This brand-new advocacy group is an unapologetic defender of high drug prices
(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — It’s less than a week old, but a shadowy new pharma advocacy group
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Month: October 2018
Without Safety Net Of Kids Or Spouse, ‘Elder Orphans’ Need Fearless Fallback Plan
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) It was a memorable place to have an “aha” moment about aging. Peter
Read MoreHigh-Deductible Health Plans Fall From Grace In Employer-Based Coverage
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) With workers harder to find and Obamacare’s tax on generous coverage postponed, employers
Read MoreHospital CEOs petition Congress over prescription drug-pricing program
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The CEOs of more than 700 hospitals and health systems penned a letter to U.S.
Read More2018 Employer Health Benefits Survey
Employer-sponsored insurance covers over half of the non-elderly population; approximately 152 million nonelderly people in total.1 To provide current information about
Read MoreNatural product found to reduce the level of damaged cells in the body caused by aging
University of Minnesota researchers have found a natural product, called Fisetin, can reduce the level of damaged cells in the
Read MoreAudit finds Medicare paid inpatient rehabilitation facilities $5.7 billion in one year for unnecessary care
A new audit from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services shows Medicare
Read MorePatients Give Doctors High Marks For Prescribing Antibiotics For Common Sniffles
(By Rachel D. Cohen for NPR) When they’re sick, it seems Americans know what they want: antibiotics. And if they
Read MoreVA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response
(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR in partnership that includes WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News.) It took more than 10 minutes for paramedics to
Read MoreGAO: 10 things to know about the spike in rural hospital closures
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) A total of 64 rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017 — not
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