Last month, 94-year old Harriette Thompson ran the Rock ‘n Roll San Diego marathon, making...
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With health insurers and Pharma setting prices, no controlling...
Why would a health insurer pay one hospital in New York City $81,000 more for outpatient infusion...
Medicare should cover dental, vision and hearing services
A new paper in JAMA, by Amber Willink, Cathy Schoen and Karen Davis, explains why Medicare should...
Government’s Section 1498 authority to regulate the price...
While the federal government should be regulating the price of all drugs, as does every other...
How to protect yourself against unexpected medical bills
If you’ve been to the hospital at any time in the last several years–be it for a scheduled...
California may pave way for improved Medicare for all.
Updated: Healthy California, a bill passed by the California Senate but now put on hold by the...
Senate health care bill will leave millions without needed care
If passed, the Republican Senate’s misnamed “Better Care Reconciliation Act”...
Warning: Your drug copay may be higher than the drug’s cash...
It’s bad enough that lack of competition empowers drug companies to set prices sky high for...
Pharma fingerprints all over Trump drug price executive order
Across the political spectrum, Americans support reining in prescription drug...
Medicaid: Why it matters to all of us
Medicaid, with “aid” at the end, is a federal-state insurance program established to help...