June 2018 – Page 3 – medicarereport.org

Gawande’s Goal Is Providing The ‘Right’ Health Care In New Venture By 3 Firms

(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) Dr. Atul Gawande, the famed surgeon-writer-researcher chosen to lead a joint health venture

(By Justin Chen for STAT) The French novelist Victor Hugo described the sewage system as “the consciousness of the city,”

Retirees pay for their prescription drugs with help of Medicare Part D. However, based on the policy you select, these

(By JoNel Aleccia and Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) With a bullet in her gut, her voice choked with

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the country’s first drug derived from marijuana,

(By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) A North Carolina resident visited High Point, N.C.-based Bethany Medical Center for a

When Medicare was first enacted in 1966, only about half of the elderly U.S. residents had health insurance according to

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) PHILADELPHIA — Feliciano Pagan stood at his front door when the MANNA food

(By Ankur Parikh for STAT) An old idea — using the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells, first proposed

Falls are dangerous and costly. The average number of days that a fall adds to a hospital stay is 6.3