DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-08-24 The $18,000 Breast Biopsy: When Having Insurance Costs You a Bundle Lauren Sausser When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it. She was 35, the same age her mother had been when she received a breast cancer diagnosis in 1997. The disease eventually […]
2022-08-23 Two surprising reasons behind the obesity epidemic: Too much salt, not enough water Salty french fries may taste good, but they just contribute to dehydration and obesity. William Voon/EyeEm via Getty Images Richard Johnson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Scientific studies and media coverage are rife with warnings on how sugar, carbohydrates, saturated fat […]
2022-08-21 Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani Loading… Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt […]
2022-08-20 Public Health Agencies Adapt Covid Lessons to Curb Overdoses, STDs, and Gun Violence Katheryn Houghton LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy it is to use the medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses. “Hopefully your business would […]
2022-08-19 After Wiping Out $6.7 Billion in Medical Debt, This Nonprofit Is Just Getting Started Yuki Noguchi, NPR News Soon after giving birth to a daughter two months premature, Terri Logan received a bill from the hospital. She recoiled from the string of numbers separated by commas. Logan, who was a high school […]
2022-08-19 Fake research can be harmful to your health – a new study offers a tool for rooting it out Although most medical research is reliable, studies that are flawed or fake can lead to patients undergoing treatments that might cause harm. skynesher/E+ via Getty Images Lisa Bero, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus If you […]
2022-08-18 Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News The first unexpected bill arrived in December, just weeks before Tara Lovell’s husband of 40 years died from bladder cancer. Lovell worked as an ultrasound technologist at the local ultrasound Audrain Community […]
2022-08-17 Community Health Centers’ Big Profits Raise Questions About Federal Oversight Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News and Bram Sable-Smith DARLINGTON, S.C. — Just off the deserted town square, with its many boarded-up businesses, people lined up at the walk-up pharmacy window at Genesis Health Care, a federally funded clinic. Drug sales provide the […]
2022-08-15 Big Pharma Went All In to Kill Drug Pricing Negotiations Arthur Allen For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits. But the hyperbole reached a new pitch in recent weeks as the Senate moved to adopt modest drug pricing negotiation […]
2022-08-14 Inflation Reduction Act Contains Important Cost-Saving Changes for Many Patients — Maybe for You Michael McAuliff The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, […]