COVID vaccine prices could quadruple : Shots
A vial of the Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent. Nevertheless the pictures are cost-free to pretty considerably anybody who wishes just one in the U.S. as extensive as federal stockpiles keep…
How long should Texas extend Medicaid coverage after childbirth? : Shots
When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth.…
FDA has new power to hold drugmakers accountable : Shots
Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration more power to hold drugmakers accountable as part of the mammoth spending bill that became law in December 2022. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide…
Medicaid clawbacks collect $700M a year from poor and middle-class Americans : Shots
Jen Coghlan outside the home where she grew up in Perry, Iowa. Her father, Henry Ruhl, plans to leave the house to her, but Coghlan expects she’ll have to sell…
Secrecy shrouds troubled state psychiatric hospital in Montana : Shots
Jennifer Mitchell thumbs through her husband’s medical records from his time at the Montana State Hospital. Records show doctors took Mitchell’s husband off some of his congestive heart failure medications.…
Protections against surprise billing didn’t stop a huge hospital bill. Why not? : Shots
Danielle Laskey at her home just outside Seattle, with her infant son. Before giving birth, Laskey experienced a serious pregnancy complication and was admitted for a seven-week hospital stay, plus…