Propping up the health insurance industry and protecting policyholders has been a fragile balancing act that usually results in increasing premium hikes for already struggling families. And it looks like it’s about to get worse. Senate and House Republicans on Monday released their latest plan […]
Without reform and tougher enforcement, prescription drugs will continue to be a major reason that the United States spends much more on health care costs than any other country with worse outcomes. A Journal of the American Medical Association study showed that spending per capita […]
Customers overpaid for their prescriptions 23 percent of the time, with an average overpayment of $7.69 on those transactions. The overpayments totaled $135 million during a six-month period. Sydney Lupkin, California Healthline As a health economist, Karen Van Nuys had heard that it’s sometimes cheaper to […]
Today the California Nurses Association denounced the Final Report issued by the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage. Blasting the report as a tone-deaf abandonment of millions of Californians faced with medical bills that they cannot pay, the nurses […]
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, who became the face of all that is wrong with the drug industry, was sentenced last week to seven years for securities fraud. While unrelated to the criminal trial, Shkreli bought in 2015, through one of his companies, a 62-year-old drug […]
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Medicaid, or Medi-Cal in California, is a safety net for the poor, but anticipated federal changes would almost certainly reduce the number of people it covers and the money rural hospitals receive. By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News ZANESVILLE, Ohio — Brianna Foster, 23, lives minutes […]
Speaking for Controlled Healthcare Insurance Corp., the incomparable Ernestine tells a patient, “Life itself is a pre-existing condition. Our prescription for it: Don’t get sick!” That’s the only way to stay ahead of the insurance companies whose only concern is profits. As Ernestine says, “It […]
