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Nataliya Vaitkevich / Pexels/The quick rise in popularity of the diabetes drugs used for weight loss over the last two years caught many employers flat footed. Now, employers are scrambling to find solutions to help improve worker health while simultaneously keeping a lid on rising health care spending. -
Farah Yousry/Side Effects Public MediaThousands of people have been mistakenly dropped off Medicaid and CHIP since the Spring. System glitches are behind this undue massive loss of coverage.
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Girls in the U.S. are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk. A school-based program is helping them. -
Procedural errors are confusing people and leaving some stunned with unexpected loss of Medicaid health insurance coverage.
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Federal judges are wrestling with this question: Can a state government block medical care for transgender children?
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What’s a fair price to pay for prescription drugs? Medicare will soon face this and other tough questions when it begins historic price negotiations with drugmakers.
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Indiana’s looming abortion ban will mean people in the Midwest and South will need to travel further, wait longer and jump through extra hoops to access abortion care.
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Managing drug shortages is a routine part of a pharmacist’s job, but it’s become increasingly more difficult as shortages of ADHD medications, chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics continue nationwide.
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Policy experts say one way to help close the racial gap in maternal health outcomes is to ensure people on Medicaid don’t lose coverage two months after pregnancy.
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The uptick in legal abortions in states like Kansas, Illinois and Michigan has not made up for the decrease in states that implemented post-Roe restrictions, according to a new report.
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A federal pilot project tests handing the reins of some hospice care over to private insurers. The experiment, which began in 2021, could ultimately transform the end of life care available to millions of Americans.
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Lawmakers in some states — including Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — are considering legislation to require automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in schools. But mandating these devices is a complicated decision.
