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As a Union Pushes to Cap Hospital CEO Pay, It’s Accused of Playing Politics
LOS ANGELES — The aim is aspirational: Hospital executives shouldn’t make more than the president of the United States.
Next spring, Los Angeles city voters will have a chance to put the brake on runaway salaries by capping…
Amid Lack of Accountability for Bias in Maternity Care, a California Family Seeks Justice
Aniya was ready to leave. She was dressed in a fuzzy white onesie her mother had packed for her first trip home. Yet Aniya’s family had more questions than answers as they cradled the newborn out of the hospital, her mother’s body…
Seeking Medicare Coverage for Weight Loss Drugs, Pharma Giant Courts Black Influencers
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has turned to influential Black Americans in pursuit of what would be a lucrative victory: having Medicare cover a new class of weight loss drugs, including the company’s highly sought Wegovy,…
What One Lending Company’s Hospital Contracts Reveal About Financing Patient Debt
With tens of millions of Americans burdened by medical debt, hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly shuttling their patients into loans serviced by banks, credit cards, and other financial services companies.…
How the Texas Trial Changed the Story of Abortion Rights in America
During the five decades that followed Roe v. Wade, lawsuit after lawsuit in states across the country chipped away at abortion rights. And again and again, the people who went to court to defend those rights were physicians who…
The NIH Ices a Research Project. Is It Self-Censorship?
Many Americans don’t understand a lot about their health. Whether due to people believing conspiracy theories or simply walking out of their doctor’s offices without a good idea of what was said, communicating what scientists know…
Journalists Zero In on Opioid Settlement Cash, Congress, and the Medicaid Unwinding
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also featured Pattani on July 31 and Aug. 1 as it reported on how the debate…
Survey: Americans Want Weight Loss Drugs Despite High Cost
Many Americans really want to lose weight — and a new poll shows nearly half of adults would be interested in taking a prescription drug to help them do so.
At the same time, enthusiasm dims sharply if the treatment comes as an…
As Water Reuse Expands, Proponents Battle the ‘Yuck’ Factor
When Janet Cruz lost an April election for a Tampa City Council seat, she became a political casualty of an increasingly high-stakes debate over recycled water.
During her time in the Florida Legislature, Cruz had supported a…
Teens With Addiction Are Often Left to Detox Without Medication
DENVER — When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one.
Teens who land in emergency rooms with an opioid…