Sarah Jane Tribble reports for Kaiser Health News that small rural hospitals have been hit hard by...
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Pharmacies sue pharmacy benefits manager for overcharging them
In a health care world in which, among other things, the government is now overpaying insurers...
UnitedHealth renames company responsible for massive...
A while back, I reported on a story in Stat News that exposed a division of UnitedHealth...
Want your prescription drugs quickly? Get drone delivery
Bruce Japsen writes for Forbes on drone delivery of prescription drugs. If you happen to live in...
Social Security benefits up 3.2 percent in 2024
The nearly 67 million people receiving the Social Security benefits they have earned will see their...
Dental care is increasingly unaffordable
The cost of dental care has become prohibitively expensive for the vast majority of Americans. In a...
Insurers will continue misleading people, notwithstanding new...
Rachel Roubein writes for the Washington Post on the new rules the government has put in place to...
Importing drugs from abroad should be legal
In a new paper, Stephen Salant, a professor at the University of Michigan, makes a compelling case...
The government overpays insurers offering Medicare Advantage as...
A new report from Physicians for a National Health Plan (PNHP) reveals that the federal government...
Traditional Medicare’s fee for service payment system...
Since establishment through the Affordable Care Act, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid...