Listen: He Was Denied Care Because He Owed His Doctor Less Than $100
NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered” interview KHN’s Noam N. Levey about the problem of crippling medical debt in America.
Sheriffs Who Denounced Colorado’s Red Flag Law Are Now Using It
By Markian Hawryluk
Petitions for protective orders under Colorado’s red flag law have been filed in more than half the counties that opposed it and declared themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries.”
Daily Edition for Monday, June 27, 2022
Monday’s roundup has full coverage of the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, plus news on covid, monkeypox, opioids, the uninsured, and more.
Genetic Screening Results Just Got Harder to Handle Under New Abortion Rules
By Sara Reardon
Most prenatal genetic tests aren’t performed until after 11 weeks’ gestation, and the time between drawing a sample and getting results may be additional weeks. But new abortion restrictions prevent parents from choosing an abortion when they find out their child has a genetic disease, and make the already difficult decision for them.
His-and-Hers Cataract Surgeries, But His Bill Was 20 Times as Much
By Angela Hart
Photos by Heidi de Marco
Whether a simple operation is performed under the auspices of a hospital or at an independent surgery center can make a huge difference in cost.
Bajo las nuevas reglas para abortos, es más difícil lidiar con resultados de pruebas genéticas
By Sara Reardon
Las embarazadas que reciben devastadoras noticias sobre condiciones genéticas deben lidiar con un estrés extra si deciden abortar y viven en estados que restrigen y hasta penalizan la práctica.
Journalists Investigate Private Equity, Medical Debt, and Mental Health Care
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Five Things to Know Now That the Supreme Court Has Overturned Roe v. Wade
By Victoria Knight and Rachana Pradhan and Julie Rovner and Rachel Bluth
By undoing that landmark decision, the law of the land since 1973, the court has empowered states to set their own abortion restrictions. In California, that means expanding protections for abortion.
Cinco cosas que hay que saber sobre el aborto ahora que la Corte Suprema anuló Roe vs. Wade
By Victoria Knight and Rachana Pradhan and Julie Rovner
Con esta decisión, los estados tienen la capacidad de establecer sus propias restricciones, por lo que el lugar en el que viven las personas determinará su nivel de acceso al aborto.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Supreme Court Overturns ‘Roe’
It was expected, but the reality was still jarring: The Supreme Court has formally overturned Roe v. Wade, erasing the nearly 50-year-old guarantee of abortion rights nationwide. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Varney of KHN, and Laurie Sobel, associate director for women’s health policy at KFF, join KHN’s Julie Rovner for this special episode to talk about the decision and what happens next for reproductive health care.