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Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped.
How Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to force more people into mental health treatment left many families still searching for help.
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Inside Maryland’s High-Stakes Bid for Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
The White House asked states to compete for a rare pot of new money dedicated to transforming health care across rural America.
One State’s Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2
Maryland finds out how much the state will get from a nationwide competition for federal rural health investment.
One State’s Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 1
We follow Maryland’s 52-day rush to convince the Trump administration to give the state new funding to transform rural health care.
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Health Care Affordability
Will Trump’s Prescription Drug Deals Really Lower Prices?
Facing unprecedented pressure from the Trump administration, some of the world’s top drugmakers promise to cut prices. But experts say the savings might not be what they seem.
This Budget Cut Would Save Medicare Patients Money. But Can Rural Hospitals Afford It?
Medicare often pays clinics owned by hospitals at least double the amount it pays independent clinics for the exact same medical care. Ending that practice would save money for taxpayers and patients, but critics say…
Everyone’s Mad at Health Insurers, But ‘There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around’
The murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has put health insurance companies in the spotlight. But insurers are just one piece of America’s broken and expensive health care system.
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ACA Subsidies
What Happens if Obamacare Subsidies Shrink?
Excerpts of a live conversation with two top health economists about how extra federal support has helped millions of Americans access health insurance, and what would happen if that aid went away.
Watch: Obamacare Subsidies at a Crossroads
Experts discuss what the loss of Obamacare subsidies means to patients and costs within the ACA insurance marketplace.
Obamacare Premiums Are About to Soar. How’d We Get Here?
Federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans are set to shrink next year. Many shoppers are expected to be priced out, leaving those who stay with higher premiums. The dynamic that threatens to leave…
Vaccines
Fighting Measles and Anti-Vax Views in West Texas
Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000 despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.
RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What?
The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his dismissal of the vaccine advisory committee put public health at risk. Here’s why…
Watch Tradeoffs and Penn Experts Discuss New Rules for Vaccine Approvals
Penn experts warn that a new HHS vaccine policy mandating placebo trials is unethical, misleading, and could undermine public health and vaccine confidence.
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