Enlarge this image Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is trying to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program. A judge has blocked…
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Separating Kids From Their Parents Can Lead To Long-Term Health Problems
by Alison Kodjak June 20, 2018Enlarge this image A 4-year-old Honduran girl carries a doll while walking with her immigrant mother. Both were released Sunday from federal…
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Enlarge this image The Food and Drug Administration approves more than 99 percent of applications for compassionate use of experimental medicines. But…
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How A Drugmaker Gamed The System To Keep Generic Competition Away
by Alison Kodjak May 17, 2018Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR Updated 11:16 EDT: This story now includes information about the Food…
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Enlarge this image Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talked Friday about the administration’s plans to lower drug prices as President…
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Enlarge this image Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar talked Friday about the administration’s plans to lower drug prices as President…
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How Medicare’s Conflicting Hospitalization Rules Cost Me Thousands Of Dollars
by Alison Kodjak April 20, 2018Enlarge this image Catherine Fitzgerald, the author’s mother, spent four nights in a hospital after falling in her home. But Medicare refused…
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Bill Of The Month: A Tale Of 2 CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer
by Alison Kodjak April 9, 2018Enlarge this image Maria Fabrizio for NPR Maria Fabrizio for NPR Benjamin Hynden, a financial adviser in Fort Myers, Fla., hadn’t been…