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Biden Is Right About $35 Insulin Cap but Exaggerates Prior Costs for…
Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact
Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35…
More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses. Could Pediatricians Do More to Help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge,…
The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw.
Another woman in…
Unauthorized Sign-Ups Cast Shadow on Obamacare’s Record Enrollment
The Biden administration faces what looks like a growing problem for the federal Affordable Care Act’s insurance…
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth…
For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands.
It’s also how…
The GOP Keeps Pushing Medicaid Work Requirements, Despite Setbacks
Work requirements in Medicaid expansion programs are back on the agenda in many statehouses — despite their lackluster…
Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit…
Rae Ellen Bichell and Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline
DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a…
ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK
Julie Appleby, KFF Health News
Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan…
California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just…
Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist
When Deanna Gomez found out she was pregnant in September 2023,…
Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community
Aneri Pattani and Lydia Zuraw, KFF Health News and Holly K. Hacker
State and local governments are receiving billions of…