How To Get Rid Of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It In The First Place
Patients, consumer advocates, and researchers offered their hard-won insights on how to avoid or manage medical debt.
Kaiser Health News
How Pfizer Won The Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit And Influence
Pfizer's success in developing COVID medicines has given the drugmaker unusual weight in determining U.S. health policy.
How Much Health Insurers Pay For Almost Everything Is About To Go Public
As of July 1, health insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every price they’ve negotiated with providers for health care services, item by item.
Five Things To Know Now That The Supreme Court Has Overturned Roe v. Wade
States have the ability to set their own restrictions, so where people live will determine their level of access to abortion.
Conservatives On Supreme Court, As Expected, End Nationwide Right To Abortion
The 6-3 decision in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturned a nearly 50-year precedent.
100 Million People In America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
More than 100 million people in America are beset by a health care system that is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale.
Sobering Lessons In Untying The Knot Of A Homeless Crisis
Portland’s homeless problem now extends well beyond the downtown core, creating a crisis of conscience for this fiercely liberal city.
Race Is Often Used As Medical Shorthand For How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want To Change That.
Using race as a medical shorthand is at best imprecise and at worst harmful, and experts say one of the best things patients can do is ask if — and how — their race is factored into their care.
Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings To Nursing Home Payments To Improve Patient Care
Laws passed in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York to mandate nursing home spending on care have sparked federal interest in the idea.
Trauma Surgeons Detail The Horror Of Mass Shootings In The Wake Of Uvalde And Call For Reforms
Many trauma surgeons are calling for substantial reforms to address gun violence.
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