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Morning Briefing: Monday, July 22, 2024
Harris' health priorities, Biden's record, the ACA, gun violence, abortion access, cyber safety, PBMs, bird flu, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
The loneliness epidemic, LGBTQ+ mental health crisis, emergency abortion access, long covid, asthma's cancer link, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, July 18, 2024
Insulin costs, long covid, abortion access, Medicaid, marijuana, hospital infections, psilocybin, drug shortages, and more are in the news.
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Pfizer’s Covid Cash Powers a ‘Marketing Machine’ on the Hunt for New Supernovas
While sales of its covid vaccines are falling, Pfizer plans to triple the price of the shots and use its bonanza from government contracts to buy and develop new blockbusters.
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The Case of the Two Grace Elliotts: A Medical Billing Mystery
A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement at a hospital across the country that she had not visited for years. She didn’t receive the care, but she did receive the bill — and the medical records of a stranger.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, January 26, 2024
Assisted living facilities, drug shortages and costs, health industry money woes, Medicare, measles, long covid, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Nursing home staffing, Medicaid "unwinding," medical record privacy, Medicare Advantage, homelessness, measles, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, November 20, 2023
Viruses spike before holidays, weight-loss drugs, drug shortages, mental health, clinical trials, and more are in today's news.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Insulin pricing, RSV vaccine, SNAP, possible Medicaid cuts, overdoses, maternal health, ransomware, and more are in today's news.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, August 11, 2023
Medicaid unwinding, record suicides, opioid deal blocked, health worker shortages, veteran health, long covid, and more are in the news.
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Year-End Bill Holds Big Health Changes
Episode 278The year-end spending bill passed by Congress in late December contains a wide array of health-related provisions, including a structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose coverage has been maintained through the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is taking steps to make the abortion pill more widely available. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Mark Kreidler, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a billing mix-up that took about a year to sort out.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Drug pricing and Medicare, NIH nominee, nursing homes, AI, the 'Pirola' variant, a data breach, air quality, and more are in the news.
By khnlaureno Florida Limits Abortion — For Now
Episode 341The Florida Supreme Court handed down dual abortion rulings this week. One said voters will be allowed to decide in November whether to create a state right to abortion. The other ruling, though, allows a 15-week ban to take effect immediately — before an even more sweeping, six-week ban replaces it in May. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is doubling down on his administration’s health care accomplishments as he kicks off his general election campaign. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health, and Tami Luhby of CNN join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews health care analyst Jeff Goldsmith about the growing size and influence of UnitedHealth Group in the wake of the Change Healthcare hack.
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Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations
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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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
High medical bills, Medicaid enrollment, overdoses, covid tests, Alzheimer's, abortion law, flu shots, and more are in the news.
By khnkit