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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas...

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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas...

A Primer on Health Equity Research – Healthcare Economist

According to the World Health Organization, “Three distinguishing features, when combined, turn mere variations or differences in health into a social inequity in...

Most Insurance Covers IUDs. Hers Cost More Than $14,000.

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News During her annual OB-GYN visit, Callie Anderson asked about getting off the birth control pill. “We decided the best option...

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Evolution of orphan drug – Healthcare Economist

A study by Fermaglich and Miller (2023) evaluated trends in orphan drug designations and approvals after the Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was...

Federal ACA Marketplace Enrollment Lagging

It’s open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act — and there are ongoing challenges. First up, enrollment. New and returning sign-ups through healthcare.gov — the federal marketplace...

Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges

Julie Appleby, KFF Health News New enrollments under the Affordable Care Act are on pace to trail last year’s record numbers by as many...

Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule

Andy Miller and Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead Three Democratic senators asked the country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog on Tuesday to investigate the costs...

Can we measure this? – Healthcare Economist

A paper by Kowal et al. (2023) does in fact measure the disparities in health outcomes. To do this, they use data from...

Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change.

Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops in Somalia (“Black Hawk Down”), an Arnold...

Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health care system among...

Inmigrantes temen por su salud bajo Trump, pero tienen esperanzas en la economía

LOS ÁNGELES, California.— La promesa del presidente electo Donald Trump de deportaciones masivas y restricciones migratorias más severas está aumentando la desconfianza en...

Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery

Elisabeth Rosenthal When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a...

A Killing Touches Off Backlash Against Health Insurers

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news...

How many patients are switching to biosimilars? – Healthcare Economist

That is a key question if long-run drug prices are going to come down for biologic products. We can decompose this question...

Si Trump recorta fondos, millones de personas en nueve estados podrían perder Medicaid

Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, y el control total del Congreso por parte de...