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Health Care - General
Eileen Cook October 10, 2019 0 Comments

Changing Your Diet Can Help Tamp Down Depression, Boost Mood

(By Allison Aubrey and Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR) There’s fresh evidence that eating a healthy diet, one that includes plenty

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Health Care Finance
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VCU Health Will Halt Patient Lawsuits, Boost Aid In Wake Of KHN Investigation

(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) VCU Health, the major Richmond medical system that includes the

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care Finance
Eileen Cook October 9, 2019 0 Comments

Policyholders to get rebates, are you one of them?

According to analysis by Kaiser Family Foundation, Centene owes $216 million nationally in rebates. The payouts are required under a

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care - General
Eileen Cook October 9, 2019 0 Comments

Cigna tries to explain health coverage to new members

Cigna is launching a new rewards program, targeting those who buy ACA exchange plans as an incentive to modify behavior. 

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Health Care FinancePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook October 9, 2019 0 Comments

Price hikes for drugs increased total U.S. drug spending to more than $5.1 billion from 2017 to 2018

According to the report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a non-partisan research group, it found the price

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Medicare - GeneralMedicare AdvantagePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook October 9, 2019 0 Comments

Dangers for first-time Medicare enrollees

Generally, when you turn 65 you become eligible for Medicare health insurance; however, the rules, options and ramifications of when

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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook October 9, 2019 0 Comments

The return of Vioxx: Can a drug once deemed deadly be relaunched to treat rare disease?

(By Damian Garde for STAT) Since its recall in 2004, the pain drug Vioxx has been a symbol of pharmaceutical

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Health Care Finance
Eileen Cook October 8, 2019 0 Comments

$265 billion wasted on health care each year in the US

In a multiyear research study by Humana published in the Journal of American Medical Association, revealed one dollar out of

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Employer HealthcareHealth Care FinanceHealth Care RedesignPart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 0 Comments

U.S. employers getting creative to offset the high cost of specialty drugs

According to a recent survey of 610 U.S. employers by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson found employers are trying to

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CMSHealth Care RedesignMedicare - GeneralMedicare AdvantagePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook October 8, 2019 0 Comments

Some Medicare beneficiaries will have more opportunities to elect personal supports and services for 2020

Medicare’s Annual Election period also called the Medicare Fall Open Enrollment period or Fall Annual Enrollment Period for 2020 begins

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