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Viewpoints: If Patient Voices Could Be As Loud As Lobbyists, Then Surprise Medical Bills Might End; How Is it That Greedy Corporations Get Rich On Insulin?
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care issues and others. Stat: To Fight Surprise Medical Bills, Create A Powerful
Read MoreNeedy Patients ‘Caught In The Middle’ As Insurance Titan Drops Doctors
BAYONNE, N.J. — For five years, Rasha Salama has taken her two children to Dr. Inas Wassef, a pediatrician a
Read MoreViewpoints: Lessons On Physical, Mental Health Dangers Of ‘Stop And Frisk’ Policies; Why Hasn’t The U.S., Unlike Other Countries, Added Graphic Warnings To Cigarette Packs?
Opinion writers weigh in on these health issues and others. Boston Globe: The Hidden Cost Of ‘Stop-And-Frisk’New research by Alyasah
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Is A Fast-Growing, Lucrative Marketplace. But Is It Benefiting Patients Or Insurers More?
The new popularity of Medicare Advantage plans has grown without much public policy debate about the effects of large-scale privatization
Read MoreTrump’s Medicaid Chief Labels Medicaid ‘Mediocre.’ Is It?
“Yet, for all that spending, health outcomes today on Medicaid are mediocre and many patients have difficulty accessing care.” Seema
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: The Labor Pains Of ‘Medicare For All’
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. Labor unions are divided over whether to endorse a Democratic
Read MoreAppeals Court Shoots Down Arkansas’ Medicaid Work Requirements In Latest Legal Blow For Trump Administration
The ruling, written by a Reagan-appointed judge, upheld a lower court’s stance that Arkansas’ plan to add work requirements to
Read MoreViewpoints: No Surprise That No One Seriously Plans To Fix Surprise Medical Bills; ‘Medicare For All’ Isn’t What’s Hurting Warren, Other Dems
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care issues and others. The New York Times: Who’s Profiting From Your Outrageous
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Live from D.C. With Rep. Donna Shalala
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the fiscal year that
Read MoreViewpoints: With America Facing Serious Problems Like Obesity, Why Retreat On Healthy School Lunches?; Lessons On Caring For Elderly During Climate Crisis
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care issues and others. The Hill: USDA Abandons America’s Schoolchildren In his State of
Read MoreNo Quick Fix: Missouri Finds Managing Pain Without Opioids Isn’t Fast Or Easy
This story also ran on HuffPost. This story can be republished for free (details). ST. LOUIS — Missouri began offering
Read More‘We’re In The Locker Room, Wondering What Happened’: N.C. Republicans Losing Ground In Medicaid Stand-Off
In November, 75 days before North Carolina was set to abandon its fee-for-service Medicaid model and essentially turn the management
Read MoreDifferent Takes: Health Care, Not ‘Medicare For All’, Could Be Main Issue That Turns Around 2020 Elections; Trump Left Out A Key Word About Preexisting Conditions
Editorial pages focus on these health topics and others. Los Angeles Times: In Swing States, Democrats Should Avoid ‘Medicare For
Read MoreCongressional Democrats Have Limited Options Of Blocking Administration’s Block Grant Medicaid Changes
Any tough measures aimed at halting the Trump administration’s attempt to shift Medicaid funding into a block-grant system could imperil
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Remaking Medicaid — Maybe
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Trump administration is trying to achieve a goal for
Read MoreViewpoints: Pandemic Panic Could Severely Limit Medical Response To Controlling Coronavirus; Latest Medicaid Policy Hits Like A Sledgehammer
Editorial pages focus on these health issues and others. Stat: With Coronavirus, As With AIDS, We Must Move Beyond The
Read MoreTrump’s Latest Health Care Challenge: Gaining Voters’ Trust
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Far more Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling
Read MoreCMS To Invite States To Apply For Waivers To Transform Medicaid Programs Into Block Grant Model
The letters to state officials are expected to go out on Thursday. Proponents and critics alike expect any changes to
Read MoreTo Better Address Maternal Health For Medicaid Beneficiaries, Higher Reimbursements Are Needed, Experts Say
Hospitals and clinical practices face financial challenges because Medicaid only pays about half of what private insurers pay for childbirth-related
Read MoreCall For FDA To Withdraw Preterm Birth Drug Divides Doctors and Insurers
Doctors fear that the only drug approved to prevent preterm birth, the nation’s leading cause of infant mortality and disability,
Read MoreBloomberg On Health Care: Translating His Mayoral Record To The National Stage
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent more than $200 million arguing that he should be the Democratic
Read MoreWith Budgetary Crisis Looming, N.Y. Governor Aims To Cut Billions From What He Deems As Main Culprit: Medicaid
Medicaid accounted for a third of the state’s projected $6.1 billion budget gap. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to
Read MoreGuidance To Allow States To Request Block Grant Waivers For Medicaid Programs Expected Soon
Approving state waivers to change Medicaid funding to block grants would be among the Trump administration’s most controversial moves to
Read MoreUtah Voters Approved Medicaid Expansion, But State Lawmakers Are Balking
This story is part of a partnership that includes KUER, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story can be republished for free (details).
Read MoreShrinking Medicaid Rolls In Missouri And Tennessee Raise Flag On Vetting Process
This story also ran on NBC News. This story can be republished for free (details). Tangunikia Ward, a single mom
Read MoreFormer Rep. John Dingell Dies; Longest-Serving Congressman Was A Force In Health Policy
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Former Rep. John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat who holds
Read MorePodcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ A ‘Healthy’ State Of The Union
Health policy played a surprisingly robust role in President Donald Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address. The president laid
Read MoreViewpoints: It Takes Much More Than A SOTU Pledge To End HIV; Lessons On The Shortcomings Of Precision Medicine
Editorial writers focus on these health issues and others. The Washington Post: Trump Says He Wants To End AIDS. His
Read MoreUtah and Idaho Lawmakers Seek To Scale Back Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansions
Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Three months after voters in Utah and Idaho defied
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