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Colorado culpa a Biden y a farmacéuticas por retrasar importaciones de medicamentos de Canadá
Las autoridades de Colorado aseguran que su plan de importar medicamentos más baratos de Canadá se ha visto obstaculizado por la oposición de las farmacéuticas y la falta de acción por parte de la administración Biden, según un…
Candidates Clashed But Avoided Talk of Abortion at 4th GOP Primary Debate
Raised voices and sharp words marked Wednesday night’s fourth Republican presidential primary debate as four candidates argued about everything from their own electability to the continued front-runner status of former President…
Food Sovereignty Movement Sprouts as Bison Return to Indigenous Communities
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing.
Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers. Around the perimeter, stalks…
Social Security Clawbacks Hit a Million More People Than Agency Chief Told Congress
The Social Security Administration has demanded money back from more than 2 million people a year — more than twice as many people as the head of the agency disclosed at an October congressional hearing.
That’s according to a…
Watch: The Long-Term Care Crisis: Why Few Can Afford to Grow Old in America
By Jordan Rau
December 6, 2023
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Jordan Rau, KFF Health News
For many in America, especially people in the middle class, old age is a daily struggle to keep up with…
Biden Wants States to Ensure Obamacare Plans Cover Enough Doctors and Hospitals
The Biden administration plans to push states to boost oversight of the number of doctors, hospitals, and other health providers insurers cover in Obamacare plans, under rules proposed in November.
The annual regulatory…
Readers Slam Hospital Monopolies and Blame the Feds for Understaffed Nursing Homes
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.
Why Hospital Monopolies Are a Bad Idea
I recently read the article about…
Watch and Listen: Opioid Settlement Case Triggers Protests Outside the High Court
By Aneri Pattani
December 5, 2023
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Aneri Pattani
The Supreme Court heard a case this week about who could claim bankruptcy protection from civil lawsuits. The case…
Colorado Says Drug Industry Blocked Its Canada Dreams – And Biden Hasn’t Helped
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
Colorado’s leaders had grand plans to import cheaper medicines from Canada, after the Trump administration issued rules in 2020 allowing states to try it.
But officials in Denver say they’ve been stymied…
Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half.
Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona, was leading his class through a school hallway in 2017 when he collapsed. Little feared he was having a stroke. Or, in a sign of the times, that he’d been shot. He tried to…