Journalists Sum Up the Costs to Patients of New Weight Loss Drugs and Hospital Mergers
KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed a lobbying effort to get Medicare to cover a new class of weight loss drugs on NPR’s “Morning...
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: On Abortion Rights, Ohio Is the New Kansas
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’Episode Title: On Abortion Rights, Ohio Is the New KansasEpisode Number: 309Published: Aug. 10, 2023 [Editor’s note: This transcript, generated...
Watch: As Opioid Settlement Money Starts to Flow, States and Local Officials Debate How to Use It
Over 18 years, more than $50 billion in settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies that made and sold opioid painkillers will be paid to state and...
Amid Lack of Accountability for Bias in Maternity Care, a California Family Seeks Justice
Aniya was ready to leave. She was dressed in a fuzzy white onesie her mother had packed for her first trip home. Yet Aniya’s family...
What One Lending Company’s Hospital Contracts Reveal About Financing Patient Debt
With tens of millions of Americans burdened by medical debt, hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly shuttling their patients into loans serviced by banks,...
Journalists Zero In on Opioid Settlement Cash, Congress, and the Medicaid Unwinding
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed the spending of opioid settlement money with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Aug. 2. The PBS NewsHour also...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Congress Is Out. The Presidential Campaign Is In.
Can't see the audio player? The Host Congress has left for its annual August recess, but lawmakers have a long to-do list waiting when they...
Journalists Explore Shortage of Foster Care Sites and Prevalence of Covid Misinformation
KFF Health New correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed the shortage of foster care homes in rural Nevada on The Nevada Independent’s “The Indy” on July...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Another Try for Mental Health ‘Parity’
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’Episode Title: Another Try for Mental Health ‘Parity’Episode Number: 307Published: July 27, 2023 [Editor’s note: This transcript, generated using transcription...
Journalists Discuss Abortion Lawsuits and the Pros and Cons of Health Care Sharing Plans
KFF Health News senior correspondent Sarah Varney discussed the lawsuit to block the “abortion trafficking” law in Idaho on KUOW’s “Soundside” on July 13. Click...