Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News

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Rural hospitals are caught in an aging-infrastructure conundrum
Rural hospitals are caught in an aging-infrastructure conundrum
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
January 12, 2024
11:00 am

An increase in costs amid lower payments from insurance plans makes it harder for small hospitals to fund large capital improvement projects.

Why it’s so tough to reduce unnecessary medical care
Why it’s so tough to reduce unnecessary medical care
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
November 14, 2023
7:00 am

The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them.

Pot boom wakes sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado
Pot boom wakes sleepy Dinosaur, Colorado
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
September 25, 2023
2:30 pm

Dinosaur, nestled in the northwestern corner of the state, is a five-minute drive to the Utah line and a couple of hours away from Wyoming, both states where recreational marijuana use is illegal.

A move to cut drug prices has patients with rare diseases worried
A move to cut drug prices has patients with rare diseases worried
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
August 30, 2023
2:30 pm

Colorado patients with cystic fibrosis are worried they could lose access to transformative medication.

Community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending
Community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
August 17, 2023
3:00 pm

Residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren’t providing enough charity care to justify the millions in tax breaks they receive.

Teens with addiction are often left to detox without medication
Teens with addiction are often left to detox without medication
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
August 4, 2023
11:23 am

As a result of suffering through withdrawal, many, seeking relief, go back to opioids, often with tragic consequences.

At least 1.7M Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite lack of protections
At least 1.7M Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite lack of protections
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
June 14, 2023
1:05 pm

A new report has provided the first national count of Americans who rely on health care sharing plans — arrangements through which people agree to pay one another’s medical bills — and the number is higher than previously realized.

This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.
This panel will decide whose medicine to make affordable. Its choice will be tricky.
Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News
May 25, 2023
11:00 am

With hundreds of expensive drugs to choose from, board members face tough decisions about who will get help now and who will have to wait.

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