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New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers
California has a few major changes coming to its health policy landscape in 2025. New laws that took effect Jan. 1 ban medical debt from credit reports, allow public health inspections of private immigration detention centers, and ban toxic chemicals in makeup.
Journalists Address HHS Under Trump, Rural PFAS Contamination, and Bird Flu
国产麻豆精品Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
国产麻豆精品Health News' 'What the Health?': New Year, New Congress, New Health Agenda
Health is unlikely to be a top priority for the new GOP-led 119th Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. But it鈥檚 likely to play a key supporting role, with an abortion bill already scheduled for debate in the Senate. Meanwhile, it鈥檚 unclear when and how the new Congress will deal with the bipartisan bills jettisoned from the previous Congress鈥 year-end omnibus measure 鈥 including a major deal to rein in the power of pharmacy benefit managers. In this 鈥渃atch up on all the news you missed鈥 episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Medicaid Expansion Debate Will Affect Other Health Policy Issues Before Montana Legislature
Legislative leaders say the decision whether to renew Montana鈥檚 Medicaid expansion program this year will loom over behavioral health spending and hospital regulation, among other topics.
Health Care Is Newsom鈥檚 Biggest Unfinished Project. Trump Complicates That Task.
As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, health care stands out as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for California residents. The issue will likely shape his national profile for better or worse. And now, Donald Trump brings a new wrinkle.
Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
An Arm and a Leg: A Listener Fighting the Good Fight
A medical resident who listens to 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 is pushing for change with the American Medical Association and at the hospital where he works.
La salud, un proyecto inconcluso del gobernador de California
Algunas de las iniciativas emblem谩ticas de Newsom en materia de salud, que podr铆an definir su perfil en el escenario nacional, est谩n en peligro con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca.
Health Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity
Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for 鈥渋nsurance fairness鈥 on the grounds that people who have joints surgically replaced typically don鈥檛 face the same kinds of coverage challenges.
In Year 7, 鈥楤ill of the Month鈥 Gives Patients a Voice
In the seventh year of 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 series, patients shared their most perplexing, vexing, and downright expensive medical bills, and reporters analyzed $800,000 in charges 鈥 including more than $370,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.
An Arm and a Leg: Revisiting 鈥楥hristmas In July鈥
From the archives of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥: a family tragedy, a 40-year tradition, and a million dollars in medical debt erased.
Journalists Wrap Up 2024 With Topics From Trump 2.0 to Frustration With Health Industry
国产麻豆精品Health News staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
鈥楤ill of the Month鈥: The Series That Dissects and Slashes Medical Bills
Since 2018, readers and listeners sent 国产麻豆精品Health News-NPR鈥檚 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 thousands of questionable bills. Our crowdsourced investigation paved the way for landmark legislation and highlighted cost-saving strategies for all patients.
Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump鈥檚 Return
Donald Trump鈥檚 first administration advanced rules forcing hospitals and insurers to reveal prices for medical services. Employers don鈥檛 want to risk backtracking during Trump鈥檚 second administration.
Readers Offer ‘Solo Agers’ Support and Reflect on Ancestors
国产麻豆精品Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Federal ACA Marketplace Enrollment Lagging
It鈥檚 open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act 鈥 and there are ongoing challenges. First up, enrollment. New and returning sign-ups through healthcare.gov 鈥 the federal marketplace that serves 31 states 鈥 are well below last year鈥檚 rate. New enrollments were just over 730,000 in early December, compared with 1.5 million at the same time last year. To give consumers in those states more time to […]
He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.
A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.
Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges
The number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov 鈥 the federal marketplace that serves 31 states 鈥 is well below last year鈥檚 as of early December. Also, a Biden administration push to give 鈥淒reamers鈥 access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.
Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rule
A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 reporting, which has documented the program鈥檚 high costs and low enrollment.
How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs鈥 Grip on Drug Prices
As criticism of pharmacy benefit managers heats up, fear of lawsuits is driving some big employers to drop the 鈥淏ig Three鈥 PBMs 鈥 or force them to change.
