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Trump’s New Executive Order Could Cut How Much Medicare Pays For Drugs

September 14, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump’s latest drug pricing executive order calls for Medicare to test a “most favored nations” pricing scheme for prescription drugs bought by Medicare Part B and Medicare Part D. The pharmaceutical industry strongly opposes the plan.

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty, Will Pay $8.3B To Settle Criminal Charges Over Opioid Sales

October 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

The massive settlement deal also covers civil cases against the maker of the painkiller OxyContin.

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It’s Not Just Hospitals That Sue Patients Who Can’t Pay

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio February 21, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Until very recently, the separate company that runs the emergency department at Nashville General Hospital in Tennessee was continuing to haul patients who couldn’t pay medical bills into court.

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Pacientes de cáncer enfrentan retrasos en cirugías mientras COVID-19 paraliza hospitales

By Will Stone April 7, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Son más vulnerables a la infección por el nuevo coronavirus. Y pueden estar enfrentando desafíos imprevistos para obtener atención, quimioterapia, e incluso cirugías para remover tumores.

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Medicare To Pay Hospitals $3.5B More For Acute Inpatient Services

September 3, 2020 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule estimated to boost Medicare spending by 2.7% for acute care inpatient hospital services.

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Built For Counterterrorism, This High-Tech Machine Is Now Used To Detect Fentanyl

By Martha Bebinger, WBUR December 4, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials are adopting a law enforcement tool, the mass spectrometer, to instantly identify potentially deadly levels of opioids in local drug supplies.

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Despite Failed Promises, Stem Cell Advocates Again Want Taxpayers To Pony Up Billions

By Ana B. Ibarra August 16, 2019 KFF Health News Original

California’s stem cell agency, created by a $3 billion bond measure 15 years ago, is almost out of money. Its supporters plan to ask voters for even more funding next year, even though no agency-funded treatments have been approved for widespread use.

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Tu guía para entender las cuentas médicas

July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News te brinda este conjunto de herramientas fáciles de usar, para ayudar a los pacientes a comprender el entretejido de la facturación médica, qué hacer si se recibe una cuenta médica sorpresa y cosas que debes tener en cuenta antes de recibir atención médica.

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Smokers Need Not Apply: Fairness Of No-Nicotine Hiring Policies Questioned

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio January 13, 2020 KFF Health News Original

U-Haul will not hire nicotine users in 21 states where it is legal to do so. Ethicists say such policies disproportionately affect the poor and are a sign of employers becoming overly involved in workers’ lifestyle choices.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes May 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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Listen: India Gives Opioid Makers A Huge And Growing New Market

September 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

KHN’s Sarah Varney discussed opioid painkillers in India with NPR’s Rachel Martin on “Morning Edition” Thursday.

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Coronavirus Stress Test: Many 5-Star Nursing Homes Have Infection-Control Lapses

By Jordan Rau March 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Since the beginning of 2017, inspectors have cited more nursing homes for failing to ensure that all workers follow federal prevention and control protocols than for any other type of violation, according to federal records.

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Proyecto en California combatiría acuerdos que atrasan salida al mercado de genéricos

By Ana B. Ibarra August 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

La FTC ha estimado que los acuerdos de pago por retraso le cuestan a los consumidores y contribuyentes estadounidenses $3.5 mil millones, en costos más altos de medicamentos cada año.

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California Bill Would Fight Deals That Delay Generic Drugs

By Ana B. Ibarra August 1, 2019 KFF Health News Original

As California Attorney General Xavier Becerra cracks down on pharmaceutical companies he said paid competitors to delay generic versions of their drugs, he’s also pushing for legislation that would give his department tools to catch more of them. It’s the first of its kind in the nation.

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How Lifesaving Organs For Transplant Go Missing In Transit

By JoNel Aleccia February 10, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Scores of organs — mostly kidneys — are trashed each year and many more become critically delayed while being shipped on commercial airliners, a new investigation finds.

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In Tornado Alley, Storms Are Even More Dangerous For People With Disabilities

By Jackie Fortiér, StateImpact Oklahoma February 20, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As climate change bears down, a haphazard web of weather safeguards is a particular blow to the disabled. In Oklahoma, no state laws require homeowners or landlords to install storm shelters. If a community wants to open a storm shelter for the public, that’s up to local officials, But there’s no database that Oklahomans can consult showing where public or wheelchair-accessible shelters are located.

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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes

By Brianna Labuskes February 14, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.

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Some Academics Quietly Take Side Jobs Helping Tobacco Companies In Court

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio November 12, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Faced with lawsuits from sick smokers, tobacco firms argue the health risks were “common knowledge” for decades, and they often pay professors to help make that point as expert witnesses.

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What To Do If Your Home Health Care Agency Ditches You

By Judith Graham February 4, 2020 KFF Health News Original

If you’re told Medicare’s home health benefits have changed, don’t believe it: Coverage rules haven’t been altered and people are still entitled to the same types of services. All that has changed is how Medicare pays agencies.

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‘An Arm And A Leg’: How Much For Stitches In The ER? Hard To Gauge Upfront

By Dan Weissmann December 5, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Consumers are admonished to be “smart shoppers,” but that’s difficult if health care prices are clear as mud. When Sarah Macsalka’s son needed stitches, she did her best to avoid the ER and still ended up with a $3,000 bill.

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