Canada鈥檚 Single-Payer Health System: What Is True? What Is False?
It鈥檚 a regular part of the politically charged debate over health care. But the lines sometimes blur between rhetoric and how Canada鈥檚 system actually works.
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It鈥檚 a regular part of the politically charged debate over health care. But the lines sometimes blur between rhetoric and how Canada鈥檚 system actually works.
American single-payer advocates want to emulate Canada鈥檚 system. But many Canadian experts say the U.S. first needs to address some basic questions.
Based on research conducted at the University of Michigan鈥檚 medical center, a group of surgeons developed a strategy to help post-surgical patients from misusing or abusing their prescription painkillers.
The price for Pfizer鈥檚 Prevnar 13 has increased 5 to 6 percent each year since its 2010 approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
In an effort to reduce drug costs and increase efficiency, Massachusetts is seeking federal approval to implement a new approach to how the state鈥檚 Medicaid program covers prescription medications.
This controversial center created by the Affordable Care Act has a Canadian fan base even as it is at risk in the U.S.
Feeling fidgety about U.S. PIRG鈥檚 latest report? KHN gets experts to weigh in with their thoughts about the findings and consumers鈥 risks.
Millions of dollars in campaign spending and a media blitz of advertisements muddy public understanding of Issue 2, the Drug Price Relief Act.
The Vermont senator found a friendly audience when he took his 鈥淢edicare-for-all message鈥 to Canada.
Technical glitches with a mandatory credentialing course are, many say, the latest in a series of complications that could make it harder to help people get coverage.
Congress has yet to take substantive action on this growing consumer concern, but a number of states are flexing their cost-control muscle.
This immunization may mark a shift among some vaccine makers to higher-priced, 鈥渘iche鈥 preventives that protect against very specific and sometimes rare illnesses.
After weathering the catastrophe in New Orleans 12 years ago, Dr. Ruth Berggren moved to Texas, where she again finds herself in the center of a hurricane crisis. In a Q&A, she draws parallels between the harrowing events and pinpoints risks in Harvey鈥檚 aftermath.
New research offers evidence that coverage expansion policies for adults have a positive spillover effect for kids.
One Kentucky program is eyed by other jurisdictions as a way to get addicted parents into recovery and help them care for their children at home.
New research suggests that efforts to address climbing rates of rural suicide must focus on safe access to firearms. State-based coalitions are attempting just that.
As the link between obesity and depression becomes increasingly clear, so do the challenges of treating these distinct chronic conditions together.
The Trump administration has a variety of mechanisms at its disposal that could undermine the insurance exchanges.聽
The Trump administration has a variety of mechanisms at its disposal that could undermine the insurance exchanges.聽
HHS Secretary Tom Price and President Donald Trump have vowed to use administrative powers to mitigate the health law rules that created 鈥渂urdens鈥 or that don鈥檛 match up with their agenda.
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