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
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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
The Biden administration is wrapping up negotiations to lower prescription drug prices
Cheaper copycat versions of blockbuster weight loss drugs are flooding the market. Guido Mieth/Getty Images hide caption
Austin's Ascension Seton Medical Center is among the hospitals affected by a nationwide cybersecurity breach of Ascension technology systems. Julia Reihs/KUT News hide caption
Miguel Divo shows his patient, Joel Rubinstein, a dry powder inhaler. It's an alternative to some puff inhalers that emit potent greenhouse gases, but is equally effective for many patients with asthma. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Instructions for a fingernail filing gadget for infants says, "Stay away from children." It's enough to make a new parent holler. Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty Images hide caption
Siblings may not be obvious fodder for the therapist's office, but experts say maybe they should be. "People just don't perceive those relationships as needing the type of attention and tending one might bring to a spouse or child," says Kelly Scott of Tribeca Therapy in New York. Lily Padula for NPR hide caption
All grown up, but still fighting? Why more siblings are turning to therapy, together
Drug companies often do one-on-one outreach to doctors. A new study finds these meetings with drug reps lead to more prescriptions for cancer patients, but not longer survival. Chris Hondros/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. is the most lucrative market for drugmakers, but they often pay more in taxes overseas. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kevin Carlson, with nurse Joshua Lee (right) and respiratory therapist Eric Mathewson (left), watches a WWE match on October 2, 2023 in San Jose, Calif. Gabriel Torres hide caption
For patients with disabilities, this doctor prioritizes independence — and fun
Miriam McDonald spends time with her 4-year-old son, Nico. McDonald struggled to get care for postpartum depression at Kaiser Permanente, an experience that would eventually lead to significant policy changes by the health care provider. Keith McDonald hide caption
Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs online pharmacy is adding the oral contraceptive Yaz from Bayer to its list of discounted medicines. studiostockart/Getty Images hide caption
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, pressed executives from Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck and Johnson & Johnson about the prices they charge for drugs in the U.S. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Chantal Panozzo and her husband, who live in the Chicago suburbs, expected their first routine colonoscopies would be free — fully covered by insurance as preventive care under federal law. Taylor Glascock/KFF Health News hide caption
The colonoscopies were free but the 'surgical trays' came with $600 price tags
Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle (center) announces the county's debt relief program, along with executives from several local hospitals and Allison Sesso, President & CEO of RIP Medical Debt (far left). Cook County, Ill. hide caption
A growing wave of local governments are erasing billions in medical debts
McAlester Regional Health Center's administrative offices in McAlester, Oklahoma. Mitchell Black for KFF Health News hide caption
Drug price hikes appear to be moderate this year, with some drug prices falling. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption