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Being Black and Pregnant in the Deep South Can Be a Dangerous Combination
O’laysha Davis was a few weeks shy of her due date when in mid-August she decided it was time to switch doctors. Davis had planned to give birth at a small community hospital about 20 minutes from her...
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Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals
Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. “This is bad,” the 66-year-old Durant, Oklahoma, resident remembered...
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Woman Petitions Health Insurer After Company Approves — Then Rejects — Her...
When KFF Health News published an article in August about the “prior authorization hell” Sally Nix said she went through to secure approval from her insurance company for the expensive monthly...
View ArticleWill CMS Crack Down on Prior Authorization?
There’s the Idaho doctor whose infant daughter developed a brain tumor. A woman in Southern California who waited months for an MRI before dying in the hospital. And a North Carolina patient who has...
View ArticleWhat Would a Nikki Haley Presidency Look Like for Health Care?
CHARLESTON, S.C. — As South Carolina governor from 2011 to 2017, Republican Nikki Haley became well known as one of the Affordable Care Act’s loudest critics. That has raised questions about what it...
View ArticleBiden Cracks Down on Prior Authorization — But There Are Limits
More than a year after it was initially proposed, the Biden administration announced a final rule yesterday that will change how insurers in federal programs such as Medicare Advantage use prior...
View ArticleLawsuits Claim South Carolina Kids Underwent Unnecessary Genital Exams During...
Warning: Some readers may find graphic details in this article to be offensive or disturbing. CAMDEN, S.C. — Three ongoing federal lawsuits filed in South Carolina accuse the state of forcing boys and...
View ArticleGOP-Led States Expand Crackdowns on Transgender Care
South Carolina’s legislature is poised to pass a bill prohibiting doctors from offering some health-care services to transgender minors — part of a new wave of anti-trans legislation from...
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More Women Are Drinking Themselves Sick. The Biden Administration Is Concerned.
When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow. She was 36 at the time and working as a physician...
View ArticleMujeres están bebiendo hasta enfermarse. A la administración le preocupa el...
Una mañana de hace casi 10 años Karla Adkins se miró en el espejo retrovisor de su auto y advirtió que el blanco de sus ojos se había vuelto amarillo. En ese entonces tenía 36 y trabajaba como médica...
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