This Panel Will Decide Whose Medicine to Make Affordable. Its Choice Will Be Tricky.
By Markian Hawryluk
Colorado’s new Prescription Drug Affordability Board could cap what health plans and consumers pay for certain medications starting next year. The process will pit patient groups against one another.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The drug epidemic, covid, homelessness, rising medical costs, HIV declines, youth mental health, and more are in the news.
Refugios para víctimas de violencia doméstica dejan de esconderse
By Katheryn Houghton
Por mucho tiempo, el estándar para este tipo de refugios, también llamados casas de acogida, ha sido alojar a las víctimas de violencia doméstica en casas ocultas con direcciones secretas
A medida que bajan los niveles de agua, suben los de arsénico
By Melissa Bailey
A medida que el oeste lucha contra una mega sequía que ha durado más de dos décadas y los estados corren el riesgo de recortes en el agua del menguante río Colorado, el Valle de San Luis ofrece pistas sobre lo que el futuro puede deparar.
Domestic Violence Shelters Move Out of Hiding
By Katheryn Houghton
A new domestic violence shelter in Bozeman, Montana, reflects efforts nationwide to rethink the model that keeps survivors of abuse in hiding. But there are no guidelines for bringing shelters out into the open, leaving each to make it up as they go.
As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises
By Melissa Bailey
As the West grapples with a megadrought, its driest spell in at least 1,200 years, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in Colorado’s San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.
Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk
By Julie Rovner
Doctors say they are reluctant to practice in abortion-banned states, where making the best decision for a patient could run afoul of the law. Even former President Donald Trump’s surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for women’s health, writes KFF Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Fentanyl, emergency responder shortage, Medi-Cal, Theranos, homelessness, mpox, covid, air quality, and more are in the news.
Pequeñas comunidades rurales se han convertido en campos de batalla por el acceso al aborto
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
La búsqueda por promulgar prohibiciones locales se ha vuelto particularmente crítica en pueblos pequeños, situados en las fronteras entre estados que han restringido el aborto y estados donde las leyes preservan el acceso.
He Returned to the US for His Daughter’s Wedding. He Left With a $42,000 Hospital Bill.
By Sarah Jane Tribble
After emergency surgery, an American expatriate with Swiss insurance now carries the baggage of a five-figure bill. Costs for medical care in the U.S. can be two to three times the rates in other developed countries, so foreigners and expats with good insurance in their home countries need travel insurance to protect themselves from “crazy prices.”
