Category: NPR

A Texas woman has pancreatic cancer. She’s spending most of her remaining days not trying to enjoy life, but on the phone, doing battle with insurers and billing departments.

Senators called pharmaceutical industry leaders to account for the high costs of medicine during Senate testimony. The executives deflected blame to insurance companies and middlemen.

Presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar are giving details of their health care proposals, the first big issue where 2020 hopefuls are differentiating themselves.

NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Leana Wen, a physician and the president of Planned Parenthood, about how a rule change from the Trump administration on Title X will affect her organization.

The heads of the largest pharmaceutical companies will defend their pricing before the Senate next week. STAT reporter Nicholas Florko tells NPR’s Scott Simon that this will be a televised crucible.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders entered the 2020 presidential race this week as Democratic candidates engaged in their first big policy fight — centered around health care.

With almost 10,000 stores across the country, CVS says it is already where consumers are. The company is transforming some of its stores and their retail clinics into hubs for a wider range of care.

Independent brokers help employers choose health benefits for their staff, but are paid by the health insurance industry, creating financial incentives to sell more without regard to cost.

Public health advocates have struggled to change the minds of these so called anti-vaxxers. But one South Carolina woman has a different approach: reaching parents before they even become parents.

Trump’s plan includes a focus on fighting HIV in the rural Midwest and South. But there are doubts in Oklahoma, where the state’s uninsured rate and stigmatization of HIV are high.