September 2016 – Page 11 – medicarereport.org

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) S everal advocacy groups have asked the US Food and Drug Administration to

Vouchers and incentives can increase kidney donations and save lives

(By Sally Satel for ST A T) T he chronic organ shortage in this country is a well-known scourge, so

(By Esther Landhuis for NPR) Three years ago, Geoff Baird bought a drone. The Seattle dad and hobby plane enthusiast

(By Virginia Anderson for Kaiser Health News) ATLANTA — It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Elderly Americans’ well-being is at risk unless the U.S. does much more to

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) H ow much credit should we give Brent Saunders for trying to put

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) A mid the ongoing debate over the wisdom of pharmaceutical advertising, a new

(By Helen Branswell for ST A T) J ohnson & Johnson will soon start testing a vaccine the world badly

(By Sam Wehbe for ST A T) T he growing use of electronic medical records, electronic insurance claims, and other

(By Megan Hart for KHI News Service) Michael Fellman says a chance passerby — or, perhaps, divine intervention — kept