“On Nov. 2, 2021, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s reelection campaign received 10 separate $10,000 contributions from what appeared to be unrelated health insurance plans from across the country. … But a thread connects the companies: Each is a subsidiary of Centene Corp., ranked […]
“’It’s not age alone that renders elderly people vulnerable in disasters. … It’s the intersection of age with other social forces’ that affects people who are poor and represent racial and ethnic minorities.“This lesson has been painfully learned during the covid pandemic, which […]
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“Though Lupron was invented in 1973, its manufacturer got patent extensions in 1989 by offering a slow-release version. Drugmakers commonly use this tactic to extend their exclusive rights to sell a product. … In subsequent years, Abbott and Takeda, in a joint venture called […]
“The lack of clarity about whether health systems like Atrium gain or lose money treating Medicare recipients reflects how loosely the federal government regulates the way hospitals calculate their community benefits. “As a result … what taxpayers get from local nonprofit hospitals in […]
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“Michigan is one of five states, along with California, Kentucky, Montana, and Vermont, asking voters next month to weigh in on abortion policy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization…. Since the court’s ruling, abortion access […]
“Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress in 2017 ordered the Food and Drug Administration to set rules that would enable over-the-counter sales, with hopes it would boost competition and lower prices. But the covid pandemic slowed […]
