Saving Lives And Saving Money
(By David Gorn, KQED, NPR for Kaiser Health News) Don Meade doesn’t like hospitals, but he uses them. In just
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In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) Almost every day, a patient comes into Dr. Arthur Sorrell’s San Francisco emergency
Read MoreThe Year 2028 Will Not be a Good Year for Medicare or US
In a 500 page report released today, the government’s trustees for Medicare and Social Security outlined a grim financial outlook
Read MoreFirst Use of CRISPR Wins Approval
In a follow up to article posted on June 20, 2016, CRISPR Up for Federal Review. On Tuesday, a federal biosafety
Read MoreBoeing Contracts Directly With California Health System For Employee Benefits
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) In another sign of growing frustration with rising health costs, aerospace giant Boeing
Read MoreThe Administration to Help the Supreme Court Decide on a Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Obama administration for its views on a rule (Biologics Price Competition and Innovation
Read MoreAmericans Spend $30.2 Billion on Complementary Medicine
Using the data collected by the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) estimates that
Read MoreHHS Targets Young Adults In 2017 Obamacare Enrollment Plan
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Amid early signs that insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act might rise significantly
Read MoreHouse Republicans Unveil Long-Awaited Plan To Replace Health Law
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) Six years after promising a plan to “repeal and replace” the federal health
Read MoreZika Virus Vaccine in Clinical Trial
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved for the first time a clinical trial for an experimental vaccine for
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