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GOP Senators Distance Themselves From Senator Chuck Grassley And President Donald Trump’s Efforts…
After months of closed-door meetings and high-profile hearings, the Senate Finance Committee voted 19-9 to advance legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to rein in drug costs in the Medicare and…
Summer Setbacks: The Long Road To Lower Drug Prices Hits Some Potholes
One of the most significant proposals would cap price increases on brand-name drugs and biologic drugs covered by Medicare to ensure they do not outpace inflation, and triggering rebates when they do. File photo: Pixabay.
WASHINGTON -…
Now They Owe $0 — Half-Million-Dollar Dialysis Bill Canceled; Company Will Waive Unpaid Bill, Treat…
After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive Sovereign Valentine's huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care. Photo credit: Tommy Martino for KHN.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fresenius, one of the two largest dialysis…
Man With Kidney Failure Receives “Out-of-Network” Medical Bill For $540k
Sovereign Valentine and his wife, Jessica, wait for a dialysis machine to filter his blood. Before finding a dialysis clinic in their insurance network, the Valentines were charged more than half a million dollars for 14 weeks of the…
Budget Cuts May Threaten Consumer-Directed Care Program
NEW YORK - A cut in state funding will severely impact a program that helps people with disabilities remain in their homes. That's the message advocates for people with disabilities want Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hear.
The Consumer…
Pressure Growing on Employers to Adopt Better Strategies for Dealing With Employees Who Suffer from…
A new effort in California aims to normalize workplace mental health in the same ways that employers already promote physical health, so that an employee having severe mental health symptoms feels comfortable taking medical leave. File…
Amid Teen Vaping ‘Epidemic,’ Juul Taps Addiction Expert As Medical Director
Under the Trump administration, the FDA, which has oversight of all tobacco products, originally gave e-cigarette manufacturers until 2022 to file applications for approval for their devices, but a federal judge recently advanced the…
Even When HIV Prevention Drug Is Covered, Other Costs Block Treatment
Corey Walsh, who began using the drug Truvada when it was about $400. With a monthly price tag approaching $2,000, many private health plans have put the drug in a specialty drug tier with high co-payments or coinsurance. Photo credit:…
Rape Victims Still Billed For Forensic Exams Despite Federal Protections
For 25 years, the Violence Against Women Act has required any state that wants to be eligible for certain federal grants to cover the cost of medical forensic exams for people who have been sexually assaulted, yet for some who have been…
Report: First Baby Born in U.S. via Womb Transplant from Deceased Donor
Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic says they have delivered the first baby in North America after a womb transplant from a deceased donor. The uterus was transplanted to the mother in late 2017, and the woman became pregnant through in vitro…