June 2021 – Page 7 – medicarereport.org

Women Now Drink as Much as Men — And Are Prone to Sickness Sooner

(By Aneri Pattani for Kaiser Health News) Victoria Cooper thought her drinking habits in college were just like everyone else’s.

(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Patty Bausch isn’t a Medicaid expert, lawyer or medical professional. But she still

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Georgia needs to revisit a waiver granted by the Trump administration that allowed the

Medicare is supposed to cover the COVID-19 vaccine itself with no out-of-pocket costs; however, providers can charge extra for additional

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart is now offering a prescription drug savings program to members of its Walmart+ program,

(By Scott Hensley, Jon Hamilton, and Laurel Wamsley for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug aducanumab to

Hearing the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is difficult to absorb, but once the diagnosis sinks in, it is a good

The House passed the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act (H.R. 1629) to fix the nation’s orphan drug development rules

(Source – blogs.va.gov) “Beyond dreams!” That is how Marine Corps Veteran Rickey Ginn described his newly renovated transitional residence apartment

(By Hannah Mitchell for Becker’s Hospital Review) Access to affordable healthcare is a top concern for a third of Americans,