The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ credit reports. More than a dozen states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, and most of New England, have enacted laws in recent…
GSK paid $85 million up front for global rights to a small-interfering RNA therapy discovered and developed by startup Empirico. The pharmaceutical giant said this drug candidate could be used as a monotherapy and as part of drug combinations for treating COPD and other inflammatory respiratory diseases. The post GSK’s Respiratory Pipeline Adds an Early-Stage…
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents more than doubled, primarily driven by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
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The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season begins November 1, and with it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, increases in out-of-pocket premiums, and changes to Marketplace enrollment and eligibility rules. Here are eight things to know about the 2026 Open Enrollment period.
Here are some key insights to help unlock the viability of PDTs to address unmet needs throughout the healthcare ecosystem — for patients and providers alike — and how to take meaningful steps to improve the health experience. The post When Healthcare Meets People Where They Are: How PDTs Are Reshaping Mental Health Treatment appeared…
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Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump’s tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could exacerbate physician shortages nationwide. And, they warn, the economic burden will steer many medical students to lucrative specialties in more affluent, urban areas…
In April, Thomas Sanford, a medical student who regularly listens to “An Arm and a Leg,” set out to create a resource he could easily share with patients to help them deal with unaffordable medical bills. In this mini-episode, host Dan Weissmann talks with Sanford about how handing out charity care information on tiny cards…
One family in Virginia Beach, Virginia, just found out their health plan’s deductible will jump from $800 to $20,000 next year. About 200 miles north, in Maryland, another household learned they’ll pay $500 more monthly to insure their brood in 2026. And thousands of people in Idaho were greeted with insurance rates that’ll cost, on…