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As Republicans Wrestle With IVF, the Biden Administration Expands Benefits
While Republican lawmakers try to walk a fine line on in vitro fertilization — expressing support for the popular procedure, even as some of their supporters argue life begins at conception — the federal government expanded…
Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for Medicare Enrollees
Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact
Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month.”
President Joe Biden, in a March 22 speech
The cost of insulin in the United States has…
More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do More to Help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals of planets and cartoon…
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw.
Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded from…
Unauthorized Sign-Ups Cast Shadow on Obamacare’s Record Enrollment
The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange: disreputable insurance brokers enrolling people who don’t need coverage or switching them to new plans…
The GOP Keeps Pushing Medicaid Work Requirements, Despite Setbacks
Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster track record.
In Mississippi, the idea has momentum from GOP lawmakers advancing legislation to expand…
La deuda médica afecta a gran parte de EE.UU., pero en especial a inmigrantes en Colorado
DENVER, Colorado. — En febrero, la hija adolescente de Norma Brambila le escribió una carta que ahora lleva en su cartera. Es un dibujo de una rosa y una nota alentadora que anima a su mamá a “seguir luchando” contra su…
ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see their doctors or fill…
California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just Don’t Mention It.
Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist
When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023, she felt the timing couldn’t have been worse.
The college senior at California State University-San…
Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community
Aneri Pattani and Lydia Zuraw, KFF Health News and Holly K. Hacker
State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were accused of…