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The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many
“You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn’t going to see you anymore.”
That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out about…
Journalists Break Down SCOTUS Decision on Purdue Pharma and California’s New Heat Rules
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma decision and the opioid settlement on WHYY’s “Studio 2” on June 27.
Click here to hear Pattani on “Studio…
Supreme Court OKs Local Crackdowns on Homelessness, as Advocates Warn of Chaos
The U.S. Supreme Court’s watershed decision on homelessness Friday will make it easier for elected officials and law enforcement authorities nationwide to fine and arrest people who live on streets and sidewalks, in broken-down…
Distribuyen $2 millones entre víctimas del tiroteo del Super Bowl y grupos comunitarios
Esas fueron las reacciones de algunas de las 20 víctimas de disparos del desfile del Super Bowl de los Kansas City Chiefs que el jueves 27 de junio recibieron $1.2 millones del fondo #KCStrong, con pagos individuales que van…
1st Biden-Trump Debate of 2024: What They Got Wrong, and Right
KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, shared a debate stage June 27 for the first time since 2020, in a…
Abortion Ballot Measures Won’t Automatically Undo Existing Laws
On Tuesday, a judge in Michigan blocked some of the state’s lingering restrictions on abortion access, including a mandatory 24-hour waiting period. The ruling comes 19 months after voters added abortion rights to the state…
$2 Million Disbursed to Victims and Community Groups in Wake of Super Bowl Mass Shooting
Surprised. Blessed. Overwhelmed. Already gone.
Those were reactions from some of the 20 gunshot victims from the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shootings who were awarded $1.2 million from the #KCStrong fund on…
Republicans Are Downplaying Abortion, but It Keeps Coming Up
For generations, the GOP campaigned on eliminating the right to an abortion in the United States. Now, torn between a base that wants more restrictions on reproductive health care and a moderate majority that does not, it seems…
Supreme Court Upends Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
By Aneri Pattani
June 27, 2024
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Aneri Pattani
In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the Sackler family cannot be shielded from future claims through…
Federal Budget Constraints May Hurt Older Americans With HIV
Researchers say that by the end of the decade, 70 percent of people in the United States living with HIV will be older than 50. Thanks to advances in medicine, the diagnosis is no longer a death sentence.
“I’ve been…