LISTEN: KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan spoke with federal employees who say mass government layoffs are affecting their mental health. She appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” segment on April 2. Federal workers are feeling demoralized and anxious as the Department of Government Efficiency slashes tens of thousands of jobs. Federal employment used to carry…
In a new Trump administration executive order, the Secretary of HHS is directed to work with Congress to implement a change in law to delay negotiation of so-called “small molecule” drugs under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for an additional 4 years. This brief analyzes how many of the drugs previously…
President Trump’s executive order provides a framework for tying the prices of U.S. pharmaceutical products to the lower prices paid in other countries, what’s called most-favored-nation pricing. If drug companies do not lower their prices accordingly, the order proposes other strategies, such as importing drugs from other countries. The post Trump Strategy to Rein In…
This analysis examines the potential impacts of a provision in the House reconciliation bill that proposes reducing the federal matching rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion population from 90% to 80% for states that either provide health coverage or financial assistance to purchase health coverage to individuals who are not “a qualified…
Symptoms often get labeled as anxiety, chronic fatigue, early neurodegeneration, IBS, or fibromyalgia. How to prevent the root cause — mold exposure — from going unrecognized. The post My Mold Illness Nearly Broke Me — Let’s Ensure Others Get the Care They Deserve appeared first on MedCity News.
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This brief examines key characteristics of part-time workers and their access to coverage. Part-time workers are much less likely than full time ones to be offered health benefits by their employer or to have health coverage at all.
Gilead Sciences drug lenacapavir, brand name Yeztugo, is now approved for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. The twice injectable medication is hoped to improve uptake and adherence to PrEP. The post Gilead Sciences Lands First FDA Approval of a Twice-a-Year HIV PrEP Drug appeared first on MedCity News.
When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago, and he has worn out more legs than he can count. He picked a gold plan on the Colorado health insurance marketplace that covered…
Even as studies and personal experiences repeatedly reflect the effectiveness of MOUD, a stigma about this approach and the medication persists, complicating efforts to help more people treat their opioid use disorders. The post Stigma Against Addiction Medication Limits Our Ability to End the Opioid Epidemic appeared first on MedCity News.