This Gift Voucher Might Just Get You A KidneyÂ
A retired California judge came up with the idea of donating his kidney to a stranger now to maximize his grandsonâs prospects for such a donation later. The idea caught on.
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Reporterâs Notebook: In Health Care, A Good Price (Or Any Price) Is Hard To Find
Not only are health prices hidden, industry players are contractually obligated to keep them secret. Thatâs why answering a simple question â how much does it cost to have a baby in Mountain View, Calif.? â became a journalistic quest.
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The Orphan Drug Machine
FDA Moves To Guard Against Abuse Of âOrphan Drugâ Program
Following a KHN investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has moved to speed up approvals of âorphan drugsâ while closing a loophole that allowed drugmakers to skip pediatric testing.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Postcard From The Hill: Senators Shelve Histrionics In Search Of Obamacare Fix
The Senate health committee is putting aside partisan bickering this month to seek a legislative remedy to a possible spike in Obamacare premiums this fall.
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Quiz: How Well Are You Paying Attention?
To strengthen your core knowledge of health care policy, it helps to be a regular reader of Kaiser Health News. Here's a pop quiz to gauge what you have learned.
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Guess Who Pays The Price When Hospital Giants Hire Your Private Practitioner?
Gobbling up doctorsâ independent practices is lucrative for hospital systems â but not necessarily a good deal for the physicians or consumers, critics say. Northern California is a case in point.
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Meningitis B Vaccineâs High Price Poses A Health Care Conundrum For College-Bound
This immunization may mark a shift among some vaccine makers to higher-priced, ânicheâ preventives that protect against very specific and sometimes rare illnesses.
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5 Governors Press Congress For Fast Bucks To Secure Obamacare Market In 2018
State leaders tell senators that federal dollars are needed this fall to keep insurers participating in Obamacare next year and prevent big hikes in premiums.
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Shedding New Light On Hospice Care: No Need To Wait For The ‘Brink Of Death’
Hospice care often prompts fear and misunderstanding, but the services provided can lead to less pain and trauma at the end of life.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Vital Health Officials You’ve Never Heard Of: Insurance Commissioners In The Hot Seat
The fate of the Affordable Care Actâs individual insurance marketplaces remains in play as state insurance commissioners take a central role in the debate.
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How Below-The-Radar Mergers Fuel Health Care Monopolies
Most acquisitions by hospitals of physician practices are too small to trigger antitrust attention, study says. But a buying spree of âonesies and twosiesâ doctor practices has driven competition down and prices up.
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Another Way For Anti-Vaxxers To Skip Shots For Schoolkids: A Doctorâs Note
No longer able to get exemptions for personal beliefs in California, parents opposed to inoculations seem to be obtaining medical exemptions for their children, according to a new study.
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Rep. Chris Collinsâ Australian Stock Bet Looks Bleaker
Innate Immunotherapeutics, the Australian biotech firm whose largest shareholder is Buffalo, N.Y.-area congressman Chris Collins, said it expects to close after its multiple sclerosis drug failed in trials.
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St. Kitts Launches Probe Of Herpes Vaccine Tests On U.S. Patients
After a Kaiser Health News report on an offshore herpes vaccine trial that skirted FDA regulations, St. Kitts and Nevis officials claim they had no knowledge of the testing. An investigation is underway.
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Pioneering Cancer Gene Therapy Gets Green Light â And $475,000 Price Tag
The USA's first approved gene therapy â to be used to fight leukemia that resists standard therapies â will cost $475,000 for a one-time treatment.
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Facebook Live: The Prescription Drug Pricing Pipeline
In this Facebook Live, KHNâs Julie Appleby talks with Stephanie Stapleton and answers readersâ questions about the prescription drug pricing pipeline and the industry stakeholders who have a role in what you pay.
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Mayo Pain Expert: Holistic Approach Helps Patients Ditch Opioids
Painkillers were never designed to be used over the long term, says the head of the Mayo Clinicâs pain rehabilitation center. Instead, patients should try other approaches, including relaxation therapies. But getting insurers to cover them might take coaxing.
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Offshore Human Testing Of Herpes Vaccine Stokes Debate Over U.S. Safety Rules
Prominent businessmen and an American university supported offshore testing of an experimental vaccine.
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What Happens If You’re Forced To Switch Health Plans When You’re Sick?
State lawmakers in California have an answer: legislation that would require your new insurer to keep paying for your current doctors even if theyâre not in the network.
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Repeal & Replace Watch
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ Back To Health Crunch Come September
In this episode of âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the continuing efforts in Congress to ârepeal and replaceâ the Affordable Care Act, upcoming open enrollment for individual insurance and Congressâ long health care to-do list for September.