by Jessica Casebolt | May 20, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt announced Monday they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children. Cruz and Britt...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Congressional leaders have made another tentative deal to keep the government open and fund key health programs into March, but hospitals and other health care industries continue to await action on vital matters. Congress will act this week to advance a third stopgap...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Health insurance enrollment through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance marketplace has reached a record for the third consecutive year, according to the latest update from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS said in a statement...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will largely undo a Trump-era rule that boosted the rights of medical workers to refuse to perform abortions or other services that conflicted with their religious or moral beliefs. The final rule released Tuesday...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily allowed provisions of Idaho’s near-total abortion ban that could penalize doctors who perform the procedure in medical emergencies to take effect. In an unsigned order Friday, the court granted a request by the state to overrule...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
More patients on insulin will pay less for the drug this year after a leading manufacturer joined rivals in curbing monthly costs or lowering prices. As of January 1, insulin maker Sanofi capped monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for its most popular product, Lantus,...
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