Legacy Topic: Health Care
In the midst of a massive opioid crisis, hospitals are experiencing an opioid shortage
May 14, 2018
Drug shortages are nothing new in U.S. hospitals.
Trump unveils plan for cutting drug prices. Will it work?
May 11, 2018
President Donald Trump on Friday took the wraps off his long-awaited plan for cutting drug prices. In a speech, the president announced measures to increase competition and pricing transparency as ways to drive down costs, which have been spiraling. He did not put forward any plan to use the huge buying power of the federal […]
3 things to look for in Trump’s speech on drug pricing
by
Dan Gorenstein
and Janet Nguyen
May 10, 2018
The president is set to talk about his plans to lower the price of drugs on Friday.
Lawmakers to grill drug wholesalers over opioid epidemic
May 8, 2018
Prescription drug wholesalers, who sit between pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers, are expected to get an earful about their role in the opioid epidemic Tuesday. Executives from five companies will testify in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Click the above audio player to hear the full story.
Where are Affordable Care Act premiums headed?
May 4, 2018
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the Republican-controlled House voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has said the vote would increase the number of uninsured Americans by more than 20 million. Well, Obamacare is still standing, but as part of the tax overhaul, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans […]
Some health care firms focus on empathy to keep people healthier
May 2, 2018
One reason for the interest in a more empathetic clinical staff stems from the fact that hospitals and physicians, increasingly, have financial incentives to keep patients out of the hospital.
Capping out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare patients wouldn't lower drug prices
Apr 30, 2018
Several health economists and policy experts argue until Washington forces drug companies to lower their overall prices, an out-of-pocket Medicare cap is just dabbling at the edges.
For public good, not for profit.
What happens when a hospital sells its debt?
by
Miles Bryan
Apr 9, 2018
More hospitals across the country are selling debt from unpaid medical bills to collection agencies.
As hospitals increasingly close in rural areas, communities consider a hybrid health center model
by
Blake Farmer
Mar 28, 2018
Without enough patients with health insurance, hospitals are closing in rural parts of the country. Some communities have turned to hybrid health centers — shy of a hospital but more than a clinic — to try to meet their community's health needs.
Key health care measure left out of federal spending bill
Mar 23, 2018
Congress jammed a lot into its $1.3 trillion spending bill, and we’ll be going through the bill’s 2,000-plus pages for some time. But there was one thing noticeably left out: a last-ditch compromise amendment on health care sponsored by Republican senators Susan Collins and Lamar Alexander. The so-called “stabilization” package was designed to keep health insurance […]