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Vance-Walz Debate Highlighted Clear Health Policy Differences
KFF Health News and PolitiFact staffs
Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz met in an Oct. 1 vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News that was cordial and heavy on policy discussion — a striking change…
Setting the Record Straight on the FDA’s Authority Over Drug Ads
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.
Clarifying the FDA’s Role and Authority Over Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads…
Benefit Trend: Employers Opt To Give Workers an Allowance for Coverage
Dave Lantz is no stranger to emergency department or doctor bills. With three kids in their teens and early 20s, “when someone gets sick or breaks an arm, all of a sudden you have thousand-dollar medical bills,” Lantz said.…
Harris’ Emphasis on Maternal Health Care Is Paying Dividends With Black Women Voters
Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, galvanized in part by her work on health care issues such as maternal mortality, reproductive rights, and gun control.
The enthusiasm may be…
Aspirantes demócratas culpan a los republicanos en las bancas por sus antecedentes antiaborto en el…
En un anuncio de campaña este mes, Derek Tran, un demócrata del condado de Orange, California, criticó a su oponente, la representante republicana Michelle Steel, por apoyar una prohibición nacional del aborto y votar para limitar…
How Minnesota Figures Into the Presidential Politics of Insulin Prices
In June 2019, Lija Greenseid handed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz an empty vial of insulin that her 13-year-old daughter had painted gold.
Greenseid’s daughter has Type 1 diabetes, which means she requires daily injections of…
Get Your BOO On! Submit Your Scariest Halloween Health Care Haikus
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News)
Boo! We scared you. Now it’s your turn to give our newsroom a scare. Submissions are now open for KFF Health News’ sixth annual Halloween…
The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine
Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments to private Medicare Advantage health insurance plans, which were siphoning off billions of tax dollars every year.
But…
California Voters Consider Tough Love for Repeat Drug Offenders
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters are considering whether to roll back some of the criminal justice reforms enacted a decade ago as concerns about mass incarceration give way to public anger over property crime and a fentanyl…
Journalists Weigh In on Racial Trauma, Medicaid Expansion, and Opioid Settlements
KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discussed healing from racial trauma on “America’s Heroes Group” on Sept. 20.
Click here to watch Anthony on “America’s Heroes Group”
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