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The Tribune-Democrat
They want to forget about closing the donut hole a year early and reduce discounts on brand name drugs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries. Over 40 million older Americans rely on the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit to help them pay for life-saving medicines. As drug prices continue to rise, we must keep in place policies that make it easier for older adults to access their medications.
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The Times
They were asking to fix it," she said. Marialyce Akers, of Portage, said she's now largely confined with a wheelchair because of her pain issues.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Opioids act at the beginning of that pathway," says Unterwald. But opioid drugs like morphine do much more than stimulate pleasure. This drives up drug cravings. The effects of opioids are now being discovered throughout the brain. Nearly irresistible cravings begin steering behavior, Berrettini said.
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Chattanooga Times/Free Press
...trillion America spends on health care, an expert told members of the U.S. Senate Health Committee on Tuesday. Dr. Brent James, a professor at Stanford University School Of Medicine, was one of four experts who testified during the second in a series of health care cost hearings, which focused on reducing excess or unnecessary health care spending. "Midpoint estimates suggest as much as $1.8 trillion in recoverable waste," James said, adding that more than half of that waste is...
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Star Tribune
In 2010 she left Schroeder Dairy and became a consultant. In the fall of 2015, Tucker, then 59, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, sometimes described as early onset dementia. People all the time ask how Jeff is.
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San Jose Mercury News
Wojcicki's friend was told he had run out of options and he wouldn't survive, she said. His family wanted a second opinion at Stanford Medical Center. Before Stanford doctors could evaluate him, they needed his medical records. The patient got emergency insurance and acceptance by Stanford. But which Stanford doctor could help?
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Duluth News-Tribune
Luke's CEO John Strange. In the complex machinery of health care economics, many factors affect the cost of care and how it's delivered. Luke's and Essentia Health both told the News Tribune they have no plans to further limit the care they provide to people who can't pay. Luke's, data shows charity care has drifted below $3 million over the past few years.
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Dayton Daily News
Feb. 28--BUTLER COUNTY -- Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year.
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The Patriot-News
In 2017, the cost was an estimated $115 billion. The growth rate between 2011 and 2016 was double the rate in the previous five years. Those costs largely come from emergency room visits and immediate treatment of the patients, and secondary treatments because of increased risk of other diseases or complications.
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The Buffalo News
Big changes in the way we pay for health care. Does it foreshadow similar combinations, more consolidation in the health care industry, and less competition? The Affordable Care Act also encouraged payment experimentation. The state, with Medicaid, and private insurers are also transitioning away from fee-for-service.