Ed Silverman reports for Stat News on pharmaceutical companies’ support for Republican candidates...
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Telehealth companies prescribe ketamine online at some risk to...
Stat News reports on a rise in ketamine prescriptions via telehealth companies and the risk these...
New Medicare Advantage rules won’t stop the misleading...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees Medicare, is...
Almost all states permit the sale of products containing the...
You might not know it, but even if you live in a state in which weed is illegal, you likely can...
Congress has the power to improve services at Social Security
Earlier this month, a front-page article in the Washington Post described the turmoil at Social...
Social Security benefits will increase nearly 9 percent in 2023
There’s good news for the 65 million people receiving the Social Security benefits they have...
You can now buy hearing aids at the drugstore
Finally, the day has come when you can buy hearing aids at the drugstore, as well as Walmart and...
Bill in Congress would keep private insurers from using Medicare...
Congressmen Marc Pocan and Ro Khanna introduced the Save Medicare Act last week. If passed, the...
Government proposes national health care provider directory
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to create a national health care...
Senate Republicans introduce bill to undo Democrats’...
Congressional Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will lower health care costs for...