Pharma dollars back patient groups that oppose Medicare Part B overhaul
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) After the Obama administration proposed overhauling Medicare Part B earlier this year, a plethora of
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Depressed Teen’s Struggle To Find Mental Health Care In Rural California
(By April Dembosky, KQED, for Kaiser Health News) There was a hot pink suitcase on the floor of Shariah Vroman-Nagy’s bedroom. The
Read MoreThe Largest Settlement
Advocate Health Care Network, which operate twelve hospitals and more than 200 other treatment locations in Illinois, will pay $5.55
Read MoreElizabeth Warren demands open access to data from patient trials of drugs
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Should researchers make public all the data they collect when testing drugs and medical devices
Read MoreTwo In California
Two babies have been born with Microcephaly; a Zika virus related birth defect, in California to mothers who were infected
Read MoreWhere’s the Patient in the Equation?
In response to rising cost of prescription drugs, a handful of organizations have developed frameworks for assessing the value of
Read MoreAnthem to Federal Government: Approve Merger and We’ll Expand to More Obamacare Exchanges
(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal) Despite projections that it’s losing money this year, Anthem offered to expand its
Read MoreLifting the Ban on Part Human and Part Animal Embryos
On Thursday, the federal government announced plans to life the moratorium on funding of certain controversial experiments that use human
Read MoreZika Is ‘Game-Changer’ For OB-GYN Doctors In Florida
(By Sammy Mack, WLRN, for Kaiser Health News) Late last fall, Dr. Christine Curry was at a faculty meeting with
Read MoreFDA warns Chinese drug maker over lying
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The next time that employees at Xiamen Origin Biotech want to lie to regulators about
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