NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks about the company’s move to reduce prices on some older insulins and cap how much people have to pay out of their own pocket.
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Eli Lilly cuts some older insulin prices and caps out-of-pocket costs
An insulin maker is cutting its prices. Eli Lilly, one of the three makers of insulin products in the United States, is also making other moves toward affordability for people with diabetes.
A pioneering gender-affirming health institute opened in 1919 in Berlin
The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.
They could lose the house — to Medicaid
Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects “clawback” funds.
Pandemic food assistance that held back hunger comes to an end
Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.
To safeguard healthy twin, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure
When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.
A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill
Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers get around new consumer protections, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.
Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid early in the pandemic. Which state’s next?
The federal agency that oversees Medicaid suggested Idaho wasn’t trying hard enough to reach beneficiaries before letting their coverage lapse. Consumer advocates fear that could happen again.
This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures
The Fairness Project has won campaigns to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid in nine states dominated by Republicans. Next is abortion. But there’s growing pushback from state lawmakers.
Red and blue states look to Medicaid to improve the health of people leaving prison
People leaving jail or prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.
