The Demise of Single-Payer in California Trips Up Efforts in Other States
SACRAMENTO — Single-payer health care didn’t stand a chance in California this year. Even in this deep-blue bastion, Democratic lawmakers shied away from legislation that would have put state government in charge of health care and taxed Californians heavily to…
Plan to Fix Postal Service Shifts New Retirees to Medicare — Along With Billions in Costs
A congressional effort to fix the nation’s deteriorating mail service may come at the expense of an even bigger and more complicated problem: Medicare solvency. The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 would help shore up post office finances by…
Changes to Medi-Cal’s Troubled Drug Program Reduce Backlog in California, but Problems Persist
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The contractor running California’s new Medicaid prescription drug program has addressed shortfalls that earlier this year left thousands of enrollees without critical medications, some languishing on hold for hours as they sought help, state officials told lawmakers Thursday. …
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Contemplating a Post-‘Roe’ World
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Click here for a transcript of the episode. With those on both…
Understanding Enzymes
Health would not be complete without the understanding of enzymes. All compounds and elements that we eat must be broken down into other compounds or elements. The “complex is broken down into the “simple”. For example, protein is a large…
Other States Keep Watchful Eye on Snags in Washington’s Pioneering Public-Option Plan
With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer “Medicare for All” program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care…
An $80,000 Tab for Newborns Lays Out a Loophole in the New Law to Curb Surprise Bills
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away. The pregnancy went well until…
COVID pills are here. Here’s what you need to know about antiviral treatments.
Last December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for two oral medications to treat COVID-19. The medications, which are the first COVID-19 treatments to come in pill form, represent a new tool in our…
Missouri Takes Months to Process Medicaid Applications — Longer Than Law Allows
Aneka French applied for Medicaid in October, not long after Missouri became the 38th state to expand eligibility for the program. But her application sat for months in a backlog with tens of thousands of others. While she waited, French,…
‘What Lurks in the Woods:’ One family’s heartbreaking story of illness, caregiving, and love
While they were waiting on the results of his scan, Russ traveled to Atlanta to attend a funeral service. But on his way home, he became lost and frantic. He called Nicole begging for help, but then his cell phone…
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