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Daily Edition for Monday, April 1, 2024

April 1, 2024

Abortion pills, measles, aid-in-dying policies, IVF, troubled teens, drug costs, prison health, and more are in the news.

How Primary Care Is Being Disrupted: A Video Primer

By Julie Appleby and Hannah Norman and Oona Zenda April 1, 2024

Under pressure from increased demand, consolidation, and changing patient expectations, the model of care no longer means visiting the same doctor for decades.

Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, PolitiFact April 1, 2024

False claims that covid vaccines cause deaths and other diseases are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines are safe and saved lives.

For-Profit Companies Open Psychiatric Hospitals in Areas Clamoring for Care

By Tony Leys April 1, 2024

State institutions and community hospitals have closed inpatient mental health units, often citing staffing and financial challenges. Now, for-profit companies are opening psychiatric hospitals to fill the void.

California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just Don’t Mention It.

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist April 1, 2024

One year after California became the first state to require public universities to provide abortion pills to students, LAist found that basic information for students to obtain the medication is often nonexistent.

Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care

By Phil Galewitz April 1, 2024

Hospitals are increasingly stretching a velvet rope, offering “concierge service” to an affluent clientele. Critics say the practice exacerbates primary care shortages.

Daily Edition for Friday, March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024

Heat regulations for workers, vaping, housing cost’s impact on health, fentanyl, Medicare Advantage, disabilities, and more are in the news.

Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage

By Susan Jaffe March 29, 2024

Disputes between hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans are leading to entire hospital systems suddenly leaving insurance networks. Patients are left stuck in the middle, choosing between their doctors and their insurance plan. There’s a way out.

A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

By Céline Gounder March 29, 2024

Physician and podcast host Céline Gounder traveled to India and Bangladesh and brought back never-before-heard stories, many from public health workers whose voices have been missing from the record documenting the eradication of smallpox.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Supreme Court and the Abortion Pill

March 28, 2024

The Supreme Court this week heard its first abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, about an appeals court ruling that would dramatically restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone. But while it seems likely that this case could be dismissed on a technicality, abortion opponents have more challenges in the pipeline. Meanwhile, health issues are heating up on the campaign trail, as Republicans continue to take aim at Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act — all things Democrats are delighted to defend. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Tony Leys, who wrote a KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about Medicare and a very expensive air-ambulance ride. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

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