Kaiser Family Foundation survey reports average cost for an employer-provided health increased just 1% this year.
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Biden administration vows tougher oversight of poor-performing nursing homes with safety issues
The Biden administration will bolster oversight of poor-performing nursing homes with escalating fines and terminating federal funding.
More than 1.3M Americans ration life-saving insulin due to cost. That’s ‘very worrisome’ to doctors.
Doctors warn the high cost of insulin puts all type 1 and some type 2 diabetes patients at risk of medical complications, hospitalization and death.
Inflation is near a four-decade high. So why aren’t health care costs significantly higher?
For the first time in 40 years, inflation is rising faster than medical costs. But employers and health insurers are bracing for that to soon change.
Alzheimer’s drug slowed progression of disease in late-stage study, drugmakers say
Officials said they will submit the new trial results to the FDA to bolster its case that lecanemab should be approved as an Alzheimer’s treatment.
Searching for a nursing home? Biden administration takes ‘unprecedented step’ to release ownership data
The nursing home data is part of the Biden administration’s effort to shine a light on an industry that receives substantial federal funding.
HIV groups struggle to get insurance coverage for expensive prevention drugs, lab tests
HIV activists say people who are eligible for free HIV prevention care often don’t get full coverage even though federal law says they should.
‘Guardrails’ needed? Telehealth fraud cost Medicare $128M in first year of COVID pandemic, feds say
Improper claims from doctors and telehealth providers cost Medicare $128M in the first year of the COVID pandemic, according to a new federal report.
Patients seek relief from spiraling drug prices. Will the Inflation Reduction Act deliver?
Cancer and multiple sclerosis patients insured by Medicare are among those awaiting lower drug prices from the Inflation Reduction Act.
Want to be sure you don’t have COVID? FDA now says you’ll need to pass 3 home tests
The FDA now recommends taking 3 home tests over 5 days to be more confident you don’t have COVID-19, especially if you fear you’ve been exposed.