America’s Health Insurance Plans and other health-industry groups step up criticism of Biden’s public option, Sanders’ Medicare for All health fixes
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Doctors share migrant children’s haunting drawings: ‘These children coming into our country need a voice’
Drawings by migrant children show families behind bars in telling images of their experience at U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention center
‘Really astonishing’: Average cost of hospital ER visit surges 176% in a decade, report says
The average emergency room visit cost $1,389 in 2017, up176%, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute. Billing codes are part of it.
A new drug costs $2.1 million for children with a muscle-wasting disease
The FDA approved a new drug that could be the nation’s most expensive
FDA defends oversight amid questions of safety of generic drugs made in India and China
The FDA defends its track records of inspections of overseas drug factories as a new book raises question about the safety of generic drugs
States: Drugmakers collude on generic price hikes, overcharge consumers and states billions
A coalition of 43 attorneys general allege generic drug manufacturers colluded, overcharging states and consumers billions.
Yet another lot of blood pressure medication recalled — this time for a possible carcinogen
Legacy Pharmaceutical Packaging will recall one more lot of the heart and blood pressure drug losartan sent to Kroger Co. pharmacies.
‘Fear’ and health care: Gallup survey finds Americans skipped treatment, borrowed $88B to pay for costs
A Gallup survey funded by West Health finds that Americans borrowed $88 billion to pay for health care last year
Challenge to Obamacare could leave 20 million people without health insurance
If GOP states’ court challenge to eliminate the Affordable Care Act succeeds, nearly 20 million Americans could lose health insurance.
Struggling to stay alive: Rising insulin prices cause diabetics to go to extremes
The escalating cost of insulin has desperate diabetics rationing medication, acquiring the drug from friends or getting it from Canada or Mexico.