鈥楬ow Long Have I Got, Doc?鈥 Why Many Cancer Patients Don鈥檛 Have Answers
Due to poor doctor-patient communication, most people with advanced cancer don鈥檛 know enough about their disease to make vital decisions.
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Quantity Over Quality? Minorities Shown To Get An Excess Of Ineffective Care
The researchers looked at 11 services that medical groups have said are often unnecessary and found that Hispanics and blacks got them at higher rates than whites.
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If Insurance Market Crashes, Can Lawmakers Put The Pieces Back Together?
Actions by the Trump administration are putting pressure on the fragile market for individuals who buy their own coverage, but analysts say it should be able to rebound.
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Former Pharma Reps鈥 New Mission: To School Docs On High Drug Costs
One insurer is turning the tables on drugmakers with what may be a new job category: a sales force for cost-effective medicine.
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Daylight On Diabetes Drugs: Nevada Bill Would Track Insulin Makers鈥 Profits
With the cost of medications up 300 percent in the past decade, supporters see this as a first step to rein in prices.
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When An Insurer Balks And Treatment Stops
A 22-year old man from Orange County, Calif., alleges in a lawsuit that his health insurer stopped paying for a crucial 鈥 and expensive 鈥 immunotherapy drug, leading him to become seriously ill. Treatments for patients with similar conditions are increasingly denied or interrupted, experts and patient advocates say.
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Hospitals Now Tap Lawyers To Fulfill Patients鈥 Legal Needs
About 300 health care systems around the country have set up medical-legal partnerships to help patients who are dealing with legal problems that affect their health.
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As Government-Funded Cancer Research Sags, Scientists Fear U.S. Is 鈥楲osing Its Edge鈥
More of the research studies being presented at the world鈥檚 largest annual gathering of cancer scientists comes from abroad.
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Drug Rebates Reward Industry Players 鈥 And Often Hurt Patients
A new JAMA study examines how drug rebates can direct money to middlemen and force Medicare patients to cough up more money.
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Target Of Medicare Insider Trading Case Boasted He Was Unstoppable 鈥楤east鈥
Prosecutors say hedge-fund traders made millions trading on information leaked from Medicare.
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Consumer Advocates Wary Of New Marketplace Rules For Brokers
Federal officials relaxed their rules this month about how brokers and insurers can work with individuals to apply for health law policies.
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Molina Healthcare, A Top Obamacare Insurer, Investigates Breach Of Patients鈥 Data
鈥淚t鈥檚 unconscionable that such a basic, security 101 flaw could still exist at a major health care provider,鈥 says one cybersecurity expert.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
A Busy Week For Health: Budget Cuts, CBO Scores And Mitch McConnell鈥檚 Cryptic Signal
KHN鈥檚 Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Rovner discuss some of the developments that shook up health news this week.
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Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care
Despite a culture clash and lack of time and training, ER doctors see how palliative care averts suffering for elderly patients with serious illnesses.
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Putting A Lid On Waste: Needless Medical Tests Not Only Cost $200B 鈥 They Can Do Harm
The health care industry thrives on ordering up tests and treatments, but some hospitals are urging restraint.
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REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH
GOP鈥檚 Health Bill Could Undercut Some Coverage In Job-Based Insurance
In states that take up the bill鈥檚 option to change the essential health benefits, the out-of-pocket spending limits and annual and lifetime caps on coverage in large group plans could fray.
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New York State Wants Its Prescription Drug Money Back 鈥 Or Else
A new law gives Medicaid regulators power to threaten drugmakers with cost-effectiveness scrutiny unless they grant additional rebates.
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California Bill Addresses Safety Concerns At Dialysis Clinics
Legislation would require minimum staffing levels, longer intervals between patients and more frequent state inspections.
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UnitedHealth Doctored Medicare Records, Overbilled U.S. By $1 Billion, Feds Claim
The company, which is the nation鈥檚 largest Medicare Advantage operator, denies wrongdoing and argues that the Justice Department 鈥渇undamentally misunderstands鈥 how Medicare Advantage works.
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Do Best-Selling Drugs That Calm Stomachs Damage Kidneys? The Answer’s Unclear.
With flawed systems for tracking the side effects of prescription drugs, a link between proton pump inhibitors and kidney disease suggested by research cannot be proven. Patients who swear by the drugs hope it won鈥檛 be.聽
By Sydney Lupkin and Pauline Bartolone