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Perspectives: Administration’s Proposition On 340B Drug Program Is Equivalent Of An Own-Goal In Soccer

July 11, 2018 Morning Briefing

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Azar Warns Pharma That Administration Will Be ‘Turning On The Pressure’ As He Defends President’s Drug Plan

May 15, 2018 Morning Briefing

HHS Secretary Alex Azar blasted a long-standing Democratic idea for Medicare to negotiate drug prices, saying it would deny access to medicines “through rationing or setting prices,” which he called a “move toward socialized medicine.” However, Azar did promise to upend Medicare Part B’s payment structure.

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Heart Device Failure: Medicare Spent $1.5B Over 10 Years To Replace Defective Implants

By Fred Schulte and Christina Jewett October 2, 2017 KFF Health News Original

The inspector general at Health and Human Services says defective pacemakers or defibrillators had to be replaced from 2005 through 2014, costing Medicare $1.5 billion.

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States Strive To Curb Costs For A Crucial — But Exorbitant — Hemophilia Treatment

By Barbara Feder Ostrov Photos by Heidi de Marco March 6, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Saving the lives of people with the bleeding disorder can require high doses of expensive blood-clotting factor. Taxpayers foot much of the bill as manufacturers profit enormously.

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Tending To Patients As Her New Home Burns

By April Dembosky, KQED October 16, 2017 KFF Health News Original

ICU nurse Julayne Smithson had only a few minutes to grab some things from her recently purchased home a block from the Santa Rosa hospital. Then she rushed back to help evacuate patients and has scarcely stopped working since.

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Dental hygienist Gita Aminloo sings to Devon Rising while she cleans his teeth to calm him.

Frail Patients Losing Access To Dental House Calls

By Ana B. Ibarra Photos by Heidi de Marco January 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Dental hygienists who treat frail and elderly residents in nursing homes and other facilities are dropping out of California’s publicly funded dental program for the poor because of recent changes that cut their pay and create more administrative hurdles.

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

June 20, 2018 Morning Briefing

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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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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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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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Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Meanwhile, In Other Health News…

November 21, 2017 KFF Health News Original

In this episode of “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss some of the under-covered health stories of the past several weeks, including drug price issues, the opioid epidemic and women’s reproductive health.

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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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