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‘Swept under the carpet’: When health records are held ransom, patients are the hardest hit — and last to know

(By Marion Renault for STAT) Allison Savage waited years for surgery to remove the elongated bones at the base of

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Ronald Lindquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared

More than 156 million Americans are covered through employer-sponsored programs, but will that always be the case? While employer-sponsored health

Each year millions of Medicare beneficiaries have the opportunity to review their current coverage and consider switching to reduce costs

(By Wyatt Koma, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for Kaiser Family Foundation published May 19, 2021) Telehealth, the provision of

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) Behind every heartbeat is the sarcomere, a microscopic structure inside each heart cell

(By Stephanie O’Neill for NPR) Late last year, Janet Yetenekian got seriously ill with COVID-19, sick enough to warrant going

At the end of 2020, there were more than 30 million HSAs with a combined total amount of $82.2 billion,

(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review) Uninsured patients ages 60 to 64 are twice as likely to receive late-stage cancer

(By Rob Stein for NPR) Routine screening for colorectal cancer should begin at age 45 instead of 50, an influential panel