Daily Edition for Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Covid boosters, gun violence, transgender health, overcrowded jails, abortion policies, housing, opioids, and more are in the news.
ER’s Error Lands a 4-Year-Old in Collections (For Care He Didn’t Receive)
By Daniel Chang
A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her — because it was her child’s name on the bill, not hers.
States Try to Obscure Execution Details as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection
By Renuka Rayasam
Pharmaceutical companies have put the brakes on many states’ ability to execute prisoners using lethal injections. Lacking alternatives, states are trying to keep the public from learning details about how they carry out executions.
A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency
By Michelle Andrews
Hospitals are facing mixed reviews regarding their efforts to comply with a federal requirement that they post information about prices related to nearly every health care service they provide.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Homeless spending, masks, covid research, gun violence, deadly fungus, mental health, FEMA aid, and more are in today’s news.
Congressman Seeks to Plug ‘Shocking Loophole’ Exposed by KHN Investigation
By Sarah Jane Tribble
A federal lawmaker has introduced a House bill that would close one of a laundry list of oversight gaps revealed in a recent KHN investigation of the system regulators use to ban fraudsters from billing government health programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
GOP Lawmaker Calls for Tracking Homeless Spending, Working With Dems on Mental Health
By Angela Hart
Republican state Sen. Roger Niello wants to know whether taxpayers are getting their money’s worth before spending more. Yet the fiscal conservative from the suburbs of Sacramento sees opportunities for bipartisanship on mental health.
Truly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
By Arielle Zionts
Doctors have no national standards on when to order urine tests to check whether adult ADHD patients are properly taking their prescription stimulants. Some patients are subjected to much more frequent testing than others.
As Colorado Reels From School Shootings, Study Finds 1 in 4 Teens Have Quick Access to Guns
By Markian Hawryluk
The study analyzed Colorado kids’ responses to how quickly they could get their hands on a loaded gun without their parents’ knowledge. More than 1 in 10 said they could do so within 10 minutes.
Daily Edition for Monday, March 27, 2023
Insulin costs, covid levels, boosters, insurance, mental health, fentanyl, housing, environmental health, and more are in the news.
