All posts tagged "Public Health"
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4.1KLifestyle751 Hospitals Hit With Safety Penalties For 2018: Data Table
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News The federal government Thursday lowered a year’s worth of Medicare payments to 751 hospitals to penalize them...
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1.2KLifestylePodcast: ‘What The Health?’ 2017: The Year In Health Policy
This has been fairly a yr in well being coverage. In 2017, the Affordable Care Act survived quite a few GOP efforts...
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1.1KLifestyleUnregulated Herpes Experiments Expose ‘Black Hole’ Of Accountability
Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News Recent revelations that a U.S. researcher injected Americans along with his experimental herpes vaccine with out routine...
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1.1KLifestyleDoing More Harm Than Good? Epidemic of Screening Burdens Nation’s Older Patients
Elena Altemus is 89 and has dementia. She typically forgets her youngsters’s names, and generally can’t recall whether or not she lives...
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1.0KLifestyleWhen Nursing Homes Push Out Poor And Disabled Patients
Anita Willis says the social employee supplied her a painful alternative: She may both depart the San Jose, Calif., nursing residence the...
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972LifestyleNot-So-Happy New Year: Alabama Set To Toss Kids Off Insurance Plan Starting Jan. 1
Citing Congress’ failure to revive federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Alabama plans to drop 7,000 youngsters from protection on...
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957LifestyleNo Sweeteners Added To Tax Bill To Spread Use Of Health Savings Accounts
Michelle Andrews The ongoing uncertainty about congressional modifications to the well being regulation — and their influence on insurance coverage and the...
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1.0KLifestyleDrug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices
This story additionally ran on NPR. This story could be republished free of charge (details). Facing bipartisan hostility over excessive drug costs...
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1.1KLifestyleCanada’s Single-Payer Health System: What Is True? What Is False?
In the American well being care debate, “single-payer” is hardly a brand new idea. The concept has grabbed headlines and sparked numerous...
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1.1KLifestyleLooking North: Can A Single-Payer Health System Work In The U.S.?
This story additionally ran on NPR. This story may be republished totally free (details). TORONTO — For Dr. Peter Cram, an American...