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For the first time, Medicare will be able to negotiate prices directly with drug companies, lowering prices on some of the costliest prescription drugs.
For the first time, thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – the historic…
James Romano trims flower while working in the CommCan processing facility in Medway, Massachusetts, Oct. 27, 2021.Erin Clark | Boston Globe | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has recommended reclassifying…
Critical funding to sustain health centers into the future expires at the end of September
Today, to help mark National Health Center Week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services…
The Host
Julie Rovner
KFF Health News
@jrovner
Read Julie's stories.
Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives to the U.S. Capitol Building on June 01, 2023 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesSen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday called on the U.S. Health and Human Services Department to take action to…
While physicians mostly applauded a government-appointed panel’s recommendation that women get routine mammography screening for breast cancer starting at age 40, down from 50, not everyone approves.Some doctors…
Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health care insurance claim that once might have been paid immediately but instead is just as quickly denied. If the experience…
State abortion bans in Tennessee and beyond, which constrain women’s health care, have put family planning clinics at risk of losing their federal funding.The conflict involves the Title X family planning program,…