All posts tagged "health"
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684LifestylePatients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid-Prescribing Debate
It began with a rolled ankle throughout a routine Army coaching train. Shannon Hubbard by no means imagined it was the prologue...
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767LifestyleDrug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters
In 2010, earlier than the Affordable Care Act was handed by Congress, the pharmaceutical business’s high lobbying group was a really public...
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767LifestyleSome Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare’s ‘Flat Fee’ Payment Proposal
This story is a part of a partnership that features WBUR, NPR and Kaiser Health News. This story will be republished totally...
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671LifestylePodcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Let’s Talk Politics
It appears more and more possible that well being care politics will play an vital function within the midterm elections come November....
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830LifestyleFor Many College Students, Hunger Can ‘Make It Hard To Focus In Class’
As college students enter school this fall, many will starvation for greater than information. Up to half of school college students report that...
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741LifestyleMissed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight
Elderly sufferers spent over two weeks in uncontrolled ache or respiratory misery. Acute care was uncommon on weekends. And recruiters went door...
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746Lifestyle1,400 Nursing Homes Get Lower Medicare Ratings Because Of Staffing Concerns
Medicare has lowered its star scores for staffing ranges in 1 in 11 of the nation’s nursing houses — nearly 1,400 of...
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679LifestyleMining A New Data Set To Pinpoint Critical Staffing Issues In Skilled Nursing Facilities
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just isn’t identified for linguistic playfulness. Nonetheless, a minimum of...
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707LifestyleMedicare Reconsiders Paying For Seniors’ Spine Operations At Surgery Centers
Medicare is reviewing whether or not seniors ought to bear backbone surgical procedures at same-day surgical procedure facilities, the government-run well being...
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847LifestyleNo Gaps In Understanding: Here’s Your Primer On Medigap Coverage
Judith Graham Every 12 months, older adults can choose out of a Medicare Advantage plan and choose in to unique Medicare throughout...