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Sales of antiradiation drug skyrocket following Trump tweets

Author:
Jonel Aleccia
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: January 11, 2018

"On Jan. 2, I basically got in a month's supply of potassium iodide and I sold out in 48 hours," said Troy Jones, a top U.S. distributor of the...

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Trump administration clears way to require work for some Medicaid enrollees

Author:
Phil Galewitz
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: January 11, 2018

Adding a work requirement to Medicaid would mark one of the biggest changes since its inception in 1966.

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Running on empty: CHIP funding could run out Jan. 19 for some states

Author:
Phil Galewitz
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: January 8, 2018

The latest estimates for when federal funding runs out could cause states to freeze enrollment and alert parents that the program could shut down...

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With CHIP in limbo, here are five takeaways on the congressional impasse

Author:
Phil Galewitz
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: December 4, 2017

CHIP has been left in the fiscal lurch only once before. In 2007, CHIP went several weeks without funding authorization from Congress.

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5 big ways the tax bill could affect health policy

Author:
Julie Rovner
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: December 1, 2017

One proposed change could disproportionately effect young physicians.

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The rising cost of the pneumococcal vaccine: What gives?

Author:
Shefali Luthra
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: November 29, 2017

“It’s like buying gas in a hurricane – or Coke in an airport. They charge what they want to,” said pediatrician Lindsay Irvin.

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Marketplace confusion opens door to questions about skinny plans

Author:
Julie Appleby
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: November 28, 2017

Such plans, sold for the first time to individuals, come amid uncertainty over the fate of the ACA.

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Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care – and shorter lives

Author:
Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: November 6, 2017

Sickle cell disease is “a microcosm of how issues of race, ethnicity and identity come into conflict with issues of health care.”

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Two Senators reach deal on a health law fix

Author:
Julie Rovner
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: October 18, 2017

Even if it fails, the deal revives something that has been almost completely missing in Congress for the past 8 years – bipartisan compromise.

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Cascade of costs could push new gene therapy above $1 million per patient

Author:
Liz Szabo
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: October 17, 2017

Although Kymriah’s price tag has “shattered oncology drug-pricing norms,” Dr. Saltz said “the sticker price is just the starting point.”

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Five takeaways from Congress’ failure to extend funding for children’s coverage

Author:
Phil Galewitz
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: October 4, 2017

Congress finally seems ready to take action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program after funding lapsed Sept. 30.

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Flat-fee primary care helps fill niche for Texas’ uninsured

Author:
Charlotte Huff
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: October 4, 2017

Under direct primary care, patients pay a monthly fee for basic, office-based care and frequently after-hours access.

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Five outside-the-box ideas for fixing the individual insurance market

Author:
Julie Rovner
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: August 30, 2017

A preview to what legislators might consider when they return from the summer congressional recess in early September.

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‘Breakthrough’ leukemia drug also portends ‘quantum leap’ in cost

Author:
Liz Szabo
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: August 23, 2017

Novartis hasn’t announced a price for CTL019, but British health authorities have said a price of $649,000 for a one-time treatment would be...

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Climbing cost of decades-old drugs threatens to break Medicaid bank

Author:
Sydney Lupkin
Kaiser Health News
Publish date: August 14, 2017

Skyrocketing price tags for new drugs to treat rare diseases have stoked outrage nationwide. But hundreds of old, commonly used drugs cost the...

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