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‘Medicare For All’ Emerges As Early Divide In First Democratic Debate

At the Democratic presidential debate health policies, ranging from “Medicare for All” to efforts to curb skyrocketing drug prices, were among the key issues

June 19, 2019 Health Policy

Why You Should Read Your Doctor’s Notes

A majority of patients who looked at their doctor’s notes reported they felt more in control of their care and said they were more compliant taking medication.

June 12, 2019 Health Policy

Trump Administration Rule Would Undo Health Care Protections For LGBTQ Patients

A Trump administration proposal would change the civil rights rules dictating whether providers must care for patients who are transgender or have had an abortion.

April 22, 2019 Health Policy

News bits

Health headlines from the region and around the world.

March 19, 2019 Biotechnology / Health Policy

Death By 1,000 Clicks

How electronic health records became an ‘unholy mess.’

March 4, 2019 Drugs / Health Policy / Medicare

Big Pharma Gave Money To Patient Advocacy Groups Opposing Medicare Changes

By Sydney Lupkin and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News, and Victoria Knight. Dozens of patient advocacy groups, like the Bonnie

March 2, 2019 Health Policy

Weekend Reading…

Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes, Kaiser Health News Happy first day of March! Yours truly could barely keep

January 28, 2019 Health Policy / Hospitals

Hospitals Check To See If Patients Are Donor-Worthy — Not Their Organs, But Pockets

Hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings — using software that culls public data such as property records, and contributions charities.

January 25, 2019 Drugs / Health Costs / Health Policy

Support grows for action on drug prices

Spurred on by midterm election results that showed health care to be a deciding issue, lawmakers are pushing a bevy of new proposals and approaches.

January 22, 2019 Health Insurance / Health Policy / Medicaid

Can the states fix US healthcare?

For over a decade, we’ve been waiting for Washington to solve our healthcare woes. Now, with Washington in total dysfunction, states are looking for solutions.

January 16, 2019 Health Costs / Health Policy

Seven in 10 Americans say healthcare system in “crisis” or having “major problems

Seven in 10 or those polled said the healthcare system in “crisis” or having “major problems, in response to a new Gallup poll. The results are in line with what the poll has found since 1994.

January 14, 2019 Health Policy

The more women in government, the healthier a population

Compared to their male counterparts, female politicians are more likely to advance women’s rights, health care and family policy.

January 11, 2019 Health Costs / Health Insurance / Health Policy

Health reads of the week

Must-read health care stories of the week from Kaiser Health News’ Brianna Labuskes.

January 10, 2019 Health Policy / Nutrition / Obesity / Public Health

Seattle’s Soda Tax Almost Entirely Passed on to Consumers

Two-liter bottle of soda increased 64 percent; price of diet drinks jumped, too

January 10, 2019 Biotechnology / Drugs / Health Costs / Health Policy

Health care industry spends $30B a year on advertising

Marketing drives more testing…more treatments. It’s a big part of why health care is so expensive… it’s the fancy, high-tech stuff things that get marketed.