Trump administration prepares to ban flavored e-cigarettes
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The Trump administration is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex
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Emerging Health Issues
Data on vertical integration does not show improved care coordination
A new study from Rice University and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas found that when health systems acquired
Read More‘UVA Has Ruined Us’: Health System Sues Thousands Of Patients, Seizing Paychecks And Claiming Homes
(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Heather Waldron and John Hawley are losing their four-bedroom house
Read MorePurdue Pharma touts data that downplay its role in the opioid epidemic, new analysis shows
(By David Armstrong for STAT and Jeff Ernsthausen for Propublica) This story is a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica. Purdue
Read MoreFentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets
(By Dave Davies for NPR) More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of
Read MoreHow To Get Bargain Dentistry And A Vacation To Boot
(By Mike Salmon for Kaiser Health News) “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared
Read MoreThey Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) From a planning perspective, Wolfgang Balzer is the perfect health care consumer. Balzer,
Read More1st death reported amid uptick in vaping-related illnesses
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) A patient hospitalized with a severe lung injury linked to vaping has died
Read MoreWhy Red Wyoming Seeks The Regulatory Approach To Air Ambulance Costs
(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) Wyoming, the reddest of Republican states and a bastion of free enterprise, thinks
Read MoreShopping Abroad For Cheaper Medication? Here’s What You Need To Know
(By Bernard J. Wolfson for Kaiser Health News) In its effort to temper the sky-high prices Americans pay for many
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