A growing number of hospitals are offering people both hospital emergency room services and urgent...
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Drug prices keep going up, some faster than inflation
Until Congress regulates drug prices in the US as every other wealthy country does, prescription...
Bipartisan agreement on how to keep drug middlemen from ripping...
A new bill in Congress would end some of the most egregious practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers...
More hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage
Jakob Emerson reports for Becker’s Hospital Review that at least 17 large hospital systems...
Low-income communities are particularly at risk in Medicare...
Insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans too often delay and deny care inappropriately. If you...
Get your Covid vaccine: Reduce your risk of long Covid
Pam Belluck reports for the New York Times on new findings showing that people who get Covid-19...
FTC criticizes Rx middlemen in new report
In a health care world filled with insane prices and complexities, the prescription drug middlemen...
Nearly half of Americans can’t afford their health care
Time passes and health care costs rise, as do the number of Americans who can’t afford their...
Mental health care is unaffordable for one in four Americans...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that 25 percent of adults with anxiety and depression in the US...
JD Vance toes the GOP line on Social Security and Medicare
J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, might be a smart man, but he does not...