Daily Edition for Thursday, March 9, 2023
Walgreens contract canceled, covid, racial disparities, guns, air quality, the opioid crisis, housing and more are in today’s news.
Medicaid Health Plans Try to Protect Members — And Profits — During Unwinding
By Phil Galewitz
States are turning to the big health insurance companies to keep Medicaid enrollees insured once pandemic protections end in April. The insurers’ motive: profits.
Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn’t the Only Player Driving Prices
By Arthur Allen
Big Pharma may be moving on from squeezing diabetes patients on insulin prices, but it’s the arbitrators that jack up prices for those who can least afford them.
Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows
By Annie Sciacca
Many Black patients also try to be informed and minimize questions to put providers at ease. “The system looks at us differently,” says the founder of the African American Wellness Project.
Pacientes negros visten elegante y hablan distinto para evitar prejuicios cuando van al médico
By Annie Sciacca
Estos comportamientos se recogen en una encuesta con 3,325 participantes como parte de un estudio cuyo objetivo fue llamar la atención sobre el esfuerzo que deben realizar los pacientes negros para obtener una atención médica de calidad.
Planes de salud de Medicaid intentan proteger a sus miembros… y a sus ganancias
By Phil Galewitz
Estos planes, muchos administrados por titanes de los seguros, incluidos UnitedHealthcare, Centene y Aetna, han visto aumentar sus ingresos en miles de millones a medida que su membresía aumentaba en millones.
¿Por qué cuesta tanto la insulina? Las grandes farmacéuticas no son las únicas que influyen en los precios
By Arthur Allen
La insulina representa lo perverso del sistema sanitario estadounidense, ya que los precios de venta de este medicamento centenario, del que dependen 8,4 millones de estadounidenses para sobrevivir, se quintuplicaron en dos décadas.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Snow safety, housing, covid vaccines and deaths, abortion pills, prison health, health worker mental health, and more are in today’s news.
Girls in Texas Could Get Birth Control at Federal Clinics, Until a Christian Father Objected
By Sarah Varney
A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge agreed that even the possibility that the father’s daughters might access contraception without his permission violated the tenants of his Christian faith.
Reentry Programs to Help Former Prisoners Obtain Health Care Are Often Underused
By Renuka Rayasam
More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year, many with costly health conditions but no medications, medical records, a health care provider, or insurance.
