July 2017 – Page 5 – medicarereport.org

In Appalachia, Two Hospital Giants Seek State-Sanctioned Monopoly

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Looking out a fourth-floor window of his hospital system’s

(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) Two federal investigations — one examining opioid

To formulate a new healthcare plan that works for both parties and Americans alike; the Republicans and Democrats may have

(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review ) An unprecedented analysis of Illinois state data by Chicago Tribune reveals the

( By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The House Committee on Appropriations approved legislation determining funding for global

(By Katherine Hobson for NPR) Chronic, low-level inflammation seems to play a role in a host of diseases, including type

(By Angus Chen for NPR) In a fitness-crazed land of spin classes and CrossFit gyms, Octavia Zahrt found it can

(By Jonathan Wosen for ST A T) I t’s shark season — primarily on cable TV. As the decades-long tradition

UnitedHealth Group executives are confident it’s only a matter of time before more than half of the American seniors will

(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) G lioblastoma, the brain cancer that Sen. John McCain has , is invariably