Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
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Black Mothers Get Less Treatment For Postpartum Depression Than Other Moms
Cultural barriers may keep some African American women from seeking treatment for postpartum depression as early as they need it, and the standard screening tools aren’t always relevant for some black women.
Website Errors Raise Calls For Medicare To Be Flexible With Seniors’ Enrollment
Members of Congress and others complain Medicare’s revamped Plan Finder had problems. Federal officials say they can help consumers who got bad information change their plans next year. But details about how switching will work are yet to come.
Postcard From San Diego
Patient-Induced Trauma: Hospitals Learn To Defuse Violence
Health care workers face a greater threat of workplace violence than workers in most other industries. Hospitals are installing security cameras and panic buttons, arming security guards with stun guns and teaching their employees how to handle potentially violent situations.
Analysis: Choosing A Plan From The Impossible Health Care Maze
In 21st-century US health care, everything is revenue, and so everything is billed.
As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care's Core
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: We Spend HOW MUCH On Health Care?
Pharma’s Take On The Pelosi Drug-Pricing Bill: Fair Warning Or Fearmongering?
California Surprise-Billing Law Protects Patients But Aggravates Many Doctors
‘An Arm And A Leg’: How Much For Stitches In The ER? Hard To Gauge Upfront
An Atlanta Nonprofit Brings Medical Care And Connection To The Homeless
Anthem Blue Cross Gets Flagged And Fined More Than Other Insurers
Built For Counterterrorism, This High-Tech Machine Is Now Used To Detect Fentanyl
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Bill Of The Month
Nothing To Sneeze At: The $2,659 Bill To Pluck Doll’s Shoe From Child’s Nostril
A 3-year-old girl put matching doll shoes up her nose. One came out easily. The second required an emergency department visit ― and generated a bill that is not child’s play.
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