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GLP-1 agonist medications such as Ozempic accounted for 10% of the North Carolina state employee health planās prescription drug spending, so the state is no longer covering them for weight loss alone. Still, it did decide to cover them for Medicaid patientsā weight loss. A look inside the stateās coverage calculus.
President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail not to sign a nationwide abortion ban. But he wouldnāt need to do so to make abortion difficult, or illegal, writes Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
Florida discovered a glitch in its Deloitte-run Medicaid eligibility system. The problem, alleged in court testimony, led to new mothers wrongly losing their insurance coverage.
Two Indiana hospital rivals withdrew their application to merge after facing pushback from the Federal Trade Commission and the public.
A private immigration detention center contractor has sued to block a California law allowing local public health officials to inspect facilities in response to allegations of medical neglect or unsanitary conditions.
For nearly 15 years, the feds have had oversight of Georgiaās treatment of people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Observers say the state still jeopardizes some of its most marginalized residents by not meeting the terms of its settlement with the Justice Department.
Florida sued the FDA over what it said was a āreckless delayā in approving its drug importation plan. Now, nearly a year after the FDA gave the state the green light, the program has yet to begin.
With a new Trump administration poised to move into the White House and Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress, party leaders are making a to-do list for the Affordable Care Act.
Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say the shortage accelerated their plans to change IV fluid hydration protocols altogether.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
Pregnant women are being asked to make large cash payments months before they deliver their babies. Some patient advocates worry this billing practice allows providers to hold treatment hostage.
After the fall of āRoe v. Wade,ā thousands of out-of-state patients traveled to Maryland for abortion care. The state is trying to diversify who can offer that care. Providers in the first training class say their new skills are especially needed in rural areas.
Voters in 10 states weighed in on abortion rights this election. Despite the results supporting abortion rights in seven of those states, much of the abortion landscape on abortion wonāt change much immediately, as medical providers navigate the legal hurdles that remain.
Americans are getting dental implants more than ever ā and at costs reaching tens of thousands of dollars. Experts worry some dentists have lost sight of the soul of dentistry: preserving and fixing teeth.
Medications such as methadone can cut the risk of a fatal opioid overdose in half. Medicaid covers the medication. But as state Medicaid programs reevaluated coverage of each enrollee following a pause in disenrollments during the covid-19 pandemic, some patients lost a crucial pillar of their sobriety.
Experts disputed the claim by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, noting that a range of other issues ā from low reimbursement rates to declining patient use ā combine to cause these facilities to shutter.
Laborers have suffered in extreme heat triggered by climate change. Deaths arenāt inevitable, researchers say: Employers can save lives by providing ample water and breaks.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
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