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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, 2023

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Judge’s decision would make some no-cost cancer screenings a thing of the past

Apr 3, 2023

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ADHD patients face uneven urine screens and, sometimes, stigma

Patients face dramatically different requirements, depending on their clinics’ and health insurers’ policies

Mar 30, 2023

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A progress check on hospital price transparency

Since 2021, hospitals nationwide have been laboring to post their prices for every service, drug, and item they provide, but progress is mixed

Mar 30, 2023

Andrew Johnson says his friends think he’s crazy for deciding to work in human services. He knows he made the right career choice for himself, but he still wants to be able to afford a house in Montana someday. | KEELY LARSON/KHN

Behavioral health providers scramble to keep remaining staff amid Medicaid rate debate

Not just an Oregon problem, the supply of staff is inadequate to meet demand for behavioral health care across the U.S. amid low reimbursement rates

Mar 28, 2023

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2015. | GAGE SKIDMORE/CC BY-SA 2.0

Sen. Sanders shows fire, seeks modest goals, in his debut drug hearing as health chair

With little authority over drug prices, the platform Sanders commands is essentially a bully pulpit

Mar 28, 2023

The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nevada, funded by a mix of federal and state grants. | WENDY MADSON

Mobile clinics got rolling in the pandemic. A new law will help them cast a wider safety net.

Last fall, Congress passed a law that gives qualified health centers flexibility to use federal funding for mobile units

Mar 23, 2023

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Judge signals he could rule to halt sales of common abortion pill

The federal ruling out of Texas would potentially eliminate nationwide access

Mar 21, 2023

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The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

These births coincide with high rates of maternal and infant death, billions of dollars in care costs, and often lifelong disabilities for the children who survive

Mar 16, 2023