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COVID-19 patients who could benefit from Paxlovid find price shock

Mon, 2024-03-11 11:26 — mike kraft

COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it - UPI.com Sticker shock has stunned thousands of Americans sick with COVID-19 since late December, as Pfizer shifted to commercial sales of Paxlovid. Before then, the federal government covered the cost of the drug. UPI

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UnitedHealth could take months for full recovery from cyberattack

Fri, 2024-03-08 11:18 — mike kraft

UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from a cyberattack that has been one of the most disruptive hacks against America's healthcare infrastructure, security experts said. Zeba Siddiqui Reuters

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Drug prices, health costs expected to be targeted in Biden's State of the Union speech tonight

Thu, 2024-03-07 09:47 — mike kraft

Biden to focus on drug prices, health costs during State of the Union President Biden plans to call on Congress during Thursday night’s State of the Union address to double down on Medicare’s new power to negotiate drug prices and dramatically expand the number of dr… nweixel The Hill

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

Wed, 2024-03-06 20:03 — mike kraft

Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News

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US healthcare hack creates hard choices for many affected doctors.

Wed, 2024-03-06 11:04 — mike kraft

Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice - stop treating patients or stop paying staff. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Racial minorities in the U.S. have greater long-term harms from COVID-19 --study

Thu, 2024-02-01 11:43 — mike kraft

Racial minorities have greater long-term harms from COVID-19, data show A longitudinal study yesterday in Frontiers in Public Health shows Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) COVID-19 patients in America had greater post-COVID-19 burdens than non-Hispanic, white peers. CIDRAP

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Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

Thu, 2024-02-01 11:23 — mike kraft

Few Americans say they know how much health care will cost: Gallup Less than 20 percent of Americans say they know how much they will have to pay before receiving health care treatments, according to a report. The Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report survey, … lsforza The Hill

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Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

Wed, 2024-01-31 10:14 — mike kraft

Many Americans postpone surgeries due to cost, job worries - UPI.com Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds. UPI

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open.

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American community health centers help millions of people but are under stress

Mon, 2024-01-29 09:49 — mike kraft

Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They're a safety net under stress Federally funded community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. Most of them are low-income and many are underinsured. AP News

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Since 2012, community health centers have seen a 45% increase in the number of people seeking care — and they’ve opened more and more service sites to expand their footprint to more than 15,000 locations.

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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino that tried to collect COVID business interruption insurance

Fri, 2024-01-26 10:45 — mike kraft

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