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Americans pay up to 10x for blockbuster weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

Compared to their peers in other wealthy industrialized countries, U.S. patients are paying at least twice as much for these treatments—and in most cases far more than that.

Fortune

COVID vaccine program for uninsured could be late to pharmacies - Roll Call

Uninsured can get their COVID-19 shots at community and state health departments, but a partnership with pharmacies is still in the works.

Roll Call

Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds

The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. "I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's," said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.

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New dementia drug raises hopes and fears

These dementia treatments are opening uncharted territory. Here's some of what people should know

Salon

Montana GOP ignores voters on abortion

Montana Republicans passed a version of the anti-abortion proposal that voters rejected only months earlier

Salon

The pros and cons of Medicare Advantage plans

Advice to help you choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.

Fortune

How a trial in Texas changed the story of abortion rights in America

Wrenching testimony from women denied abortion care turned the focus toward the suffering and health risks faced by mothers.

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Texas trial changed abortion story

In July, the case for abortion was made by women themselves who had been denied abortions and sued the state

Salon

Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

WEKU

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

WEKU

A wasted chance to fight addiction? Opioid settlement cash fills a local budget gap

State attorneys general vowed the funds would go toward tackling the addiction crisis. But as with the tobacco payouts of the 1990s, local officials have started using them to fill budget shortfalls.

WEKU

1849 law restricting women's health care

The state’s original abortion law was passed before the Civil War, when women could not vote or own property

Salon

Families fleeing anti-trans states

Draconian laws banning trans care are forcing some families to flee to more progressive states

Salon

‘The future of abortion is tenuous’: relief and fear in Iowa as ban blocked

Rights groups and their lawyers have challenged abortion bans in many states and some rulings have led to a gray areas in law

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Salon

Lawsuit over Idaho anti-abortion law

Advocates challenge a law that forbids helping teens obtain abortion pills or leave the state for abortion care

Salon

California improving prisoner healthcare

The improvements "should help shut the revolving door between homelessness and incarceration"

Salon

Idaho drops pregnancy deaths panel

The committee found that almost half of maternal deaths in Idaho in 2020 occurred after delivery

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion bans in other states fuel rise in high-risk patients at Chicago hospitals: ‘Doctors told me the baby could die tomorrow’

Even in states that allow abortion if the life of the mother is in danger, doctors say fear of prosecution is leading many to send high-risk patients to Illinois.

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A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how?

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put…

Tribune News Service

HHS has limited options as millions lose Medicaid

WASHINGTON -- States are disenrolling residents from Medicaid at a breakneck pace, even though a large percentage of those losing coverage are still eligible for the program.

Roll Call

HHS has limited options as millions lose Medicaid - Roll Call

States are booting millions off of the Medicaid rolls, but the Biden administration has few options to keep people from losing health care.

The Independent UK

Hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during pandemic worries families

Families of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they started receiving to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Salon

Against crowdfunding for medical debt

Black Americans use GoFundMe far less than white Americans, studies show. And those who do typically bring in less

Salon

Abortion denials may trigger lawsuits

It's only a matter of time before a pregnant patient dies from lack of care, triggering a wrongful death claim

WEKU

A year after Dobbs and the end of Roe v. Wade, there's chaos and confusion

With states empowered to regulate abortion, doctors say they're trapped by vague laws that criminalize care. And ongoing court battles make it hard to keep up with the procedure's legal status.

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