What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Year, Same Health Fight

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…

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Eli Lilly Boosts Its Immunology Drug Pipeline With $1.2B Ventyx Bio Acquisition

Ventyx Biosciences’ lead program, an oral small molecule inhibitor of NLRP3, has encouraging clinical data from separate mid-stage tests in cardiovascular disease and Parkinson’s disease. Eli Lilly said Ventyx’s pipeline has potential applications in cardiometabolic health, neurodegeneration, and autoimmunity. The post Eli Lilly Boosts Its Immunology Drug Pipeline With $1.2B Ventyx Bio Acquisition appeared first…

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How Unaffordable is Health Care?

In his latest JAMA Forum column, KFF’s Larry Levitt explores how unaffordable health care is in the U.S. in the context of the debate over extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and an upcoming election where affordability will likely be front and center.

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AI Decides Who Gets Care: Tackling Bias in AI Coverage Decisions

While there is a significant need and opportunity to address this overall spend with advanced AI tools that predict patient needs and readmission likelihood, intrinsic biases within these algorithms ultimately cause more harm than good and financial savings are being achieved at the expense of patient’s health.  The post AI Decides Who Gets Care: Tackling…

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