“Threats of a federal government shutdown have gone from being an October surprise to a recurring theme. This time around, though, the stakes are higher.” Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties’ Resolve Federal funding ran out at midnight […]
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“Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.” AI Will Soon Have […]
“After getting the surgery bill, Buttgereit began calling and emailing the hospital’s customer service team, asking how the price had risen from the $50,560 estimate to nearly $98,000. The hospital had automatically applied the self-pay discount of $19,600 to Buttgereit’s bill — 20% of […]
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“The leadership upheavals, which he says will restore trust in federal health agencies, have shaken the confidence many states have in the CDC and led to the fracturing of a national, cohesive immunization policy that’s endured for three decades.” Kennedy’s Take on Vaccine Science […]
“Doctors, hospitals, and clinics that make up the health care safety net could lose so much money they must close their doors …. ‘Because the patient’s bill is not going to get paid,’ said Joseph Alpert, editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Medicine and […]
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