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Rural Americans Have Difficulty Accessing a Promising Cancer Treatment

By Debby Waldman August 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy has eliminated tumors in some late-stage cancer patients, but the cost and complexity of care mean rural Americans have trouble accessing the treatment.

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When Mental Illness Leads to Dropped Charges, Patients Often Go Without Stabilizing Care

By Katheryn Houghton August 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

When criminal suspects are deemed too mentally ill to go through the court process and their charges are dropped, they can be left without stabilizing treatment — and sometimes end up being charged with additional crimes.

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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Roe v. Wade’s (Possibly Last) Anniversary

January 20, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Jan. 22 marks the 49th — and very likely last — anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark abortion decision, Roe v. Wade. The court’s conservative supermajority seems poised to overturn later this year the ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Also this week, the Biden administration turns 1, with much of its domestic and health agenda yet unrealized. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of the 19th, and Kimberly Leonard of Insider join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, about what a post-Roe world might look like.

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Global Vaccine Program COVAX Will End Dec. 31; Gave Out Nearly 2B Doses

December 20, 2023 Morning Briefing

The program is estimated to have averted at least 2.7 million deaths, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. In other covid news, subvariant JN.1 is on the move, and fast.

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American Red Cross Warns Of Emergency Blood Supply Shortage

January 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The American Red Cross said it was experiencing the lowest number of blood donors in 20 years, with hospitals demanding blood products faster than the organization can replenish supplies. Also in the news: Bayer to expand in U.S., despite blood thinner fails; the “better” ApoB cholesterol test; and more.

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Majority Of $1.25B Mallinckrodt Opioid Payout At Risk In Bankruptcy Plan

August 24, 2023 Morning Briefing

The company has reached a plan for bankruptcy for the second time in three years, The New York Times says. The plan would cancel the majority of the previous settlement plan in return for a final payout of just $250 million. Also in the news: AI takes a role in tackling opioid addiction.

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Readers and Tweeters Place Value on Community Services and Life-Sustaining Care

August 19, 2022 KFF Health News Original

KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Maybe It’s a Health Care Election After All

March 14, 2024 Podcast

Health care wasn’t expected to be a major theme for this year’s elections. But as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump secured their respective party nominations this week, the future of both Medicare and the Affordable Care Act appears to be up for debate. Meanwhile, the cyberattack of the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Change Healthcare continues to do damage to the companies’ finances with no quick end in sight. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Kelly Henning of Bloomberg Philanthropies about a new, four-part documentary series on the history of public health, “The Invisible Shield.” 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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Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations

By Arthur Allen August 12, 2022 KFF Health News Original

For more than a century, the drug industry has issued dire warnings of plunging innovation whenever regulation reared its head. In general, the threat hasn’t materialized.

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As Red States Push Strident Abortion Bans, Other Restrictions Suddenly Look Less Extreme

By Julie Rovner March 30, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has yet to make clear its stand on Roe v. Wade. But state lawmakers aren’t waiting to consider a variety of extreme measures: bills that would ban abortions in cases of ectopic pregnancies, allow rapists’ families to object to terminating a victim’s pregnancy, or prohibit the procedure in the case of fetal disability. Do these proposals make the less extreme restrictions seem more mainstream?

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Medicare Cuts 2024 Payments For Safety Net Hospitals By Almost $1B

August 4, 2023 Morning Briefing

The CMS cut of $957 million to a fund destined to help pay hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients is more than eight times larger than one proposed in April, Stat says. Also in the news: Cigna reports a net income fall, people want weight-loss drugs despite the costs, and more.

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Medicare Could Save $245B Over A Decade If It Covered Obesity Drugs

August 3, 2023 Morning Briefing

Axios reports on a startling statistic from new research, showing how much taxpayer money could be saved over 10 years if Medicare covered weight-loss meds. Meanwhile, Stat reports that the popularity of the GLP-1 drugs has “alarmed” insurers, and patients are braced for them to halt coverage.

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Study: Arthritis Drug Boosts Effect Of ‘Morning-After’ Pill For Up To 3 Days

August 17, 2023 Morning Briefing

Researchers found that using piroxicam, a common arthritis anti-inflammatory drug, with Levonorgestrel, or Plan B, significantly increased the typical effectiveness window of 24 hours. In other news, Facebook’s parent company is criticized for rating reproductive health for adults-only.

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Researchers Link Chronic Constipation With Cognitive Decline

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

A study finds that defecation frequency may impact cognitive function. Also in the news, the benefits of maternal strep B vaccines, health care disruptions linked to preventable hospital admissions, and goals of building a real-life “bionic” person.

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Abuse Reports Of ‘Reproductive Coercion’ Doubled After Roe Ended

October 19, 2023 Morning Briefing

New data from the National Domestic Violence Hotline show in the yearlong period after the end of Roe v. Wade, there was a near doubling of domestic violence reports involving reproductive coercion. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has self-funded a national abortion access effort.

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Texas Abortion Law Gets Speedy High-Court Hearing Monday

By Julie Rovner October 29, 2021 KFF Health News Original

The Supreme Court justices, who accepted the case only 10 days before the arguments will be made, may skirt the issue of abortion and concentrate instead on the legality of the law’s unusual tack to let private citizens enforce it.

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Long Wait for Justice: People in Jail Face Delays for Mental Health Care Before They Can Stand Trial

By Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine June 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

People in jail who have serious mental illness and cannot stand trial because of their condition are waiting months, or even more than a year, to get into their state psychiatric hospitals.

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His-and-Hers Cataract Surgeries, But His Bill Was 20 Times as Much

By Angela Hart Photos by Heidi de Marco June 27, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Whether a simple operation is performed under the auspices of a hospital or at an independent surgery center can make a huge difference in cost.

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Nurse Convicted of Neglect and Negligent Homicide for Fatal Drug Error

By Brett Kelman March 25, 2022 KFF Health News Original

RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, could spend years in prison after being convicted of two felonies in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday.

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Como se esperaba, conservadores de la Corte Suprema terminan con el derecho al aborto

By Julie Rovner June 24, 2022 KFF Health News Original

El presidente Joe Biden dijo que estaba en total desacuerdo con el fallo. “Es un día triste para la corte y para el país”, dijo. “La salud y la vida de las mujeres en esta nación ahora están en riesgo”.

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