News Death and Redemption in an American Prison Greg Hartmann Feb 21, 2024 Steven Garner doesn’t like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990…
News In California, Faceoff Between Major Insurer and Health System Shows… Greg Hartmann Feb 19, 2024 For weeks, more than half a million Anthem Blue Cross enrollees who receive health care from the University of…
News The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across… Greg Hartmann Feb 17, 2024 Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes…
News Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion Greg Hartmann Feb 16, 2024 Daniel Chang and Andy Miller As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which…
News Patients See First Savings From Biden’s Drug Price Push, as Pharma Lines Up… Greg Hartmann Feb 16, 2024 Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat…
News States Get in on the Prior Authorization Crackdown Greg Hartmann Feb 15, 2024 Last month, my colleague Lauren Sausser told you about the Biden administration’s crackdown on insurance plans’ prior…
News New Eligibility Rules Are a Financial Salve for Nearly 2 Million on… Greg Hartmann Feb 15, 2024 Bernard J. Wolfson Millions of Medi-Cal beneficiaries can now save for a rainy day, keep an inheritance, or hold on to a modest…
News The No Surprises Act Comes With Some Surprises Greg Hartmann Feb 14, 2024 The No Surprises Act, the landmark law intended to protect patients from surprise out-of-network medical bills, has come…
News California Prison Drug Overdoses Surge Again After Early Treatment Success Greg Hartmann Feb 14, 2024 Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year…
News ‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI’s Use in Health… Greg Hartmann Feb 13, 2024 Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health…