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How Much Will That Surgery Cost? 🤷 Hospital Prices Remain Largely Unhelpful.

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02 April 2025
Health care price transparency is one of the few bipartisan issues in Washington, D.C. But much of the information that hospitals and health plans have made available to the public is not helpful to patients, and there’s no conclusive evidence yet that it’s lowering costs or increasing competition.

Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Black Patients Further Hurt by Barriers to Care

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02 April 2025
The rate of overdose deaths from opioids has grown significantly among Black people. Yet, even after a nonfatal overdose, this group is half as likely to be referred to or get treatment compared with white people. Advocates and researchers cite implicit bias, insurance denials, and other systemic issues.

Montana May Start Collecting Immunization Data Again Amid US Measles Outbreak

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01 April 2025
Montana is the only state that doesn’t collect immunization reports from schools, creating a data gap for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and community health officials. With more than 480 measles cases reported in the U.S., state lawmakers are considering a bill to restart the data collection.

Trump Says He’ll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk.

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01 April 2025
In his first term, President Donald Trump granted pardons or clemency to more than 60 convicted fraudsters, including health care executives who defrauded Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars, courts and juries found. Now, Trump says cracking down on fraud is a priority.

Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers

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31 March 2025
A bill designed to force PBMs to pay higher fees to independent drugstores sailed through the state House, but lobbyists are marshaling their forces to kill the measure in the Senate.

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

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31 March 2025
The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson prompted both grief and public outrage about the ways insurers deny treatment. Republicans and Democrats agree prior authorization needs fixing, but patients are growing impatient.

Readers Shop for Nutritional Information and Weigh Radiation and Cancer Risks

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31 March 2025
KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

Journalists Talk Public Health Data Under Trump, Therapists’ Discontent With Insurers

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29 March 2025
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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