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Do crime scene photos spur trauma?

Inside the debate over whether the publication of violent images is effective in preventing future violence

Salon

States challenge Biden to lower drug prices by allowing imports from Canada

The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure from states to let them import medicine from Canada to help lower prescription drug costs.

Tribune News Service

HIV outbreak in West Virginia

Political winds in the state blow against efforts to control an expanding HIV outbreak

Salon

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Colleges’ rising health fees hit a nerve

Families are feeling sticker shock at the cost of college health plans

Salon

Did Medicare Advantage plans overcharge?

Some Medicare Advantage plans failed to produce any records to justify their payments, government records show

Salon

States press Biden to lower drug prices

President Joe Biden has endorsed the approach, but his administration has yet to greenlight a state plan

Salon

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner had been indicted for fraud.

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KHN investigation: The system feds rely on to stop repeat health fraud is broken

The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do so, a KHN investigation has found.

Tribune News Service

A hospital bed shortage fueled by greed

"There’s no incentive for hospitals to provide money-losing services," one doctor explained

Salon

Medicare Advantage health plans dodged auditors, overcharged taxpayers millions

A review of 90 government audits reveals the plans have repeatedly tried to get around mandates to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Medicare Advantage plan scandal

Health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations, audits find

Salon

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.

WEKU

Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits

Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the risk of developing long COVID. But the government plans to stop footing the bill…

Tribune News Service

The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

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Paxlovid free so far, but sticker shock awaits next year if you need the COVID treatment

Within months, the government plans to stop footing the bill — and millions of the uninsured and seniors might have to pay full price. Experts say that means fewer people will get the potentially life-saving treatments.

Tribune News Service

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

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Her apartment might have put her son’s health at risk. But ‘I have nowhere else to go’

ATLANTA — When Louana Joseph’s son had a seizure because of an upper respiratory infection in July, she abandoned the apartment her family had called home for nearly three years.

Tribune News Service

The business of clinical trials is booming. Private equity has taken notice

After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine — like surgery centers and dermatology practices — private equity firms have moved aggressively into the industry’s more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials.

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Salon

Montana's sex ed law proves too broad

The law’s broad scope means schools are notifying parents about topics that aren't obviously related to sexuality

Salon

A new use for dating apps: Chasing STDs

Public health practitioners find that dating apps are the best way to alert users to possible STI exposure

Salon

Trapped in an unhealthy home

A nationwide affordable housing crisis has wreaked havoc on the lives of low-income families

Tribune News Service

Trickle of COVID relief funds helps fill gaps in rural kids’ mental health services

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The Mary Hill Youth and Family Center’s building has long been at a crossroads overlooking this rural Appalachian city, but its purpose has evolved.

Salon

Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance

South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology

Salon

Private equity's takeover of healthcare

Needless treatments, misconduct and price gouging is on the rise as investors turn their sights to healthcare

WEKU

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

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