Prescription drugs sit ready to be distributed to patients at 986 Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy in Alhambra, Calif. Jackie Fortiér/KFF Health News hide caption
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President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Trump signs an order to reduce drug prices, but it's unclear how it would work
Ed Martin, now the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks at a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2023. Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images hide caption
Justice Department probes medical journals over partisanship
An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption
Congress could implement work requirements as part of revamping and downsizing Medicaid. vm/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
Undue Medical Debt is retiring $30 billion in unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. DNY59/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
Major deal wipes out $30 billion in medical debt. Even backers say it’s not enough
President Trump, joined by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (right), signs an executive order on Feb. 25 on price transparency requirements for the health care industry. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Doctors in New York will have to discuss treatment costs upfront with patients under a new law. AmnajKhetsamtip/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption
Keokuk County Hospital needs three physicians to staff its emergency room, but currently has just two. The hospital is seeking to hire a third full-time doctor to work in the ER and help treat patients at the 14-bed facility. Natalie Krebs/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
A woolly mouse, a breed created by scientists using genetic engineering. The development is a first step toward reviving a version of the extinct woolly mammoth. Colossal Biosciences hide caption
The federal government has the power to negotiate the prices Medicare pays for some drugs. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Prescription drugs prices rose this year for many drugs, though the hikes were not as steep on average as some past years. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Drug makers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January
Health care advocates protested care denials at UnitedHealthcare on July 15, 2024, in Minnetonka, Minn. The shooting of UHC CEO Brian Thompson has sparked an outcry online over issues with the U.S. health care system. David Berding/Getty Images for People's Action Institute hide caption
A view outside the UnitedHealthcare corporate headquarters on Dec. 4, 2024 in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City this week triggered an outpouring of venting about the health care system on social media. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
GLP-1s like the weight-loss drug Wegovy can be made by compounding pharmacies while they're in short supply. Drugmakers argue they no longer are. James Manning/PA Images/Getty Images hide caption
Footage from Sept. 28 shows sand and debris left after flooding shut down operations at Baxter International's facility in Marion, N.C. The plant is the largest manufacturer of intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions in the United States. Tommy Bumgarner/Aerial Lens via Facebook hide caption
Hospitals face months of IV fluid shortages after Helene damages N.C. factory
Marine One, with President Biden on board, flies over Lake Lure near Chimney Rock, N.C., southwest of the Baxter International plant closed by damage from Hurricane Helene. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
As Helene swept through western North Carolina, it flooded a critical factory
After the Change Healthcare cyberattack wreaked chaos in the health care system, members of the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from Andrew Witty, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, Change Healthcare's parent company. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Melissa Todd in her office in Eugene, Oregon. Tony Luong for ProPublica hide caption
There are more than 4,600 hospitals in the U.S., and 49% of them are nonprofit and therefore tax-exempt. The CEOs of these nonprofit health systems now earn, on average, $1.3 million a year. Getty Images/E+/Getty Images hide caption
Logan Health in Kalispell, Mont., has experienced three data breaches in the past five years. Those cyberattacks exposed the names, phone numbers and addresses of hundreds of thousands of patients. The hospital later settled a lawsuit related to the incidents for $4.2 million. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption
After health care attacks, tech giants will help small hospitals with cyber defenses
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Casey Shively holds a photo of a family ski trip with his sister, Katie, and his father, Dan, in 1996. Dan Shively died in a memory care home after being violently attacked by another resident. Jessica Plance; skiing photo by Crystal Images Photography/KFF Health News hide caption
Medicare and drugmakers are in the midst of negotiations on price concessions for 10 popular and costly drugs ranging from blood thinners to diabetes treatments. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption