January 2018 – Page 12 – medicarereport.org

HHS Nominee Vows To Tackle High Drug Costs, Despite His Ties To Industry

(By Emmarie Hetteman for Kaiser Health News) Senate Democrats on Tuesday pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top health

In a new study published in the journal Health Affairs suggests that fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare might provide better skilled-nursing choices

(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Aja C. Holmes planned to go to work

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is how many veterans have approached health care conversations

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals nationwide saw uncompensated care costs increase 7.3 percent in 2016, according an

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) A new paper points to a previously unknown hurdle for scientists racing to develop therapies

In Karin price Mueller’s column, she answers a reader’s question on balancing employer health insurance plan and Medicare. Read her answer

(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) The thinking about problem drinking and alcoholism has changed. It’s no longer considered a black-and-white,

(By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio in reporting partnership with NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News) Seven years

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Some states are facing a mid-January loss of funding for their Children’s Health