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Drug spending on the rise in employer-based health plans, report finds

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Spending on prescription drugs among people who are covered by private employer health

(By Emily Corwin, Derek Brouwer, and Andrea Suozzo for NPR) Some states call them assisted living facilities; others, residential or

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Eisai, a Japan-based drugmaker, said Feb. 13 it will remove its drug, Belviq,

(By Emily Kwong for NPR) Johnpeter Mwolo was 15 when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. His body, unable

(Source- www.medicareblog.gov) Each day, 20 people die while waiting for an organ transplant. With National Donor Day around the corner,

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Last November, CMS finalized its healthcare price transparency rule, which next year requires

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Total healthcare spending climbed from 2014-18, and prices were the biggest driver of

(By Roxie Hammill for Kaiser Health News) Changing over to daylight saving time — a major annoyance for many people

(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) The news about the novel coronavirus in China grows more urgent daily. The

Among the proposed 2021 federal budget there are two items that will affect Medicare beneficiaries. One of the proposals would