Primary Care Doctors Often Don’t Help Patients Manage Depression: Study
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Although primary care doctors frequently see patients with depression, they typically do less
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Do All the Hospital’s Doctors Accept Your Insurance? If Not, You May Get the Bill.
A young athlete is hurt during a sporting event and is taken to nearby in-network hospital for emergency surgery; the
Read MoreDevice Maker Olympus Hiked Prices For Scopes As Superbug Infections Spread
(By Chad Terhune and Melody Peters for Kaiser Health News) LOS ANGELES — Soon after doctors at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan
Read MoreA Little Known Rule Allows You to Change Your Medicare Advantage Plan
In 2015, a policy concerning “special enrollment period” for Medicare Advantage plans went into effect. The change allows members to
Read MoreDid Your Health Care Costs Go Down as Promised by Obamacare?
When President Obama’s Administration was campaigning for Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), one of the promises was that the “typical” family
Read MoreThe FDA is Four Years Behind in Granting Approval for Generic Drugs
The newly confirmed Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Robert M. Califf, stated the backlog of some
Read MoreDo You Want to be 10 Years Younger? Then Exercise
The latest research study published on Wednesday, in the Journal of Neurology, suggests that older Americans that engaged in strenuous
Read MoreMedicare Proposes Expansion Of Counseling Program For People At Risk Of Diabetes
(by Mary Agnes Carey for Kaiser Health News) As the health law turned six Wednesday, federal officials proposed the expansion
Read MoreNew Warnings on Pain Medicines.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to require a black box warning (the strongest warning that FDA puts on a
Read MoreWill Obamacare’s Birth Control Coverage Issue be Tied Up in a Supreme Court’s Voting Tie?
Today, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, the eight United States Supreme Court Justices will hear its fourth Obamacare-related case. The case
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