Markian Hawryluk

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At least 1.7M Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite lack of protections

The number of people who use plans agreeing to pay one another’s medical bills is higher than previously realized

A mix of colorful pills spread out on a counter.

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This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.

Colorado, like Maryland, is setting up a regulatory system that goes beyond what Oregon does to curb the soaring cost of prescription drugs

May 25

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States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

States, including Washington, have implemented or are considering limits on facility fees that blindside millions of Americans who didn’t set foot inside a hospital

Apr 6

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Pharmacies Face Extra Audit Burdens That Threaten Their Existence

Pharmacy benefit managers switched to virtual audits during the pandemic, which increased reviews, payment denials and their profits.

Aug 6, 2021

Walden, Colorado has no hospital or pharmacy./Kyle Spradley/KHN

How One Rural Town Without a Pharmacy Is Crowdsourcing to Get Meds

With large pharmacy chains buying up independent drugstores and increasingly controlling the supply chain, small towns have had difficulty attracting a pharmacy.

Jul 1, 2021

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Markian Hawryluk

At least 1.7M Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite lack of protections

This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.

States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

Pharmacies Face Extra Audit Burdens That Threaten Their Existence

How One Rural Town Without a Pharmacy Is Crowdsourcing to Get Meds

Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients

During A Pandemic, States’ Patchwork Of Crisis Strategies Could Mean Uneven Care

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