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(by Heather Saunders and Nirmita Panchal for KFF June 22, 2022) Nearly half a million lives (480,622) were lost to

Mark Cuban’s generic drug prices would save Medicare billions of dollars: Harvard study

(by Paige Twenter for Beckers Hospital Review) Medicare recipients could have saved up to $3.6 billion on generic drug costs

(by Aneri Pattani for NPR) RALEIGH, N.C. — When Erin Williams-Reavis faced a $3,500 surgery bill, the hospital offered to

(Source-blog.va.gov) “What is all that noise down there?!” my teenage daughter shouted from her bedroom, as I was tidying up

( by Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jun 17, 2022) Medicare, the federal health insurance

(by Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Express Scripts’ $25 insulin cap program has slashed patient cost-sharing in half and

Using 2022 CMS data, the Better Medicare Alliance found Medicare Advantage health plan enrollment is up across the United States.

(By Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News) Harmony is not often found between two of the most boisterous senators on

(Source – blogs.va.gov) “The headaches were so severe I used to close myself in a dark, quiet room to get

(By Noam N. Levey for Kaiser Health News) Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after