Who Gets Obesity Drugs Covered by Insurance? In North Carolina, It Helps If You’re on Medicaid
GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic accounted for 10% of the North Carolina state employee health plan’s prescription drug spending, so the state is no longer covering them for weight loss alone. Still, it did decide to cover them for Medicaid patients’ weight loss. A look inside the state’s coverage calculus.
Homebound Seniors Living Alone Often Slip Through Health System’s Cracks
There is a large population of older adults with physical problems that prevent them from leaving home. Many have significant medical and practical needs that go unmet.
A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill was $445.
A mom in Peoria, Illinois, took her 3-year-old to the ER one evening last December. While they were waiting to be seen, the toddler seemed better, so they left without seeing a doctor. Then the bill came.
Journalists Dish on New Weight Loss Drugs, RFK Jr.’s Fluoride Claims, and Reproductive Health
¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ·Health News staffers and contributors made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Trump Doesn’t Need Congress To Make Abortion Effectively Unavailable
President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail not to sign a nationwide abortion ban. But he wouldn’t need to do so to make abortion difficult, or illegal, writes ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ·Health News’ chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
Florida’s Deloitte-Run Computer System Cut Off New Moms Entitled to Medicaid
¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ·Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room
Indiana Hospitals Pull Merger Application After Pushback Over Monopoly Concerns
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Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
Immigration Detention Center Contractor Sues Over California Health Inspections
Anti-Fraud Efforts Meet Real-World Test During ACA Enrollment Period
Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
Journalists Reflect on Trump Picks, Racism and Public Health, and Unnecessary Dental Implants
Systemic Sickness
Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
