Competition Suffers Most If UnitedHealth Exits Obamacare In 2017: Analysis
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) If UnitedHealthcare follows through on its threat to quit the health insurance marketplaces
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Is Long-Term Care Available Under Medicare?
Most Americans think Medicare will pay for long-term supports and services (LTSS); but it does not. In a recent blog
Read MoreWill the New Medicare Drug Plan Actually Hold Down the Costs of Drugs?
Everyone agrees the Medicare program cannot sustain itself beyond the year 2030 without some sort of intervention on keeping costs
Read MoreUnitedHealth Exiting Another Obamacare Exchange – Michigan
UnitedHealth Group announced that they will be exiting the Michigan’s exchange at the end of this year in effort to
Read MoreThe Government Admits They Were Wrong On The Contraceptive Mandate.
In a legal brief filed by the Obama administration at the Supreme Court in the Little Sisters of Poor case,
Read MoreGenetic Counselors Struggle To Keep Up With Huge New Demand
(By Todd Bookman, WHYY for Kaiser Health News) Erika Stallings’ mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of
Read MoreCan a Worm a Day Keep the Doctor Away?
In the journal Science this week, P’ng Loke and Ken Caldwell, two researchers at New York University published their findings
Read MoreRise In Oncologists Working For Hospitals Spurs Higher Chemo Costs: Study
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) If you have cancer, chances are your outpatient chemotherapy treatment costs are higher
Read MoreOne of the Most Stressful Occupations is a Nurse
Why is nursing one of the most stressful occupations; it comes down to organizational problems within hospitals which included staffing
Read MoreTainted Scope Infections Far Exceed Earlier Estimates
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) The number of potentially deadly infections from contaminated medical scopes is far higher
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