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On top of fearing for their childrenās lives, new parents of very fragile, very sick infants can face exorbitant hospital bills ā even if they have insurance. Medical bills donāt go away if a child dies.
A cannabis product called delta-8 was made legal when the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp. But unlike its cousin CBD, delta-8 has psychoactive properties. And the FDA warns it has āserious health risks.ā The agency has received more than 100 reports of bad reactions among people who consumed it.
Two Missouri towns are without operating hospitals after private equity-backed Noble Health left both facilities mired in debt, lawsuits, and federal investigations. The hospitalsā new operator, Platinum Health, agreed to buy them in April for $2 and laid off the last employees in early September.
Doctors are divided on whether blanket testing of breast cancer patients is warranted, since scientists and physicians are sometimes unsure about how to interpret the results.
Texas is at least the 12th state to settle with St. Louis-based Centene Corp. over allegations that it overcharged Medicaid prescription drug programs.
After a unanimous ruling from the high court, doctors who are accused of writing irresponsible prescriptions can go to trial with a new defense: It wasnāt on purpose.
As private equity groups are swarming into aging Americaās eye care, the consolidation is costing the U.S. health care system and patients more money.
The Affordable Care Act required that health insurers provide many medical screenings and prevention services at no out-of-pocket cost to health plan members. But insurers and employers may consider adding cost sharing for preventive services now that a federal court ruled the ACAās mandate is unconstitutional.
Shortly after birth, babies are pricked in the heel so their blood can be tested for life-threatening conditions. States generally save leftover blood from those samples, and parents and privacy experts are concerned that information could be used without consent years later.
California and New York would be the first states to require anyone under 18 to obtain prescriptions to purchase over-the-counter weight loss products, which some research has linked to eating disorders.
The codes used by U.S. medical providers to bill insurers havenāt caught up to the needs of trans patients or even international standards. Consequently, doctors are forced to get creative with what codes they use, or patients spend hours fighting big out-of-pocket bills.
Iowa, under federal pressure to improve care for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, is set to join 45 other states that have closed most or all of their state institutions for such residents.
Medicare and Medicaid pay ālook-alikeā health centers significantly more than hospitals for treating patients, and converting or creating clinics can help hospitals reduce their expenses.
A two-year congressional investigation has identified troubling lapses in the nationās organ transplant system. Blood types mismatched, diseased organs transplanted anyway, and ā most often ā organs lost or damaged before they can save a life.
For decades, the U.S. medical establishment has adhered to a legally recognized standard for brain death, one embraced by most states. Why is a uniform clinical standard for the inception of human life proving so elusive?
Three siblings were in the same car wreck, but their ambulance bills were very different.
People in jails and prisons are particularly vulnerable to the fallout from the Supreme Courtās reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Abortion access is shaping races for legal office across the country, from local district attorneys to attorneys general. But itās also highlighting the boundaries of their offices.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indiana OB-GYN, was publicly vilified for providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim. That treatment and new abortion restrictions in the state have left some medical residents reconsidering whether they will practice in Indiana.
Know-how gained through the covid pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public health system, itās hard to know which changes will stick.
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