By Lisa Rapaport, Reuters Health. Many patients with neurologic disorders like multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease have seen steep increases in their out-of-pocket costs for drugs in recent years, a U.S. study suggests…. Read More
Health Care Industry Spends $30B A Year Pushing Its Wares, From Drugs To Stem Cell Treatment By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News. Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, the… Read More
By CARMEN HEREDIA RODRIGUEZ, KAISER HEALTH NEWS. It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois’ Jackson Falls last July. As the group approached a mound… Read More
From Department for Professional Employees AFL-CIO. The U.S. health care system is unique among advanced industrialized countries. The U.S. does not have a uniform health system, has no universal health care coverage, and only recently… Read More
By Wayne Drash, CNN. Two whistleblowers at a pharmaceutical company responsible for one of the largest drug price increases in US history said the company bribed doctors and their staffs to increase sales, according to… Read More
By Peter Pitts, OBSERVER Media. Quality can be stipulated, but it cannot be assumed. Quality occurs by design; it cannot be tested into a product. Nowhere is this truer or more urgent than when it comes… Read More
By David Blumenthal, M.D. and Shanoor Seervai, The Commonwealth Fund. Why do people get surprise bills in the first place and what can policymakers do to address the problem? Consumers’ shock in receiving surprise medical… Read More
By Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered manufacturers of surgical mesh used for repairing a condition called pelvic organ prolapse to immediately stop selling their products, the latest turn in… Read More
By Erika Stalling, NPR Shots. In 2017, Susan learned that she carries a genetic mutation that may elevate her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer to 69 percent. Her doctor explained that individuals who have this mutation… Read More
By Drew Harwell, The Washington Post. Like millions of women, Diana Diller was a devoted user of the pregnancy-tracking app Ovia. When she gave birth last spring, she used the app to chart her baby’s first online medical… Read More