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Judge Signals He Could Rule to Halt Sales of Common Abortion Pill

By Sarah Varney March 20, 2023

A U.S. District Court case is being widely followed because the judge’s decision could overturn the FDA’s approval of mifepristone two decades ago. With abortion rights polling well even in red states, anti-abortion activists are increasingly turning to the courts to achieve their aims.

Mobile Clinics Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net.

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez March 20, 2023

Mobile clinics that provided covid-19 testing and vaccines at the peak of the pandemic are now being used to provide a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. A law passed late last year allows qualified health care centers to use federal grants to expand the fleets.

California eligió a la compañía de genéricos Civica para producir insulina de bajo costo

By Angela Hart March 18, 2023

Civica está desarrollando tres tipos de insulina genérica, conocida como biosimilar, que estarán disponibles tanto en viales como en plumas inyectables, a un costo de entre $30 y $55.

California Picks Generic Drug Company Civica to Produce Low-Cost Insulin

By Angela Hart March 18, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who blasted pharmaceutical companies for gouging Californians, is moving ahead with state-branded insulin. He’s also eyeing other generic drugs.

Daily Edition for Friday, March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023

Homelessness initiative, abortion law, covid’s anniversary and origins, hospital overcrowding, insulin costs, and more are in the news.

Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.

By Bram Sable-Smith March 17, 2023

Missouri is considering making it a felony to jack up temporary health care staffing prices during a statewide or national emergency. It’s one of at least 14 states looking to reel in travel nurse costs, after many hospitals struggled to pay for needed staffers earlier in the covid pandemic.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Judging the Abortion Pill

March 16, 2023

Any day now a conservative federal judge in Texas could upend the national abortion debate by requiring the FDA to rescind its approval of mifepristone, a drug approved in the U.S. more than 20 years ago that is now used in more than half of abortions nationwide. Meanwhile, a controversial study on masks gets a clarification, although it may be too late to change the public impression of what it found. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.

Daily Edition for Thursday, March 16, 2023

March 16, 2023

Covid misinfo law, natural gas, health worker shortages, abortion pills, maternal deaths, fentanyl, housing, and more are in the news.

Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical Debt Delivers ‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’

By Noam N. Levey March 16, 2023

Medical debt in America pushes families to the edge. Ariane Buck and his wife, Samantha, were denied care at their doctor’s office because of an unpaid bill of less than $100. A trip to the emergency room added thousands of dollars to their health care debt, which topped $50,000 by the time they filed for bankruptcy.

California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings

By Bernard J. Wolfson March 16, 2023

A state law says giving false information to patients about covid-19 constitutes unprofessional conduct for which regulators can discipline doctors. Vaccine skeptics, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., join civil liberties groups and others in arguing that it violates free speech.

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