US uninsured rate climbs to 11.7%
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) The country’s uninsured rate has risen to 11.7 percent after reaching a record
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Desperate for addiction treatment, patients are pawns in lucrative insurance fraud scheme
(By David Armstrong for STAT and Evan Allen for Boston Globe) Drug users, desperate to break addictions to heroin or
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In a letter to Republican Senate leaders, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is urging them to adopt several important reform ideas
Read MoreFDA approves first new sickle cell drug in 20 years
(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) The FDA approved a new medicine Friday to reduce the complications associated with sickle cell
Read MoreA Few Moves to get the Most Out of Medicare
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Read MoreDo-It-Yourself Detox Can Be ‘Freddy Krueger’ Scary — And Usually Fails
(By Elana Gordon, WHYY for Kaiser Health News) By the time Elvis Rosado was 25, he was addicted to opioids
Read MoreValue-based care putting pressure on nonprofit hospital finances, survey finds
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Half of healthcare nonprofit funding comes from fee-for-service revenue, according to a survey of
Read MoreIn pain and with nowhere to go, homeless patients find respite in a writing group
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) BOSTON — In Justin Devlin’s stories, his pain is the villain. He is the superhero
Read MoreEndo gives in to FDA demand and agrees to yank its opioid painkiller
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In the end, the executive team at Endo International blinked. The drug maker has voluntarily
Read MoreOpioid Prescriptions Falling But Remain Too High, CDC Says
(By Rob Stein for NPR) The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Millions of Americans are addicted
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