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News Articles: Health Care

Retiree Donna Weiner shows some of the daily prescription medications that she needs and pays over $6,000 a year through a Medicare prescription drug plan at her home, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Longwood, Fla.

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  • Health Care

Cautious optimism from Georgia retailers on new drug pricing rule

The executive order from the White House promises that it will make prescription drugs in the U.S. more affordable.

May 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Adriana Smith and her son

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  • Health

In the case of a pregnant and brain-dead patient at Emory, answers are not clear cut

The ethical and legal concerns raised over the treatment of Atlanta’s Adriana Smith are representative of experiences in a post-Roe America, some say. 

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his revised 2025-2026 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

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  • National

These Democratic governors are trying to curb health care for unauthorized immigrants

After expanding state Medicaid programs to cover people in the country without legal status, Democrats are considering changes that would reduce immigrant access.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Dana Ferguson and
  • Laura Fitzgerald

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  • Health Care

Georgia's Medicaid expansion plan is up for federal renewal. Public comment is open through June 1

The federal government is seeking public comment as it considers extending Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage program through 2030. Started by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2023, it offers Medicaid coverage to low-income adults but includes a work requirement.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate HELP Committee Wednesday. He faced questions about vaccines, measles and cuts to biomedical research.

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  • Health Care

RFK Jr. stands by deep cuts to health budget during contentious hearings

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A selection of eye drops line a shelf at a pharmacy in Los Angeles in December 2023.

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  • Health

AvKare recalls over-the-counter eye drops after FDA audit

Customers are encouraged to stop using several eye irritation products, including gels and artificial tears.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined (from left) by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 8, 2025.

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  • Health Care

Medicaid cuts will hurt families and cost GOP politically, says Kentucky governor

Republicans' proposed Medicaid cuts will cause 8.6 million people to lose health insurance by 2034, an estimate shows. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said it will cost Republicans seats in Congress.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Michel Martin
Luke Seaborn appeared in a 2024 promotional video for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state’s insurance program. “I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” Seaborn recently told The Current and ProPublica. “Now, I’m done with it.” Credit: Photo Illustration and YouTube screenshots by ProPublica

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  • Health

He became the face of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement. Now he’s fed up with it

Last summer, as political debate swirled over the future of Georgia’s experiment with Medicaid work requirements, Gov. Brian Kemp held a press conference to unveil a three-minute testimonial video featuring a mechanic who works on classic cars.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Coker ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 1 more
Only about a dozen people attended a March meeting about the Georgia Pathways program in Cordele, in remote Southwest Georgia. Health advocates say the poorly publicized event illustrates how weak the state’s outreach to Black and disadvantaged communities has been. Credit: Nicole Craine for ProPublica

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  • Health

Firm running Georgia’s struggling Medicaid experiment was also paid millions to sell it to public

When the state of Georgia handed Deloitte Consulting a $10.7 million marketing contract last July to promote the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program, the initiative was in need of serious PR. 

May 14, 2025
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  • Margaret Coker ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 1 more
Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in May 2024, over a massive data breach at his company's Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth's business and reputational problems have mounted since then, and Witty resigned "for personal reasons" on Tuesday. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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  • Business

UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak before a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22.

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  • National

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Young child using nebulizer.

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  • Children's Health

Children with asthma will be hit hard by Medicaid cuts, says American Lung Association

2 in 5 Georgia children rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for health care, experts say.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Heather Williams, center, at the Georgia State Capitol, with Rep. Lupton and other staff from assault centers in February 2024.

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  • Health

Georgia funds longtime effort to expand forensic exams for survivors of assault and violence

Seven centers in Gainesville, Vidalia, Marietta and other locations will receive funding through next year to help pay for exams in cases of non-fatal strangulation.  

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Wesley Reimer feeds his son Marshall from a bottle in their Macon home. Reimer partially blames the current baby formula shortage on panicked shoppers stockpiling formula and on profiteers selling formula online.

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  • Health

Healthy Start for families in South Georgia plans to bring birth support on board

Nationally, the largely federally funded initiative links families with case managers who can help monitor their health and look out for their needs during the transition of childbirth.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Medicare negotiations on drug prices can happen sooner for pills than many drugs that are injected.

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  • Health

Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices

The action is intended to build upon the existing program for Medicare drug price negotiations, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act that passed during the Biden administration.

April 17, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
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