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California Picks Generic Drug Company Civica to Produce Low-Cost Insulin
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced the selection of Utah-based generic drug manufacturer Civica to produce low-cost insulin for California, an unprecedented move that makes good on his promise to put…
Journalists Discuss Medicaid Unwinding and Clawbacks
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan untangled Medicaid unwinding on PBS’ “PBS News Weekend” on March 11.
Click here to watch Pradhan on “PBS News Weekend”
Read Pradhan’s “Why Millions on…
Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.
Bram Sable-Smith
To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against health care staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices during a declared emergency.…
California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings
Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s covid misinformation bill last fall. In a message to lawmakers, the governor warned of “the chilling effect other…
Estados Unidos sigue siendo uno de los países con más partos prematuros. ¿Se puede solucionar?
El segundo embarazo de Tamara Etienne estuvo lleno de riesgos y preocupaciones desde el principio, exacerbado porque ya había sufrido un aborto espontáneo.
Como maestra de tercer grado en una escuela pública del condado…
Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical Debt Delivers ‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’
By Noam N. Levey
March 16, 2023
Noam N. Levey
The numbers that tell the story of medical debt in the U.S. are staggering: Around 100 million Americans have health care debt, and…
The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?
Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News
Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage.
A third-grade teacher at an…
FDA Looks Into Dental Device After KHN-CBS News Investigation of Patient Harm
In the wake of a joint investigation by KHN and CBS News into a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients, the FDA has begun looking into the product, the Anterior Growth Guidance…
Two Counties Square Off With California Over Mental Health Duties
Angela Hart
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly…
New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?
Sam Whitehead and Andy Miller
Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain.
“A lot of them are straight-up…