Health California’s Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money — And Help the Homeless James Pereira Apr 19, 2023 SAN DIEGO — Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the… Read More...
Health A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency James Pereira Mar 29, 2023 For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead of time how… Read More...
Health Truly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma James Pereira Mar 28, 2023 Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required… Read More...
Health Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients James Pereira Mar 13, 2023 When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found… Read More...
Health Black Patients Dress Up and Modify Speech to Reduce Bias, California Survey Shows James Pereira Mar 10, 2023 A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes,… Read More...
Health Reentry Programs to Help Former Prisoners Obtain Health Care Are Often Underused James Pereira Mar 8, 2023 When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home… Read More...
Health Montana Seeks to Insulate Nursing Homes From Future Financial Crises James Pereira Feb 24, 2023 Wes Thompson, administrator of Valley View Home in the northeastern Montana town of Glasgow, believes… Read More...
Health Armed With Hashtags, These Activists Made Insulin Prices a Presidential Talking Point James Pereira Feb 15, 2023 Hannah Crabtree got active on Twitter in 2016 to find more people like herself: those with Type 1… Read More...
Health Doctors Are Disappearing From Emergency Rooms as Hospitals Look to Cut Costs James Pereira Feb 13, 2023 Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in… Read More...
Health Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay the Tab Now? James Pereira Feb 10, 2023 Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some… Read More...