California’s Drug Price Initiative: Will Voters ‘Send A Signal To Washington’?
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) This year, Mary O’Connor and her father made voting a family affair. O’Connor’s father
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This drug discount program is good for Americans. But pharma wants to gut it
(By Ted Slafsky for STAT) Sticker shock over the cost of drugs isn’t going away any time soon. Drug prices
Read MoreReview the Plan’s Copays and Coinsurance
There is more to a plan than simply its premiums; it’s the additional expenses, such as copays, coinsurance and formulary
Read MoreSeniors Suffer Amid Widespread Fraud By Medicaid Caretakers
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) An Alaska man developed gangrenous toes. A Philadelphia woman froze to death on
Read MoreOnly 72 Percent of Primary Care Physicians are Accepting New Medicare Patients
In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians who accept Medicare found, 93 percent
Read MoreHealth officials find first cases of new superbug in US
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Just five months after federal health officials asked hospitals and physicians to be on the
Read MoreWhat clinical trial results? Now you can see who isn’t sharing their findings
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The results for nearly half of all clinical trials conducted by big drug makers during
Read MoreHead trauma link to ALS strengthened with findings of NFL player Kevin Turner’s autopsy
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) Kevin Turner, a high-profile professional football player who was thought to have died of ALS,
Read MoreBad Hombres, Russian Hackers And … A Medical Device Tax?
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) In an election season in which the presidential campaign “issues” have ranged from
Read MoreAnxious about your health? You might be at greater risk for heart disease
(By Eric Boodman for STAT) Being worried sick is more than just a figure of speech. It’s also a medical
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