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Novel system to get dying patients an experimental cancer drug raises hopes — and thorny questions

(By Karen Weintraub for ST A T) T he drug was still experimental, but clinical trials suggested it could be

(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR) A federal district court in Mississippi has issued an injunction blocking a new rule that

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) In an effort to help clear the backlog of Medicare appeals, CMS has

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) C ash is not always king. In a move that should settle a

(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) This year, Mary O’Connor and her father made voting a family affair. O’Connor’s father

(By Ted Slafsky for ST A T) S ticker shock over the cost of drugs isn’t going away any time

There is more to a plan than simply its premiums; it’s the additional expenses, such as copays, coinsurance and formulary

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) An Alaska man developed gangrenous toes. A Philadelphia woman froze to death on

In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians who accept Medicare found, 93 percent

(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) J ust five months after federal health officials asked hospitals and physicians to