Benedic Ippolito shares new research that examines whether hospitals with higher prices also offer higher quality care.
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Hospitals Scooping Up Physician Practices Drives Health Care Prices Up
Aditi Sen shares new research that examines whether hospital consolidation increases health care prices.
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Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
We explore cascades of care — how a clinician’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.
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Digging Into the Growth in 340B Contract Pharmacies
Paula Chatterjee shares new research on the whether a popular discount drug program is reaching the patients it was designed to support.
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Fixing the Obamacare ‘Glitch’ That Pushed One Couple to Divorce
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.
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MRIs, Mammograms and the Risk of Breast Cancer Screening Cascades of Care
Stacie Dusetzina shares new research on how much extra care comes after different kinds of breast cancer screenings.
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High-Price Drugs Out of Reach for Many on Medicare
Bianca Frogner breaks down new research on the impact subsidies can have for people on Medicare trying to access lifesaving drugs.
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The Sky-High Price of Insulin and What Lawmakers Are Trying To Do About It
We explore the high cost of insulin in the U.S. and Congress’ latest push to address those prices with Kaiser Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith. d
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How One Alzheimer’s Drug Is Changing the U.S. Drug Approval Conversation
Taking stock of the impact of the Aduhelm saga and Medicare’s decision to restrict coverage of the controversial treatment.
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Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
We explore cascades of care — how a clinician’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.