Sarah Kliff

Medicaid programs that restrict access to anti-psychotic drugs have higher rates of severe mental illness in their prison populations.

Expensive televisions are usually better than cheap televisions. Expensive surgeries aren’t any better than cheap ones.

The uterus is not a crystal ball.

Fewer than 9 percent of the state’s population now lacks coverage

Whatever gripes some states had about Obamacare, their complaints couldn’t hold a candle to those coming from American territories.

Generic medications that do the same thing can look really different. That matters.

Sovaldi, health economists argue, is exactly the type of drug we should reward with high prices.

“When you step back and look at the totality of this,” the House speaker said at a November press conference, “I don’t think it’s ever going to work.”