Month: March 2023

A ruling by a federal judge this week could set up yet another Supreme Court challenge to the Obamacare health law. View original article Contributor: Sarah Kliff

After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say curbs aimed at overbilling by Medicare Advantage will be eased in over 3 years. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz

The opioid overdose epidemic, which caused 80,000 deaths in 2021, can often seem like an unrelenting tragedy, but on Wednesday, there was cause to celebrate. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has approved Narcan, a nasal-spray form of the opioid-overdose-reversing drug naloxone, without a prescription over-the-counter. This is a major win, because … Read more

Following the Nashville, Tenn., school shooting this week—the third such tragedy in as many months in 2023—one of the many urgent questions confronting the nation revolves around the growing generation of survivors, many of whom are children too young to properly process a traumatic event. When survivors are elementary school students, as the dozens of … Read more

Thursday’s opinion, in a 2020 lawsuit brought by a group of Christian businesses, applies nationwide immediately, but its practical impact is murky. View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein

States across the country are considering laws that would restrict gender-related medical care. View original article Contributor: Azeen Ghorayshi