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When Copay Assistance Backfires on Patients
In early 2019, Jennifer Hepworth and her husband were stunned by a large bill they unexpectedly received for their daughter’s prescription cystic fibrosis medication. Their payment had risen to $3,500 from the usual $30 for a…
Montana, an Island of Abortion Access, Preps for Consequential Elections and Court Decisions
A years-long battle over abortion access in a sprawling and sparsely populated region of the U.S. may come to a head this year in the courts and at the ballot box.
Challenges to several state laws designed to chip away at…
They Were Injured at the Super Bowl Parade. A Month Later, They Feel Forgotten.
Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR
KFF Health News and KCUR are following the stories of people injured during the Feb. 14 mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration. Listen to how one Kansas family is coping with…
Exclusive: Social Security Chief Vows to Fix ‘Cruel-Hearted’ Overpayment Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration’s new chief is promising to overhaul the agency’s system of clawing back billions of dollars it claims was wrongly sent to beneficiaries, saying it “just doesn’t seem right or fair.”
In an…
Movimientos en contra de las vacunas perjudican a los niños más vulnerables
Gayle Borne ha cuidado a más de 300 niños en Springfield, Tennessee. Niños que rara vez han visto a un médico y que han sido tan descuidados que ni siquiera pueden hablar.
Una ley que este estado aprobó en 2023 —que requiere el…
GOP-Led States Expand Crackdowns on Transgender Care
South Carolina’s legislature is poised to pass a bill prohibiting doctors from offering some health-care services to transgender minors — part of a new wave of anti-trans legislation from Republican-led states.
The South…
Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
Harris Meyer
Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned…
California Voters Are Skeptical That More Money Is the Answer to Homelessness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the state’s streets is leading by a razor-thin margin, a week after the March 5 election. The…
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law…
A New $16,000 Postpartum Depression Drug Is Here. How Will Insurers Handle It?
April Dembosky, KQED
A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to…