Matthew Goldstein et al. reports for The New York Times that most US nursing homes were losing...
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Drugs with high prices are often no better than lower-cost drugs
The US famously pays far more for medications than other countries, putting stress on the health...
Coronavirus: President Trump threatening to block new stimulus...
The US lacks the strong leadership it needs to both contain the spread of the novel coronavirus and...
Coronavirus: Health insurance industry still profiting
Unlike almost every other sector of the economy, the health insurance industry appears to be...
Coronavirus: FDA approves emergency use of an antiviral drug...
Stat News reports that the Food and Drug Administration just approved the emergency use of...
2020 Social Security and Medicare Trustees report
This year’s Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports were released without considering...
Coronavirus: Drug companies uninterested in combating infectious...
As the COVID-19 crisis grows, Big Pharma is trying to position itself as the key to ending this...
Coronavirus: How best to guarantee everyone access to care
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, members of Congress are proposing all sorts of ways to...
FDA seizing some prescription drugs imported from Canada
Phil Galewitz reports for Kaiser Health News that the FDA recently has been seizing some drugs that...
Biden proposes lowering the age of Medicare eligibility to 60
In an effort to win over Bernie supporters and help more older adults, Vice President Joe Biden has...