Reforming Federal Oversight Of Medical Devices Won鈥檛 Be Easy
Despite dozens of infections from medical scopes, an agreement on how to fix the FDA鈥檚 flawed regulation of the device industry remains elusive.
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California Voters Will Have Their Say On Drug Prices
Heated battle expected over November ballot proposal to curb state鈥檚 prescription drug costs, as pharmaceutical industry opens its pocketbook to defeat the measure.
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Medical Advocates Can Help Guide Patients On Difficult Care Choices
Hired advocates help patients develop treatment plans, meet with doctors and explain options, among other services.
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A Closer Look At The Senate’s Investigation Of Tainted Medical Scopes
A Senate investigation recently found that 16 hospitals around the U.S. failed to file mandatory paperwork with the federal government after patients at their hospitals became infected or died from the use of tainted medical scopes. KHN's Chad Terhune, who reported on the story for the Los Angeles Times, spoke with Madeline Brand on KCRW's Press Play about the investigation and steps the scope maker is taking to stop the infections.
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Check The Fine Print: Some Work-Based Health Plans Exclude Outpatient Surgeries
This new generation of so-called 鈥渟kinny plans鈥 can save employers money, but it鈥檚 not yet clear if they will meet regulatory scrutiny.
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Consumer And Research Groups Release Cancer Guides For Patients
Families USA and the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review are collaborating on a series of patient guides on treatment and screenings.
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Want Into A Clinical Trial? Read This First. 聽
Experimental drugs might help desperate patients, but don鈥檛 count on an easy cure.
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Even With 鈥楽kin In The Game,鈥 Health Care Shoppers Are Not More Savvy
High-deductible health plans don鈥檛 necessarily trigger comparison shopping or informed health care choices by consumers, according to a survey published in Tuesday鈥檚 JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Study: Some Marketplace Customers Spend 25 Percent Of Income On Health Expenses
Urban Institute researchers found that premiums and out-of-pocket costs are still a major concern for people seeking coverage on the health care marketplaces.
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Fueled By Health Law, 鈥楥oncierge Medicine鈥 Reaches New Markets
Doctors, insurers and others are kick-starting experiments to broaden access to direct primary care, a service long associated with only wealthy Americans.
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Making The Most Of Military Medics鈥 Field Experience
A new physician assistant training program at UNC-Chapel Hill recruits veterans and gives them credit for their years spent aiding injured troops.
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Health Plan Watchdog Still Seeks Progress After 25 Years
Increased comparative information on health plans is helping consumers shop, says Margaret O鈥橩ane, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
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Incentive Worth $550 Fails To Motivate Obese Workers To Lose Weight
Obese employees at the University of Pennsylvania were promised an insurance premium discount valued at $550 if they lost 5 percent of their weight, but the incentive failed.
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Heavy Use Of CT Scans Raises Concerns About Patients鈥 Exposure To Radiation
CT scans, which are administered more than 85 million times a year, are an important diagnostic tool, but just one can be equivalent to 200 X-rays. Some doctors warn that health providers are not considering possible consequences when ordering the tests.
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Gaps Remain Among States鈥 Medicaid Efforts To Help People Kick Smoking Habit
Even though Medicaid enrollees are more likely to be smokers than the general public, a study published Tuesday in Health Affairs examined state data from 2010 to 2013 and found wide differences in funding of cessation efforts.
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Cleveland Pressures Hospitals To Keep ERs Open To All Ambulances
When you call an ambulance, you expect to go to the nearest hospital. But patients are often diverted to more distant emergency rooms. Cleveland wants hospitals to stop the practice.
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Baby Boomers Set Another Trend: More Golden Years In Poorer Health
Medicare faces sharp cost increases as more baby boomers reach 65, and their life expectancies grow, as well as their chronic conditions, say researchers at the University of Southern California.
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Medicare Penalizes 758 Hospitals For Safety Incidents
More than half of these hospitals were also punished last year as the government tries to leverage taxpayer money to improve the quality of care.
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2016 PPO Plans Remove Out-Of-Network Cost Limits, A Costly Trap For Consumers
A trend among this year鈥檚 marketplace plans leaves some consumers responsible for potentially unlimited out-of-network health care bills, even though they chose plans in which they thought they had some financial protections.