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Stalled Health Programs Await A Green Light On The Hill

By Shefali Luthra February 2, 2018

With another piece of must-pass legislation set to move through Congress, there’s a push to attach provisions to keep afloat a number of health-related programs for which funding or specific federal direction has expired.

Nation’s Top Doc Wants The Overdose Antidote Widely On Hand. Is That Feasible?

By Shefali Luthra and Rachel Bluth April 18, 2018

Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged more people to carry the drug naloxone, a lifesaving treatment for opioid overdoses. But this policy is tricky to implement.

Readers Seek Transparency On Surgery Centers, ‘Bill Of The Month’ Investigations

March 28, 2018

Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Stopping Opioid Addiction At One Key Source: The Hospital

By Shefali Luthra December 6, 2017

Based on research conducted at the University of Michigan’s medical center, a group of surgeons developed a strategy to help post-surgical patients from misusing or abusing their prescription painkillers.

How A Shutdown Might Affect Your Health

By California Healthline and KFF Health News staff January 19, 2018

For some federal health programs, a shuttered government means business as usual. But the congressional impasse over funding will hit others hard.

Expert Advice For The Corporate Titans Taking On Health Care

By California Healthline and KFF Health News staff January 31, 2018

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering up to address employee health care costs and improve satisfaction. Can they deliver? And would repackaging health insurance involve drones?

The Ratcheting Price Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?

By Shefali Luthra November 29, 2017

The price for Pfizer’s Prevnar 13 has increased 5 to 6 percent each year since its 2010 approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

Postcard From Canada: In The Land Of Single-Payer, Bernie Sanders Gets Hero’s Welcome

By Shefali Luthra October 30, 2017

The Vermont senator found a friendly audience when he took his “Medicare-for-all message” to Canada.

Bipartisan Senate Budget Deal Boosts Health Programs

By Julie Rovner and Shefali Luthra February 7, 2018

The agreement would add $2 billion to the National Institutes of Health and fund community health centers around the country. But it does not include provisions to help stabilize the federal health law’s marketplaces.

As States Target High Drug Prices, Pharma Targets State Lawmakers

By Jay Hancock and Shefali Luthra February 1, 2018

In Louisiana, the wining and dining of lawmakers by scores of pharma lobbyists proves a valuable lesson on how to win statehouse votes and influence profits, though their efforts fell short in California, which passed a drug transparency bill in 2017 despite massive opposition from drugmakers.

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