For a patient with a high risk of a cancer diagnosis, the most frightening part of an extra scan should be the result, not the bill that may arrive weeks later. Oklahoma’s new cancer coverage laws, Senate Bill 109 and House Bill 1389, became law last year. They were written around a simple idea: no […]
When a Kentucky woman called an emergency department earlier this year, she wasn’t asking whether treatment was available. Through tears, she was asking whether anyone would judge her for needing it. She had been referred to the hospital for help managing opioid withdrawal but was afraid to walk through the doors. A peer support specialist […]
Patient advocates reacted with alarm this week at the suggestion by the administration of Gov. Brian Kemp that it could end Georgia Pathways to Coverage, his signature Medicaid program that gives health coverage to about 18,500 poor Georgians. Precious Andrews, an advocate who works for mothers’ and children’s health, said she was in shock when […]
(The Center Square) – Former Trump administration officials are praising a lawsuit filed against the American Medical Association that attempts to give the American people free access to Current Procedural Terminology codes required by federal and state law, thereby furthering the president’s commitment to healthcare price transparency.Â
For seven decades, the massive, neoclassical General Motors Building served as the headquarters of what at one time was the world’s largest industrial corporation. Its legendary 14th floor was widely known throughout Detroit as a plush suite of impenetrable executive offices where GM’s top brass decided what kind of cars and trucks much of America and the rest of the world could choose to drive. But the building that for generations was […]
Rhode Island does not have the primary care capacity to meet the needs of the more than 1.1 million people who live here. Strategic proposals are on the table to help attract and retain primary care physicians, but the issue is more than simply not having enough of them. Every visit now carries more weight, […]
This article first appeared on KFF Health News. More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices […]
While consultants have recommended reforms to how Wisconsin addresses mental health in prison, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections reports obstacles in the way of many of the reforms, according to a document obtained by the Examiner. In Wisconsin’s adult prisons, nearly half of incarcerated people have a mental health diagnosis. “We are seeing that more […]
Cancer patients should never have to question whether the medicine intended to help them is safe and authentic — particularly when health, and sometimes life, hangs in the balance.
(The Center Square) – Within a wave of new laws signed late last week exist some which may impact Illinoisans’ pocketbooks, including further regulations on medicare drug prices.
