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Journalists Delve Into Insulin Costs and Prior Authorization Policy
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Second Chance law represents a chance for transformation, healing
Several years ago, 15-year-old son Seven Long, of Albuquerque, was facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison for very serious crimes he was involved in when he was 14.
At the…
Obamacare at 13: Biden and a KHN Reporter Remember
I was back in the crowded East Room of the White House on Thursday, as I was 13 years ago, this time standing under a portrait of first first lady Martha Washington, when President Joe Biden entered for a lunchtime event focused…
Health Providers Scramble to Keep Remaining Staff Amid Medicaid Rate Debate
Andrew Johnson lets his clients choose what music to play in the car.
As an employee of Family Outreach in Helena, Montana — an organization that assists developmentally disabled people — part of his workday involves driving…
Affirmative consent proposal dies on final day in Santa Fe
On the penultimate day of the Legislative session, HB 43, which would’ve made affirmative consent the standard for teaching consent in public schools, sat as the final item on the Senate Judiciary…
Sen. Sanders Shows Fire, but Seeks Modest Goals, in His Debut Drug Hearing as Health Chair
Arthur Allen
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who rose to national prominence criticizing big business in general and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, claimed the spotlight Wednesday on what might at first seem a powerful new stage from…
Fresh Produce Is an Increasingly Popular Prescription for Chronically Ill Patients
Carly Graf
When Mackenzie Sachs, a registered dietitian on the Blackfeet Reservation, in northwestern Montana, sees a patient experiencing high blood pressure, diabetes, or another chronic illness, her first thought isn’t necessarily to…
Being ‘Socially Frail’ Comes With Health Risks for Older Adults
Consider three hypothetical women in their mid-70s, all living alone in identical economic circumstances with the same array of ailments: diabetes, arthritis, and high blood pressure.
Ms. Green stays home most of the time and…
Legal Questions, Inquiries Intensify Around Noble Health’s Rural Missouri Hospital Closures
A year after private equity-backed Noble Health shuttered two rural Missouri hospitals, patients and former employees grapple with a broken local health system or missing out on millions in unpaid wages and benefits.
The…
Have a Student in New Mexico Schools? Here Is What to Know About How School Discipline Works.
This is a guide to school discipline in New Mexico and Gallup-McKinley County Schools. You can print and share a short copy of this guide.
This guide is part of a project by ProPublica and New Mexico In Depth.
We are reporters. We are not…