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Community Resurrects Colorado Birth Center Closed by Private Equity Firm
Claire Cleveland
When a private equity firm closed Seasons Midwifery and Birth Center in Thornton, Colorado, in October, the state lost one of its few non-hospital birthing centers and 53 families with pregnancy due dates in November and…
‘The Country Is Watching’: California Homeless Crisis Looms as Gov. Newsom Eyes Political Future
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers, and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it’s hard to square California’s $18 billion…
Centene Agrees to $215 Million Settlement With California for Alleged Medicaid Overbilling
Centene Corp. has agreed to pay more than $215 million to California over allegations it overcharged the state for pharmacy services — the biggest payout to date by the nation’s largest Medicaid insurer over its drug pricing…
Health Policies Were a Prominent Theme in Biden’s State of the Union Speech
KHN and PolitiFact staffs
President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union address to a politically divided Congress for the first time, calling for permanent fixes on policy priorities like unaffordable health costs.…
‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
Arthur Allen
After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. The job gives the health care…
More Young Colorado Children Are Consuming Marijuana Despite Efforts to Stop Them
The number of children — especially very young ones — ingesting marijuana is rising in Colorado despite regulations meant to keep edibles out of kids’ hands, and state leaders said they have no plans to revisit those rules this…
Un arma secreta para prevenir la próxima pandemia: los murciélagos frugívoros
Más de cuatro docenas de murciélagos frugívoros de Jamaica destinados a un laboratorio en Bozeman, Montana, se convertirán en parte de un experimento con un objetivo ambicioso: predecir la próxima pandemia mundial.
Los…
The Pill Club Reaches $18.3 Million Medicaid Fraud Settlement With California
Don Thompson
The Pill Club, an online women’s pharmacy, has reached an $18.3 million settlement with California authorities over claims it defrauded the state’s Medicaid program by prescribing birth control pills without adequate…
A Secret Weapon in Preventing the Next Pandemic: Fruit Bats
Jim Robbins
More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.
Bats worldwide are primary…
Decisions by CVS and Optum Panicked Thousands of Their Sickest Patients
NEW YORK — The fear started when a few patients saw their nurses and dietitians posting job searches on LinkedIn.
Word spread to Facebook groups, and patients started calling Coram CVS, a major U.S. supplier of the compounded…