Journalists Track Opioid Settlement Cash and Fees for Telehealth Visits

April 15, 2023

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the transparency — or lack thereof — and distribution of $50 billion in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers on WNHN’s “Attitude With Arnie Arnesen” on April 11.

Read Pattani’s “$50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Samantha Young discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attempt to sever ties with Walgreens on KQED’s “KQED Newscast” on April 10.

Read Young’s “Gov. Newsom Wanted California to Cut Ties With Walgreens. Then Federal Law Got in the Way.”

�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Don Thompson discussed California’s high rate of prison suicides on KCRW’s “Press Play” on April 10.

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Read Thompson’s “Judge to Fine California Each Day It Fails to Complete Prisoner Suicide Prevention Measures”

�鶹Ů�� Health News senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk discussed facility fees for telehealth visits on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” on April 8.

Read Hawryluk’s “States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees”

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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the transparency — or lack thereof — and distribution of $50 billion in settlement funds from opioid manufacturers on WNHN’s “Attitude With Arnie Arnesen” on April 11. </p>

<li> Read Pattani’s “<a href="/news/article/opioid-drugmakers-settlement-funds-50-billion-dollars-khn-investigation-payback/">$50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior correspondent Samantha Young discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attempt to sever ties with Walgreens on KQED’s “KQED Newscast” on April 10.</p>

<li>Read Young’s “<a href="/news/article/gov-newsom-wanted-california-to-cut-ties-with-walgreens-then-federal-law-got-in-the-way/">Gov. Newsom Wanted California to Cut Ties With Walgreens. Then Federal Law Got in the Way.</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News contributor Don Thompson discussed California’s high rate of prison suicides on KCRW’s “Press Play” on April 10.</p>

<li>Read Thompson’s “<a href="/news/article/california-prison-suicide-prevention-court-ruling-mental-health/">Judge to Fine California Each Day It Fails to Complete Prisoner Suicide Prevention Measures</a>”</li>
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<p>�鶹Ů�� Health News senior Colorado correspondent Markian Hawryluk discussed facility fees for telehealth visits on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” on April 8.</p>

<li>Read Hawryluk’s “<a href="/news/article/states-step-in-as-telehealth-and-clinic-patients-get-blindsided-by-hospital-fees/">States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees</a>”</li>
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