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War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies

Around the world, most people get their calories from three staple grains — rice, wheat and corn — which means that weather hazards to places where they are produced can have big repercussions for food security.

‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

KFF HEALTH NEWS, BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year with stage 4 cancer. Two years later, grueling rounds of chemotherapy have slowed the cancer’s progress, even as it has continued to spread. But chemotherapy has also ravaged Tennant’s body and his quality of...

The Disappearing Funds for Global Health

These are the nearly 2,500 N.I.H. grants that have been ended or delayed.

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall

Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage — the country’s only active Medicaid work requirement program — as other states and Congress consider similar programs. (Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam, 5/2) Montana Lawmakers Approve $124M To Revamp Behavioral Health System The legislation calls for a new mental health facility in eastern Montana,...

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

PRO PUBLICA – Frustration with insurers is at an all-time high. The December fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson allegedly by Luigi Mangione serves as an extreme and tragic example. Doctors and insurers are locked into a perpetual conflict over health care costs, with patients caught in the middle. Doctors accuse insurance plans of blocking payments for health care treatments that can save the patients’ lives. Insurance companies insist they shouldn’t pay for procedures that...

He Had Short-Term Health Insurance. His Colonoscopy Bill: $7,000

"Stunned that he owed more than $7,000 for his colonoscopy, Winard contacted his insurance company, Companion Life Insurance of Columbia, South Carolina."

A letter from Mark Cuban. COST-PLUS DRUGS

Find and afford the drugs you need Know what your medication costs Track your order in real time COSTPLUSDRUGS.COM – We started Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company because every American should have access to safe, affordable medicines. If you don’t have insurance or have a high deductible plan, you know that even the most basic medications can cost a fortune. Many people are spending crazy amounts of money each month just to stay...

Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare

Trump overturned a policy that had extended Obamacare’s open enrollment period an additional 12 weeks in 36 states, giving uninsured adults more time to sign up. He also rescinded an order aimed at strengthening Medicaid, which included providing more outreach funding to states.

HHS invests nearly $600 million in Moderna’s bird flu vaccine development

CNN – The US Department of Health and Human Services will award $590 million to Moderna to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu, the pharmaceutical company announced Friday. This colorized electron microscope image released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on March 26, 2024, shows avian influenza A H5N1 virus particles, shown in yellow, grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells, shown in blue. In 2023, Moderna initiated a...

Drugmakers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January

Heard on All Things Considered – Drugmakers raised the list prices on 575 name-brand drugs in just the first two days of the new year, according to drug price research firm 46brooklyn. Drugs for diabetes, HIV, cancer saw price hikes, among others. For years a 10% annual price hike was fairly normal, but they've started coming down in recent years. This year's median price hike so far is only 4%, says Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn. "While...

A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump?

Shots Health News – Nearly 24 million Americans are buying their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act — and there's still a week to go for open enrollment sign-ups. "We've once again set a new all-time record for marketplace enrollment," Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to President Biden, said on a press call Tuesday. "In fact, every year of the Biden-Harris administration, we've set a new all-time record for ACA marketplace enrollment." As ACA sign ups...

Insurers Are Dictating Care and We’re Sick, Sick, Sick of It!

N. Adam Brown is a practicing emergency physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive. He is the founder of ABIG Health, a healthcare growth strategy firm, and a professor at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. MedPage Today –The killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson sent shockwaves through the medical community, Wall Street, and social media. The motive behind the killing appears to be obvious: the bullets were reportedly inscribedopens in a new tab or window...

He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two.

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Tom Contos is an avid runner. When he started experiencing rectal bleeding in March, he thought exercise could be the cause and tried to ignore it. But he became increasingly worried when the bleeding continued for weeks. The Chicago health care consultant contacted his physician at Northwestern Medicine, who referred him for a diagnostic colonoscopy, at least partly because Contos, 45, has a family history of colon issues. “I work out a...

Giant Companies Took Secret Payments to Allow Free Flow of Opioids

The P.B.M.s are hired by insurers and employers to control their drug costs by negotiating discounts with pharmaceutical manufacturers. But a Times investigation this year found that they often pursue their own financial interests in ways that increase costs for patients.

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