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Coronavirus: Life expectancy drops significantly for Blacks and...
Health equity issues run deep in the US. And, the huge drop in life expectancy for Blacks and...
Senator Wyden sets forth principles for drug price reform
Jonathan Cohn reports for The Huffington Post that Senate Finance Committee Chair, Ron Wyden, just...
Should health insurers help patients with travel costs?
Access to health care is a surprisingly small determinant of people’s health. Education...
Drug ads drive up drug spending
A new Government Accountability Office analysis suggests that pharmaceutical companies benefit...
Health care coverage denied? Appeal, it’s easy
In its infinite wisdom, Congress is eyeing a fix for people with poor health insurance whose health...
Medicare stops covering costly brain-cancer drug
Kate Gibson reports for CBS Money Watch that Medicare is no longer covering a costly brain-cancer...
For-profit hospitals are causing rising medical debt and...
Axios reports new findings, in partnership with Johns Hopkins, that medical debt continues to rise...
ER coverage: Private health insurers control our coverage
If you think you like your private health insurance, watch out. Private health insurers control the...
States lack power to take on health insurers and guarantee...
So far, President Biden has done little to move forward with health insurance reform at the federal...