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Learn about the most common health insurance issues, including affordability, coverage, and quality.

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Insurance Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Medicare couldn’t cover Wegovy for weight loss. But now that it’s also a heart drug, the door is open

The Readout Damian Garde

Novavax is on thin ice, and the latest update isn’t exactly encouraging

First Opinion Irene Papanicolas

Which country has the best health care? That’s the wrong question

First Opinion Tina Shah and Devika Bhushan

Other states should follow New Jersey’s lead on prior authorization reform

Health Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Morgan Health wants you to know it’s still here

First Opinion Craig Idlebrook

I went on a mind-boggling journey to get my son’s ADHD medication covered by insurance — twice

First Opinion Andrew Popper

Insurance companies are forcing psychiatrists like me to stop accepting their coverage

Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

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Morning Rounds Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: Morning Rounds: Couples share high blood pressure, and other health stories you should read today

Morning Rounds Annalisa Merelli

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Special Report Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Colon cancer prevention paradox: Higher-risk patients pay more for colonoscopy

First Opinion Podcast Torie Bosch

Listen: The true costs of mediocre insurance plans for medical students

The Readout Meghana Keshavan

STAT Plus: Shrinking Covid vaccine sales has Moderna course-correcting

First Opinion Wendy Netter Epstein and Christopher T. Robertson

The best way to convince healthy people to get insurance is not ‘because it’s in your financial interest’

The Readout Damian Garde

STAT Plus: Novo Nordisk is concluding research on Wegovy’s impact on osteoarthritis

First Opinion Rebecca Love

Want to end historic health care strikes? Fix a broken, outdated reimbursement model

First Opinion Sean Scanlon

Connecticut’s comptroller explains his thinking about GLP-1s for state employees

First Opinion Vijay Ramakrishnan

STAT Plus: How payer-participating trials could help transform clinical research on FDA-approved drugs

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Kaiser Permanente workers announce an official strike date

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Weight loss drugs cost much more in the U.S.; PBMs win a key victory over an Oklahoma law

Biotech Simar Bajaj, Tara Bannow, Bob Herman, and Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: Wegovy cardiovascular study has doctors seeing new possibilities in weight loss drug

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Labor Department says UnitedHealth Group unit illegally denied emergency room, drug screen claims

First Opinion Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein

Enough with the health care policy patchwork. It’s time for universal insurance

First Opinion Keith Ericson and Tal Gross

Drug pricing and the ‘impossible trinity’ for patients

Hospitals Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Extensive review finds private equity owners jack up the cost of medical care

Biotech Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Medicare to cover more brain scans for Alzheimer’s patients

Exclusive Bob Herman

STAT Plus: Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in California evaded $170 million in taxes, whistleblower says

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: Demand spikes in seniors, behavioral health care challenge UnitedHealth’s provider arm

Health tech Mohana Ravindranath

STAT Plus: More hospitals are billing patients as online messages surge