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Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn’t the Only Player Driving Prices
Eli Lilly & Co.’s announcement that it is slashing prices for its major insulin products could make life easier for some diabetes patients while easing pressure on Big Pharma.
It also casts light on the profiteering methods…
Medicaid Health Plans Try to Protect Members — And Profits — During Unwinding
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
The federal covid-19 pandemic protections that have largely prohibited states from dropping anyone from Medicaid since 2020 helped millions of low-income Americans retain health insurance coverage — even…
Jimmy Carter Took on the Awful Guinea Worm When No One Else Would — And Triumphed
Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — diseases in far-off lands that…
Girls in Texas Could Get Birth Control at Federal Clinics, Until a Christian Father Objected
AMARILLO, Texas — On the vast Texas Panhandle, raked by wind and relentless sun, women might drive for hours to reach Haven Health, a clinic in Amarillo.
One of more than 3,200 federal family-planning clinics nationwide, Haven…
Reentry Programs to Help Former Prisoners Obtain Health Care Are Often Underused
When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.
Less than a month…
California Offers Bipartisan Road Map for Protecting Kids Online Even as Big Tech Fights Back
In California, a Democrat and a Republican figured out how to pass the country’s toughest online privacy law protecting kids. If their experience is any indication, though, federal legislators can expect fierce pushback from Big…
Watch: Emergency Room Turns Simple Injury Into a Big Bill
March 7, 2023
Leigh Fava wound up in the emergency room after injuring her thumb at her New Orleans home. She said she received a tetanus shot and a badly wrapped bandage — and an unexpectedly high bill.…
For Young People on Medicare, a Hysterectomy Sometimes Is More Affordable Than Birth Control
Gina Jiménez
Sam Chavarría said her doctor was clear about the birth defects her medication could cause if she became pregnant but agreed to keep her on it as long as she had an IUD.
As she was waiting to get her…
Covid Aid Papered Over Colorado Hospital’s Financial Shortcomings
Markian Hawryluk
Less than two years after opening a state-of-the-art $26 million hospital in Leadville, Colorado, St. Vincent Health nearly ran out of money.
Hospital officials said in early December that without a cash infusion they…