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Of ‘Miracles’ And Money: Why Hemophilia Drugs Are So Expensive

By Jenny Gold Photos by Heidi de Marco March 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The market is flooded with 28 different medications for just 20,000 patients with the hereditary bleeding disorder. Yet intense competition hasn’t worked to bring costs down. Sales amount to $4.6 billion annually in the U.S.

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Massachusetts Grabs Spotlight By Proposing New Twist On Medicaid Drug Coverage

By Shefali Luthra November 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In an effort to reduce drug costs and increase efficiency, Massachusetts is seeking federal approval to implement a new approach to how the state’s Medicaid program covers prescription medications.

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So Much Care It Hurts: Unneeded Scans, Therapy, Surgery Only Add To Patients’ Ills

By Liz Szabo October 23, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Overtreatment of breast cancer and other diseases is pervasive, burdening patients and the health care system with enormous costs and needless suffering.

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Perspectives: Attacks Against The 340B Drug Program Are Unfounded, Unfair And Dangerous

June 20, 2018 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.

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Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say

By Phil Galewitz July 13, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The assessment pushes back the date for the hospital insurance trust fund to go bankrupt by one year. It also says Part B premiums next year will be stable.

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Facebook Live: Things To Know About Trump’s Directive On Health Insurance

October 12, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In this Facebook Live, KHN’s Julie Appleby answers questions about President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding insurance.

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Cities, Counties and Schools Sidestep FDA Canadian Drug Crackdown, Saving Millions

By Phil Galewitz December 8, 2017 KFF Health News Original

Medicines are up to 80 percent cheaper north of the border and overseas, so U.S. localities are greasing a pharmaceutical pipeline that the feds warn is illegal and possibly unsafe.

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Cuts To Medicare Part B Payments At Center Of Oncologists’ Lawsuit Against HHS

June 1, 2018 Morning Briefing

The cancer doctors are suing over ongoing sequestration budget cuts that cut Medicare Part B drug reimbursements by 2 percent. In other medical practice news from the day: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System hits reporting goals; the NBA names its first director for mental health; and statin tolerance is examined.

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Eyes Fixed On California As Governor Ponders Inking Drug Price Transparency Bill

By April Dembosky, KQED October 6, 2017 KFF Health News Original

“If it gets signed by this governor, it’s going to send shock waves throughout the country,” one legislator says. Pharma has spent $16.8 million lobbying against this bill and other drug laws in California.

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Video: Health After A Hurricane

October 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In this Kaiser Health News video conversation, senior correspondent Julie Appleby and Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, hold a wide-ranging discussion about the continuing public and environmental health issues resulting from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as other natural disasters such as the wildfires ravaging California.

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Defendiéndose de la mortal temporada de gripe: 5 cosas que hay que saber ahora

By Barbara Feder Ostrov January 9, 2018 KFF Health News Original

El virus se ha expandido en 46 estados y los síntomas son más feroces. La vacuna ayuda pero no protege ciento por ciento, dicen expertos.

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Readers And Tweeters Add Two Cents On Amazon Venture To Repackage Health Care

February 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

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

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Amazon’s $1B Purchase Of PillPack Offers Another Hint At Company’s Ambitious Health Care Plans

June 29, 2018 Morning Briefing

Amazon announced that it is buying PillPack, which sells pre-sorted packets of prescriptions drugs, delivering them to customers in their homes. The news seemed to be a confirmation of the worst fears of some in the industry — that Amazon is going to make an aggressive play for a chunk of the pharmacy business. But actually disrupting the health care industry will be a challenge.

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Facebook Live: What’s Happening With The Children’s Health Insurance Program?

September 22, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In this Facebook Live, KHN’s Julie Rovner talks to Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus, about the current state of play on CHIP reauthorization.

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Quiz: How Well Are You Paying Attention?

September 11, 2017 KFF Health News Original

To strengthen your core knowledge of health care policy, it helps to be a regular reader of Kaiser Health News. Here’s a pop quiz to gauge what you have learned.

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Research Roundup: Medicaid Work Requirements; 340B Program; And Title X Funding

May 25, 2018 Morning Briefing

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

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Reverberations From War Complicate Vietnam Veterans’ End-Of-Life Care

By April Dembosky, KQED January 4, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Vietnam veterans’ wartime experiences — and their lasting psychological toll — can make it harder to treat their physical and emotional pain as they approach death.

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Maine Voters Greenlight Medicaid Expansion, But Governor Says Whoa

By Patty Wight, Maine Public Radio November 9, 2017 KFF Health News Original

A battle brews as Republican Gov. Paul LePage says he won’t implement the Medicaid expansion unless the Legislature funds Maine’s share. Other states, such as Idaho and Utah, are keenly watching.

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Trump’s Proposed $15B In Spending Cuts Passes Through House On Closer-Than-Expected Vote

June 8, 2018 Morning Briefing

Some lawmakers have been reluctant to pass the legislation as it targets unused funds for the popular CHIP program. But the measure, which passed 210-206, would take a mostly symbolic whack at government spending because it would basically eliminate leftover funding that wouldn’t have been spent anyway.

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In Midst Of Raucous Debate Over 340B Drug Discount Program, Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Address Concerns

June 14, 2018 Morning Briefing

The measure from Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) could clarify the intent of the program and define which patients are eligible — two bones of contention over the program, which requires pharmaceutical companies to give steep discounts to hospitals and clinics that serve high volumes of low-income patients. In other news from Capitol Hill: CHIP funding, an Indian Health Services bill, and gun control.

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