In an opinion piece for Stat, James Glassman, a former undersecretary of state for public...
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Kaiser Permanente sued for misleading people about their network...
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Federal government cannot ensure hospital safety or quality...
If you think that it’s the federal government’s responsibility to ensure patient safety and...
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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...
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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...
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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...