Long-term study shows most prostate cancer patients don’t need aggressive treatment
(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) Nearly 30 years after it began, a study of prostate cancer patients shows both that the disease
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Month: December 2018
Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses
(By Laurel Wamsley for NPR) Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according
Read MoreFor The Asking, A Check Is In The Mail To Help Pay For Costly Drugs
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him
Read MoreVirginia naloxone maker to launch generic version, drop list price by $3,922
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) A month after Kaleo came under fire for raising the price of its opioid antidote
Read MoreRed Tape Relief effort to roll back Medicare regulations on hospitals
On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee introduced seven bills to roll back Medicare regulations on hospitals.
Read MoreExperts look at policies and possible trade-offs to reduce drug prices
The experts weigh in on what policies and possible trade-offs are there if we were to adopt certain policies to
Read MoreCVS-Aetna deal will save money by cutting supply chain negotiations
(By Kathleen Iacocca for STAT) CVS’s $69 billion acquisition of Aetna continues to lurch toward closure — the deal doesn’t
Read MoreBlue Shield’s Trims To Out-Of-State Coverage Give Some Californians The Blues
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Denise Roberts is still coping with complications from
Read More‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices
(By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media for Kaiser Health News) Angela Lautner knew her thirst was unusual, even for
Read MoreFive core fundamentals that consumers want from a health plan
Multiple studies from leading organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians, Brigham Young University and the Kaiser Family Foundation
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