2021-11-27 Patients Went Into the Hospital for Care. After Testing Positive There for Covid, Some Never Came Out. Christina Jewett They went into hospitals with heart attacks, kidney failure or in a psychiatric crisis. They left with covid-19 — if they left at all. More than 10,000 patients were diagnosed with covid in […]
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Becerra Says Surprise Billing Rules Force Doctors Who Overcharge to Accept Fair Prices
2021-11-24 Becerra Says Surprise Billing Rules Force Doctors Who Overcharge to Accept Fair Prices Michael McAuliff Overpriced doctors and other medical providers who can’t charge a reasonable rate for their services could be put out of business when new rules against surprise medical bills take effect in January, and that’s a good thing, Health […]
How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high
2021-11-23 How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high Emblems of America’s epidemics. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images Andrew Kolodny, Brandeis University For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official, researcher and […]
Stranded by the Pandemic, He Had Only Travel Insurance. It Left Him With a $38,000 Bill.
2021-11-22 Stranded by the Pandemic, He Had Only Travel Insurance. It Left Him With a $38,000 Bill. Arthur Allen Duy Hoa Tran, a retired Vietnamese schoolteacher, arrived in Los Angeles in February 2020 to visit his daughter and 2-month-old grandson. Two weeks later, the door closed behind him. To prevent the spread of covid-19, […]
The ER Charged Him $6,500 for Six Stitches. No Wonder His Critically Ill Wife Avoided the ER.
2021-11-20 The ER Charged Him $6,500 for Six Stitches. No Wonder His Critically Ill Wife Avoided the ER. Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Jason and DeeAnn Dean recently relocated to her hometown of Dellrose, Tennessee, where she grew up on a farm. Both in their late 40s, they’re trying to start a green dream […]
Public Opinion Is Unified on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices. Why Are Leaders Settling for Less?
2021-11-19 Public Opinion Is Unified on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices. Why Are Leaders Settling for Less? Elisabeth Rosenthal Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as much for drugs as patients in dozens of other […]
Texas Abortion Law Harms Survivors of Rape and Incest, Activists Say
2021-11-18 Texas Abortion Law Harms Survivors of Rape and Incest, Activists Say Ashley Lopez, KUT The Safe Alliance in Austin, Texas, helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Before Texas’ new abortion law took effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old who had been repeatedly raped by her father. Piper Stege Nelson, […]
As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
2021-11-17 As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News and Emily Featherston, InvestigateTV In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president […]
One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies
One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies by Caroline Chen ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: A Closer Look Examining the News In public health, a “sentinel event” is a case […]
How Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies
2021-11-16 How Rural Communities Are Losing Their Pharmacies Markian Hawryluk Batson’s Drug Store seems like a throwback to a simpler time. The independently owned pharmacy in Howard, Kansas, still runs an old-fashioned soda counter and hand-dips ice cream. But the drugstore, the only one in the entire county, teeters on the edge between nostalgia […]