Drug Industry Patents Go Under Senate Judiciary Committee鈥檚 Microscope
During a hearing Tuesday, panel members focused on how drug companies have used patents to allegedly protect their competitive edge and profits.
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Feds Want To Show Health Care Costs On Your Phone, But That Could Take Years
Giving consumers more knowledge about the costs of care has long been desired, but administration officials cautioned it could take two years or more for useful data to appear in a phone app.
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Meth Vs. Opioids: America Has Two Drug Epidemics, But Focuses On One
In the West and Midwest, 70% of local law enforcement says meth is the bigger threat. It’s also a more difficult addiction to treat.
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Putting A Face To Surprise Bills: Among Specialists, Plastic Surgeons Most Often Out-Of-Network
Many plastic surgeons don鈥檛 participate in health plans, even when providing emergency care at a hospital. Too often that catches patients off guard.
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Readers And Tweeters Parse Ideas 鈥 From Snakebites To Senior Suicide
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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The Long And Winding Road To Mental Health Care For Your Kid
A growing mental health crisis among children is exacerbated by a national shortage of child psychiatrists and therapists. It鈥檚 either difficult to get, or to afford, an appointment for your child. Here鈥檚 some advice that might help.
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Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
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FDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices
In the wake of a KHN investigation, the agency will no longer let device makers file reports of harm outside a widely used public database.
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Short-Staffed Nursing Homes See Drop In Medicare Ratings
In its latest update to the Nursing Home Compare website, the government gave 1,638 homes its lowest star rating for staffing 鈥 one star on its five-star scale. Most were downgraded because payroll records reported no registered-nurse hours at all for at least four days.
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For Those With Developmental Disabilities, Dental Needs Are Great, Good Care Elusive
Lack of access means that people with physical and cognitive disabilities have a heavier burden of dental disease.
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Look-Up: How Nursing Home Staffing Fluctuates Nationwide
Use this tool to see staffing levels at skilled nursing homes in the U.S.
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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Bye-Bye, ACA, And Hello 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥?
Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Erin Mershon of Stat News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss the latest in news about the Trump administration鈥檚 effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act, a historic hearing on 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥 and the Kansas Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling that the state constitution protects a woman鈥檚 right to abortion. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
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With Head Injuries Mounting, Will Cities Put Their Feet Down On E-Scooters?
As dockless electric scooters run roughshod through cities nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues its first assessment on injuries and safety. It studied the injuries linked to riding e-scooters in Austin, Texas, from September through November. More than 200 people were hurt in scooter crashes and mishaps 鈥 with nearly half suffering head injuries.
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Booker’s Argument For Environmental Justice Stays Within The Lines
He didn鈥檛 overstate the relationship between hazardous waste sites and birth defects and autism.
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Even Doctors Can鈥檛 Navigate Our 鈥楤roken Health Care System鈥
A physician鈥檚 frustration navigating a medical emergency with his elderly father reveals a complex, dysfunctional system.
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CBO鈥檚 Report On Single-Payer Health Care Holds More Questions Than Answers
The Congressional Budget Office report does clearly communicate that shifting to this type of health system would be a complicated process.
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Diabetic Amputations A 鈥楽hameful Metric鈥 Of Inadequate Care
In California, people who are black or Latino are more than twice as likely as whites to undergo amputations related to diabetes, a Kaiser Health News analysis found. The pattern is not unique to California.
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A Big Hearing For 鈥楳edicare-For-All鈥 鈥 In A Small Room
In an unusual move, the House Rules Committee, instead of one of the panels that typically oversee health policy, held the first House hearing in a decade about converting the U.S. to a government-financed health care system.
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Watch: Electronic Medical Records Investigation In Spotlight On C-SPAN
KHN鈥檚 Fred Schulte talks on C-SPAN with viewers about errors and other problems with computerized health records.
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Summer Bummer: A Young Camper鈥檚 $142,938 Snakebite
The snake struck a 9-year-old hiker at dusk on a nature trail. The outrageous bills struck her parents a few weeks later.
