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Listen to the Latest 鈥51视频 Health News Minute鈥
The "51视频 Health News Minute" brings original healthcare and health policy reporting from our newsroom to the airwaves each week.
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Uninsured but Undaunted, a Surgical Patient Searched the Globe for a Deal
When surgery became unavoidable, a man with no insurance shopped around for the best price for a hernia repair 鈥 and saved thousands by traveling out of state.
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Federal Loan Caps Add Barriers 鈥 And Likely Debt 鈥 for Healthcare Students
The government will cap how much graduate students may borrow in federal loans. The new policy could leave many at the mercy of private lenders with higher interest rates. The borrowing limits will affect students pursuing expensive healthcare careers, and some worry they may impede efforts to diversify the healthcare workforce.
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Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consumer products.
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Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
51视频 Health News is working to collect and post approved plans as more states respond to emails and public records requests for their documents.
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Watch: GOP Senator Says Trump鈥檚 Tariffs Could Mean Safer Drugs 鈥 For a Price
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana chairs the Senate鈥檚 health committee. In an interview with 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner, he discusses the drug supply, his proposal to defray out-of-pocket costs, and his controversial vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.
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鈥楾he Child Is Terrified鈥: Doctors on the Front Lines of a Measles Comeback Speak Out
Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah as the U.S. faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease.
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Watch: 鈥楻obust鈥 Primary Care, Transparency Top Employers鈥 Reform Wish List
51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner interviews Elizabeth Mitchell, the president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health, about systemic healthcare changes backed by large employers, which cover millions of Americans.
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Lawmakers Look To Make Abortion Shield Laws Less Dependent on Who鈥檚 Governor
California鈥檚 laws still leave extradition decisions related to reproductive rights and gender-affirming care to its governor. But as states with abortion bans target California physicians who prescribe abortion pills across state lines, Democrats want to lock in protections for doctors, no matter who the next governor is.
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My Search for a Psychiatric Bed in an Overburdened Health System
Over the past 70 years, the number of inpatient psychiatric beds has dropped dramatically, leaving many without critical care when they experience mental health crises. I was one of the lucky ones to get a bed 鈥 after 21 hours of waiting.
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Affordable Care Act Insurers Want More Premium Increases as Enrollment Sags
Insurers that sell plans in Obamacare marketplaces across 16 states and the District of Columbia have asked regulators to approve a 14% median premium increase for 2027, according to a new Peterson-51视频 analysis.
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Copay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead.
Drugmakers provide financial assistance to help patients afford increasingly expensive medications. But some insurers do not count those payments toward a plan鈥檚 deductible or out-of-pocket maximum and make patients pay instead.
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New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage
A work requirement is coming to Medicaid. Sam Whitehead tells WAMU鈥檚 鈥淗ealth Hub鈥 how to keep your coverage 鈥 and who鈥檚 exempt from the new rule.
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HealthQ Special: Caregiving in the Sandwich Generation
Join the conversation as the HealthQ team explores the messiness, humor, and satisfaction that comes with caregiving when you鈥檙e sandwiched between aging parents and growing kids.
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Would Hunters Take a Lyme Disease Vaccine? We Asked
American hunters skew conservative, rural, and male 鈥 all associated with increased hesitancy about or resistance to vaccines. At the same time, hunters spend more time than most people outdoors and potentially exposed to Lyme disease. So how do they feel about a potential new vaccine against the tick-borne illness?
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These Church Members Disagree on Politics. Together They鈥檙e Wiping Out Medical Debt.
Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.
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Florida Hospitals Act Fast To Discharge Gun Victims 鈥 Especially if They鈥檙e Not Insured
Uninsured patients made up about 1 in 4 of the more than 20,000 gunshot wound inpatient hospitalizations in Florida from 2018 to 2024, an analysis of state data by 51视频 Health News and The Trace found. They also had shorter hospital stays than those with any form of coverage.
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She Struggled To Get a Lifesaving Drug Even After Insurers Vowed To Help
Margaret Hvatum ended up in the hospital after her insurer denied coverage of a medicine she relies on to boost her immune system. Hvatum got entangled in the preapproval process, which the insurance industry has vowed to improve.
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Trouble Getting Weight Loss Drugs Covered by Insurance? Here鈥檚 What To Know
If your doctor prescribes a GLP-1 medication for weight loss but your insurance won鈥檛 cover it, you have options.