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As States Target High Drug Prices, Pharma Targets State Lawmakers
In Louisiana, the wining and dining of lawmakers by scores of pharma lobbyists proves a valuable lesson on how to win statehouse votes and influence profits.
As Marijuana Laws Relax, Doctors Say Pregnant Women Shouldn't Partake
Some mothers who smoke pot see it as a harmless remedy for everything from pain to postpartum depression. But doctors say the active ingredients in marijuana can be passed onto the baby and may affect developing nervous systems.
Expert Advice For The Corporate Titans Taking On Health Care
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are partnering up to address employee health care costs and improve satisfaction. Can they deliver? And would repackaging health insurance involve drones?
No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk In Some States
For more than 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states have sought — and received — waivers to that rule.
Podcast: ‘What The Health?’ The State Of The (Health) Union
In this episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Julie Appleby and Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News discuss President Donald Trump’s promises to reduce drug prices in his first State of the Union Address. The panelists also discuss the departure of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after conflict-of-interest reports and the efforts by some states to flout the Affordable Care Act.
Idaho ‘Pushing Envelope’ With Health Insurance Plan. Can It Do That?
After Polyps Are Detected, Patients May No Longer Qualify For Free Colonoscopies
Death In The Family: An Uncle’s Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course
Treating Domestic Violence As A Medical Problem
My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren't My Genes Italian?
As Doctors Drop Opposition, Aid-In-Dying Advocates Target Next Battleground States
In Battleground Races, Health Care Lags As Hot-Button Issue, Poll Finds
What's Next For 'Safe Injection' Sites In Philadelphia?
Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’
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Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’
A KHN data analysis finds that the door of opportunities connecting Capitol Hill, the federal government and the drug industry likely spins in Big Pharma’s favor.
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