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FTC Official: Antitrust Push in Health Care Must Focus on a Merger’s ‘Human Impact’
Harris Meyer
President Joe Biden has ordered the Federal Trade Commission to combat consolidation in the health care industry, saying that it is driving up prices for consumers and limiting their access to care.
The new…
Listen: Why Medical Debt Touches Every Corner of America
KHN’s Noam N. Levey talks with Sasha-Ann Simons of WBEZ about America’s sprawling medical debt crisis. Levey explains that the problem is only partially addressed with recent moves by the three major credit reporting bureaus to remove some…
California’s Public Health Tax Is Dead for the Year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year.
The Silicon Valley tech…
Nurse Midwives Step Up to Provide Prenatal Care After Two Rural Hospitals Shutter Birthing Centers
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Bailee Tordai, who was 33 weeks into her pregnancy, barely made it to the prenatal checkup. Her clunky old Jeep couldn’t complete the 2-mile trip from her house to the University of Iowa’s outreach clinic in her…
As Big Pharma Loses Interest in New Antibiotics, Infections Are Only Growing Stronger
Forget covid-19, monkeypox, and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Life After ‘Roe’ Is … Confusing
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The Supreme Court’s decision overturning the federal…
Rural Hospital Rescue Program Is Met With Skepticism From Administrators
Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News and Tony Leys
In West Texas, the tiny hospital in Crosbyton has only two beds, and they’re not always occupied.
“We rarely admit patients,” said Steve Beck, chief executive of the…
‘American Diagnosis’: A Tribal Court in California Works to Heal Family Separation
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Episode 8: “Tribal Values, Tribal Justice”…
Kids Want to Put Montana on Trial for Unhealthy Climate Policies
For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park.
Carved long ago by meandering glaciers, the valley is home to bison and…
Three Things to Know About Insurance Coverage for Abortion
Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
Will your health plan pay for an abortion now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade?
Even before the June 24 ruling, insurance coverage for abortion varied widely. Now the issue…