takes Up White House Call to Toughen Gun Storage Rules

State lawmakers are weighing legislation that would require gun owners to keep their firearms locked up most of the time, a move advocated by the Biden administration.

By Samantha Young

Feb. 29, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Readers Call on Congress to Bolster Medicare and Fix Loopholes in Health Policy

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Feb. 29, 2024

Hacking at UnitedHealth Unit Cripples a Swath of the US Health System: What to Know

Change Healthcare, a firm recently bought by insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, reportedly suffered a cyberattack. The company processes 14 billion transactions annually, including payments and requests for insurance authorizations.

By Darius Tahir

Feb. 29, 2024

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