‘An Arm And A Leg’: Can You Shop Around For A Lower-Priced MRI
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, An MRI is one of those standard tests that…
Read MoreFrom Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, An MRI is one of those standard tests that…
Read MoreBy Rachel Bluth – Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who are pushing a major legislative package to lower health costs, announced their favored solution to handle disputes about surprise medical bills.
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, This week, Congress is finally getting down to real work on legislation to…
By Sarah Jane Tribble – As rural hospital closures roil the country, some states are banking on a Trump administration proposal to change the way hospital payments are calculated to rescue them.
By Rachel Bluth – In a year already marked by a wide variety of congressional health care legislation, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) released the details of a plan they hope can help bring down health costs and eliminate surprise medical bills for patients.
By Shefali Luthra – Private health insurance plans in 2017 paid more than twice what Medicare would have for those same health care services, says a sweeping new study from Rand Corp., a respected research organization.
From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, What the Health, This week, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled the 2019 version…
By Christina Jewett – FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced in a tweet recently that the agency plans to release hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of previously unpublished injury and malfunction reports tied to about 100 medical devices.
By Shefali Luthra – In an almost uniform response to the impending exit of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, city and county public health officials are urging the Trump administration to go bigger in its response to adolescents’ growing use of e-cigarettes.