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Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Eileen Cook November 26, 2016November 23, 2016

HSA versus Regular Savings Account

Health savings account (HSA) is a tax-exempt trust or custodial account available to people enrolled in a high deductible health

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Medicare - GeneralMedicare AdvantagePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook November 25, 2016

December 7th Deadline is fast approaching

The deadline for Medicare open enrollment is December 7th; have you made your choice?  If not, here are five simple

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Emerging Health IssuesHealth Care - General
Eileen Cook November 25, 2016November 23, 2016

Clinics Help Keep People With Serious Mental Illness Out Of ER

(by Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) SAN ANTONIO— Yolanda Solar has battled a life-threatening disease for more than three

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Health Care - GeneralMedical Technology
Eileen Cook November 25, 2016November 23, 2016

An audacious vision: Researchers aim for first human eye transplant within the decade

(By Erin Hare and Photos by Jeff Swensen for STAT) ITTSBURGH — Scientists have strived for successful eye transplants for

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AgingEmerging Health IssuesPart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook November 25, 2016November 23, 2016

Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug fails in late-stage trial, dashing hopes

(By Damian Garde for STAT) An investigational Alzheimer’s treatment from Eli Lilly failed to slow the progression of the memory-destroying

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care - General
Eileen Cook November 24, 2016November 23, 2016

Why health insurance in Alaska is getting newfound attention because of Trump

(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) To combat rocketing premiums on the individual market, America’s most sparsely populated state

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)Medicaid
Eileen Cook November 24, 2016November 23, 2016

California Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP

(By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California grabbed the first opportunity to expand Medicaid and ran

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Emerging Health IssuesLegal Actions/Court DecisionsMedical TechnologyPart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook November 24, 2016November 23, 2016

Two patient deaths halt trial of Juno’s new approach to treating cancer

(By Damian Garde and Meghana Keshavan for STAT) In a major blow to a new approach to treating cancer, two patients

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Health Care - GeneralLegislative UpdateMedical Technology
Eileen Cook November 24, 2016November 23, 2016

FDA puts off closing lab-test ‘loophole,’ leaving decision to Congress and Trump

(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — After arguing for months that certain medical tests led to patients being mistakenly told

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Health Care - General
Eileen Cook November 23, 2016

Study raises caution about anti-aging benefits of blood transfusions from the young

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) The author of a study1 published Tuesday cautioned against the idea that transfusions of “young”

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