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Women in medicine shout #MeToo about sexual harassment at work
- Author:
- Christina Jewett
- Kaiser Health News
Women are combating sexual harassment in the medical field at every level, from patients’ bedsides to the executive boardroom.
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Congress tackles the opioid epidemic. But how much will it help?
- Author:
- Shefali Luthra
- Kaiser Health News
“We haven’t seen the peak of the epidemic. We are seeing the numbers climb year after year,” said Baltimore’s Dr. Leana Wen.
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States strive to curb costs for a crucial – but exorbitant – hemophilia treatment
- Author:
- Barbara Feder Ostrov
- Kaiser Health News
“There aren’t a lot of options available to Medicaid programs in terms of controlling costs, because we don’t set the initial costs”
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CMS issues split decision on Arkansas Medicaid waiver
- Author:
- Phil Galewitz
- Kaiser Health News
Nine other states have requests pending with CMS to enact a Medicaid work requirement.
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Never too late to operate? Surgery near end of life is common, costly
- Author:
- Liz Szabo
- Kaiser Health News
Nearly 1 in 3 Medicare patients undergo an operation in their final year of life.
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Expert advice for the corporate titans taking on health care
- Author:
- KHN Staff
- Kaiser Health News
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. want to disrupt health care.
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Sales of antiradiation drug skyrocket following Trump tweets
- Author:
- Jonel Aleccia
- Kaiser Health News
"On Jan. 2, I basically got in a month's supply of potassium iodide and I sold out in 48 hours," said Troy Jones, a top U.S. distributor of the...
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Trump administration clears way to require work for some Medicaid enrollees
- Author:
- Phil Galewitz
- Kaiser Health News
Adding a work requirement to Medicaid would mark one of the biggest changes since its inception in 1966.
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Running on empty: CHIP funding could run out Jan. 19 for some states
- Author:
- Phil Galewitz
- Kaiser Health News
The latest estimates for when federal funding runs out could cause states to freeze enrollment and alert parents that the program could shut down...
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With CHIP in limbo, here are five takeaways on the congressional impasse
- Author:
- Phil Galewitz
- Kaiser Health News
CHIP has been left in the fiscal lurch only once before. In 2007, CHIP went several weeks without funding authorization from Congress.
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5 big ways the tax bill could affect health policy
- Author:
- Julie Rovner
- Kaiser Health News
One proposed change could disproportionately effect young physicians.
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The rising cost of the pneumococcal vaccine: What gives?
- Author:
- Shefali Luthra
- Kaiser Health News
“It’s like buying gas in a hurricane – or Coke in an airport. They charge what they want to,” said pediatrician Lindsay Irvin.
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Marketplace confusion opens door to questions about skinny plans
- Author:
- Julie Appleby
- Kaiser Health News
Such plans, sold for the first time to individuals, come amid uncertainty over the fate of the ACA.
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Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care – and shorter lives
- Author:
- Jenny Gold
- Kaiser Health News
Sickle cell disease is “a microcosm of how issues of race, ethnicity and identity come into conflict with issues of health care.”
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Two Senators reach deal on a health law fix
- Author:
- Julie Rovner
- Kaiser Health News
Even if it fails, the deal revives something that has been almost completely missing in Congress for the past 8 years – bipartisan compromise.