MYSTERIOUS: 15 | Mind Blowing Facts

Americans pay up to 10x for blockbuster weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

Compared to their peers in other wealthy industrialized countries, U.S. patients are paying at least twice as much for these treatments—and in most cases far more than that.

Fortune · Aug 18, 2023

COVID vaccine program for uninsured could be late to pharmacies - Roll Call

Uninsured can get their COVID-19 shots at community and state health departments, but a partnership with pharmacies is still in the works.

Roll Call · Aug 17, 2023

Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds

The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. "I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's," said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.

WEKU · Aug 16, 2023

Texas trial changed abortion story

In July, the case for abortion was made by women themselves who had been denied abortions and sued the state

Salon · Aug 8, 2023

Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

WEKU · Aug 3, 2023

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month

Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.

WEKU · Aug 3, 2023

A wasted chance to fight addiction? Opioid settlement cash fills a local budget gap

State attorneys general vowed the funds would go toward tackling the addiction crisis. But as with the tobacco payouts of the 1990s, local officials have started using them to fill budget shortfalls.

WEKU · Aug 2, 2023

1849 law restricting women's health care

The state’s original abortion law was passed before the Civil War, when women could not vote or own property

Salon · Jul 30, 2023

Families fleeing anti-trans states

Draconian laws banning trans care are forcing some families to flee to more progressive states

Salon · Jul 20, 2023

‘The future of abortion is tenuous’: relief and fear in Iowa as ban blocked

Rights groups and their lawyers have challenged abortion bans in many states and some rulings have led to a gray areas in law

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2023