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Some Roadblocks to Lifesaving Addiction Treatment Are Gone. Now What?
For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited access to buprenorphine, a medication that addiction experts consider the gold…
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Mental Health Care by Video Fills Gaps in Rural Nursing Homes
KNOXVILLE, Iowa ― Bette Helm was glad to have someone to talk with about her insomnia.
Helm lives in a nursing home in this central Iowa town of about 7,500 people, where…
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Judge Signals He Could Rule to Halt Sales of Common Abortion Pill
Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News
During a four-hour hearing last week that could eliminate nationwide access to a common and widely used abortion pill, federal Judge Matthew…
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Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net.
Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nevada, broadened its services to dental care.
Leaders with the Healthy Communities…
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California Picks Generic Drug Company Civica to Produce Low-Cost Insulin
Angela Hart
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday announced the selection of Utah-based generic drug manufacturer Civica to produce low-cost insulin for California, an…
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Journalists Discuss Medicaid Unwinding and Clawbacks
KHN correspondent Rachana Pradhan untangled Medicaid unwinding on PBS’ “PBS News Weekend” on March 11.
Click here to watch Pradhan on “PBS News Weekend”
Read Pradhan’s “Why…
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Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.
To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against health care staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices…
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California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings
Bernard J. Wolfson
Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s covid misinformation bill last fall. In a message to…
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Estados Unidos sigue siendo uno de los países con más partos prematuros. ¿Se puede solucionar?
El segundo embarazo de Tamara Etienne estuvo lleno de riesgos y preocupaciones desde el principio, exacerbado porque ya había sufrido un aborto espontáneo.
Como maestra de…
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Listen to ‘Tradeoffs’: Medical Debt Delivers ‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’
By Noam N. Levey
March 16, 2023
Noam N. Levey
The numbers that tell the story of medical debt in the U.S. are staggering: Around 100…
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