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U.S. schools face deadline as COVID-19 relief funds set to expire
Tue, 2024-03-12 17:40 —
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Big US drug companies stage legal battle against Biden's plan to reduce cost of certain medicines.
Tue, 2024-03-12 11:05 —
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How Big Pharma is fighting Biden’s program to lower seniors’ drug costs
Drug companies have tried to invalidate a program that would reduce the price of medications for high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
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Medicare will make loans to health providers affected by a major cyber attack
Mon, 2024-03-11 11:52 —
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Medicare announces loan program to aid providers affected by Change cyberattack
Medicare will make advance payments to physician groups, hospitals, and other facilities in response to the February 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack.
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COVID-19 patients who could benefit from Paxlovid find price shock
Mon, 2024-03-11 11:26 —
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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.
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UnitedHealth could take months for full recovery from cyberattack
Fri, 2024-03-08 11:18 —
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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.
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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 —
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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…
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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 —
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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.
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US healthcare hack creates hard choices for many affected doctors.
Wed, 2024-03-06 11:04 —
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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.
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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 —
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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.
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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 —
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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, …
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