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Senators Say Health Worker Shortages Ripe for Bipartisan Compromise

By Michael McAuliff February 17, 2023

The Senate’s top health committee focused on the worsening health care workforce shortage during its first hearing Thursday, with Sen. Bernie Sanders, its new chair, boldly promising bipartisan solutions.

Daily Edition for Friday, February 17, 2023

February 17, 2023

Hospitals’ financial health, “tranq” deaths, covid, racial inequalities, abortion access, veteran health, and more are in the news.

After Staying Away During Pandemic, Doctors Return to Lobby Congress

By Phil Galewitz February 17, 2023

Hundreds of physicians came to Washington this week to lobby Congress about their “recovery plan” for physicians, which includes a Medicare pay boost and an end to some frustrating insurance company requirements.

Mark Cuban Has Been Taking On the Drug Industry. But Which One?

By Darius Tahir February 17, 2023

The billionaire entrepreneur and NBA team owner is making waves with his new drug company. But his generics aren’t always the lowest-priced deal.

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': The Kids Are Not OK

February 16, 2023

A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that teenagers, particularly girls, are reporting all-time high rates of violence and profound mental distress. Meanwhile, both sides in the abortion debate are anxiously waiting for a district court decision in Texas that could effectively revoke the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more.

Daily Edition for Thursday, February 16, 2023

February 16, 2023

Medical wishes, CalFresh, mental health, microbe research, Narcan, gun violence, Medicare, covid, mpox, and more are in the news.

Republican Lawmakers Shy Away From Changing Montana’s Constitutional Right to Abortion

By Katheryn Houghton February 16, 2023

Lawmakers in 14 states have passed near-total bans on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But in some conservative-led states where court rulings determined their constitutions protect abortion, including Montana, politicians haven’t asked voters to weigh in.

California Requires Hospitals to Turn to a Patient’s Next of Kin, Closing a Longtime Loophole

By Mark Kreidler February 16, 2023

A state law establishes a list of representatives who can make medical decisions for patients unable to convey their wishes. California is late to making the change; 45 other states and the District of Columbia already have next-of-kin laws.

An Arm and a Leg: She Sued a Hospital and Lost — But Felt She’d Won

By Dan Weissmann February 16, 2023

A listener sued a hospital in small-claims court and lost but felt as if she’d won. Now, she wants to encourage more people to take their bills to court.

California requiere que hospitales recurran a familiares cercanos de pacientes para decisiones médicas, cerrando un vacío de larga data

By Mark Kreidler February 16, 2023

Desde el 1 de enero, California se sumó a otros 45 estados y al Distrito de Columbia con leyes que permiten a una persona tomar decisiones en nombre de un paciente, incluso si no estaba autorizada por el paciente antes de que ocurriera la situación médica.

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