CVS has become the sixth largest corporation in America, owning not only a chain of pharmacies, but...
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Cigna medical directors given little incentive to review prior...
A new Pro Publica report exposes how Cigna requires its medical directors to review prior...
UnitedHealth care delays, denies and grows ever bigger
At the same time that UnitedHealth is growing its Medicare Advantage business, it is growing many...
What’s happening to our hospitals?
Small independent hospitals are being acquired by large hospital systems across the US or, worse...
Raising Medicare eligibility age could lead to thousands of...
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by Alison Galvani et...
Want to live longer? See a doctor who’s female
A new study finds that women live longer when they see female doctors. This study adds to a body of...
New nursing home staffing requirements are a step forward
It has become increasingly clear that our federal government is not willing or able to enact laws...
States address prior authorization denials, while Congress fears...
People across the country are facing increasing numbers of treatment denials from insurers, even...
Will insulin ever be affordable in the US?
The pharmaceutical industry is all too powerful in the US. Not only does it spend a lot of money...
Nancy Altman testifies in Congress on the importance of...
Testimony of Nancy Altman before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Ways and Means...