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Supplemental Benefits Offer Few Advantages for MA Enrollees

Those with MA and traditional Medicare plans had similar rates of care and spending on "extras"

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Experts Pitch Major Overhaul to How Obesity Is Diagnosed

Global commission makes the case to move beyond BMI, incorporate other measures of body fat

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Major PBMs Inflated Drug Prices, Pocketing $7.3 Billion Along the Way, FTC Says

Three largest PBMs reimbursed own pharmacies at higher rates than independent ones, report finds

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FDA Proposes 'Nutrition Info' Label for Front of Food Packages

Label would focus on levels of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugars

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Docs Organize Against, and for, RFK Jr.'s Nomination to Run HHS

Letters, visits to senators among their strategies

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Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say

"Wealth-extraction entities" have no business in healthcare, one doctor argues

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The What, How, and Why of Ultraprocessed Foods

The topic of UPF regulation may be just as irresistible as the foods it targets

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Mpox Clade I in the U.S. Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Sustained global health investment is the need of the hour

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Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination

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Future of Lab-Developed Tests Still Taking Shape

Parts of FDA rule on the tests set to take effect in May as opponents await lawsuit outcome

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Georgia Stem Cell Companies Banned From Marketing Their Treatments

They'll also have to pay more than $5 million in penalties and refunds to duped customers

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Growing 'Medical Freedom' Movement Poses Challenge for Public Health

The notion isn't new, but is "coalescing, now, around this phrase"

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These Are the Largest Academic Medical Centers in the U.S.

Institutions are ranked by the number of interns and residents

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Patient Care Deteriorates After Private Equity Acquisition of Hospitals

Study supports other research showing worse outcomes after private equity acquisition

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What Will it Take to Achieve Better Health in a Divided America?

Bridging the political and ideological divide is key to productive healthcare policy

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Senate Report Blasts Private Equity Ownership in Health Facilities

"The American public deserves more when it comes to healthcare"

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Economic 'Shrinkflation' Strikes Healthcare

It's high time to address workplace issues and workforce shortages

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Death in Doc's Sex Trafficking Case; Docs Help Insurer Boost $; Insurers in Court

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Do the New CMS Rules on Prior Authorization Go Far Enough?

No, say some physicians and advocacy groups

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This Year's Shkreli Awards: Here's Who Made the List

"We are dumbfounded by the amount of profiteering," Lown Institute president says

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Medical Debt Barred on Credit Reports; Winter Storm Deaths; Steward Hospital Closes

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Will a CEO鈥檚 Murder Nudge American Healthcare Toward the Unthinkable?

Ron Harman King fears healthcare reform may hinge on the courts, not Congress, at great cost

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Keep Quality Measures Out of the Exam Room

Patients need space to raise real issues or concerns

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For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Eclipses Concerns About Abortion Access

Lawmakers' attempts to expand abortion access sometimes clash with rural residents

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CBD-Coated Tampons? FDA Says No Way

Agency also warns about Daye's vaginal microbiome screening kit

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Surgeon General Calls for Stronger Wording of Cancer Risk on Alcohol Packages

New report emphasizes greater public awareness, education

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Will the Trump Administration Be a Dangerous Ally to the Wellness Industry?

Several nominees may pose a threat to evidence-based public health

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ABIM Revokes Certification of Another Doctor Who Made Controversial COVID Claims

It's not clear exactly when credentials for Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, were revoked

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Concerns Continue Over Private Equity's Reach Into Healthcare

Rising costs have left many hospitals vulnerable to "the sway of private equity," one expert says

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Broccoli Warning Issued; Dr. Oz vs RFK Jr. on Ozempic; Is Moderate Drinking Safe?

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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That鈥檚 Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.

Insurers review patients' progress to see whether they can go to a lower level of care

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Overlooked Stories of 2024

Deeper stories often get lost in a fast-paced news environment

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AI in Healthcare: Accountability a Key Focus in 2025

Regulation isn't expected, leaving industry and health systems to work it out

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Modest Decline in Patient Portal Messages After Billing Initiative Launched

Policy had no impact on ED visits or hospitalizations

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Experts Lament 'Anemic' Response to H5N1, Worried About What 2025 Will Bring

A big question will be whether the virus becomes endemic in dairy cattle

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What Harvey Weinstein's Lawsuit Reminds Us About Healthcare Behind Bars

The harm done to sick people in local jails serves no one well

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The CDC Hasn't Asked States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans

Experts say it's a missed opportunity to study the laws' impacts

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CMS Moved to Expand Obesity Drug Coverage. Private Insurers Need to Step Up.

GLP-1 drugs remain out of reach for too many Americans

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Eat, Drink, and Be Wary

What does the future hold in the wake of recent foodborne fiascos?

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Medicare Will Cover Blood Tests to Monitor for Transplant Rejection, for Now

Test advocates awaiting more details from CMS on its coverage policy

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