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Patients with private insurance can face higher health costs at hospitals

ustowner-011 2024-05-14 04:13

Hospitals charged private insurers over 250% more than Medicare, according to a new report from the Rand Corp. People with private health insu[……] ....

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Even among the insured, weight loss drugs are rarely prescribed, study suggests

ustowner-011 2024-03-20 03:03

Powerful weight loss medications aren’t reaching the people who need them most, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medic[……] ....

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Insurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines

ustowner-011 2024-03-11 03:00

Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about her insurance. UnitedHealthcare h[……] ....

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Patients at private-equity-owned hospitals get more infections and fall more often, says a new study by Harvard researchers

ustowner-011 2023-12-27 02:14

Patients receiving care at hospitals owned by private-equity firms experience more bloodstream and surgical site infections and they fall mo[……] ....

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State attorney general, doctors and nurses criticize HCA over patient care at North Carolina’s Mission Hospital

ustowner-011 2023-11-14 02:22

The attorney general’s office says HCA is not living up to its purchase agreement and may face a lawsuit if it does not make fixes within 40 days. [……] ....

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Minoxidil, drug that treats thinning hair, may be in short supply

ustowner-011 2023-10-31 03:20

A popular drug used to regrow hair and thicken thinning locks in both men and women may be difficult to find in some pharmacies, according to new rese[……] ....

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California governor vetoes bill that would have set a $35 cap for insulin

ustowner-012 2023-10-10 04:20

Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have stopped insurance companies from charging more than $35 for insulin. The bill would have banned heal[……] ....

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Mississippi doctor charged with sexually abusing teenage patients is also linked to Florida case

ustowner-013 2023-05-17 04:08

A doctor has been arrested and accused of fondling two teenage patients in Mississippi years after investigators for the state’s licensing board recei[……] ....

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