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The dialysis industry raised nearly $111 million in a successful bid to defeat the measure, which also was opposed by hospitals and doctors. The union that sponsored the measure collected about one-sixth that amount.
Democrats, who have a history of championing the Affordable Care Act and railing about drug prices, will now chair several house committees.
KHN's news analysis on "Medicare-for-all" sparks a broader conversation.
Both sides in the contentious and expensive battle over California鈥檚 Proposition 8 are cherry-picking the facts ahead of Tuesday鈥檚 vote as dialysis companies spend record amounts to persuade voters through ads.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the start of open enrollment for individual health insurance plans for 2019 and preview what next week鈥檚 midterm elections might mean for health policy. Plus, Barbara Feder Ostrov of KHN and California Healthline talks to Julie about the latest NPR-KHN 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
The money was paid on behalf of more than 400,000 people who may have been ineligible for the public program, a state audit found. One had been dead for four years before payments stopped.
Medical treatments targeting the DNA in tumor cells are celebrated, but insurers often won鈥檛 cover the skyrocketing cost.
A California college professor never imagined that trying to figure out what was causing her rash could add up to such a huge bill.
Union-backed initiatives in Palo Alto and Livermore, Calif., aim to cap charges by hospitals and doctors, seeking to build on national furor over rising medical bills. The measures arise in health care markets that are among the most expensive in the nation.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
Over the past five months, the Trump administration has proposed a series of reforms to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss a flurry of proposals from the Trump administration on prices Medicare pays for drugs and the Affordable Care Act.
Dialysis companies have contributed more than $110 million to defeat an initiative on California鈥檚 Nov. 6 ballot that would limit their profits 鈥 breaking the $109 million record set by the pharmaceutical industry in 2016.
This gap in the 2010 health law means health insurance remains unaffordable for millions of Americans. For now, relief is hard to come by.
Candidates are charging toward midterm elections on a platform of single-payer and universal coverage rhetoric. Yet 鈥淢edicare-for-all鈥 and single-payer mean different things to different people.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
California鈥檚 13 children鈥檚 hospitals are asking voters in November to approve $1.5 billion in bonds to help them pay for construction and equipment, the third such measure in 14 years. Some health care experts and election analysts believe the repeated financial requests aren鈥檛 justified.
In the wake of a KHN/USA Today Network investigation, Leapfrog will check the safety and quality of outpatient centers.
Drug pricing is a top issue in the run-up to the midterm elections.
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