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Your health insurance may not be as good your state requires - and it's perfectly legal
In 2017, the Massachusetts state Legislature passed a law to ensure ease of access to birth control. It says there should be no copay for hormonal birth control prescriptions. It also allows women to fill a 12-month prescription at once.
EDITORIAL: Blame price controls for fleeing health insurers
Thank Colorado's all-Democratic government for exacerbating a crisis in the health insurance market. To understand what's going on, consider the shortages of the 1970s. Then-President Richard Nixon took bold and popular action to make life…
In Walgreens Latest Divestiture, Drugstore Chain Sells Remaining Stake In Infusion Business
Walgreens Boots Alliance has sold its remaining stake in home infusion services provider Option Care Health for proceeds of about $330 million, the drugstore giant said Thursday night. “The company intends to use the proceeds primarily for…
My Number glitches undermine Japan's digital future
Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Critical to the Japanese government's ambition to create a digital society is a safe…
Food stamp payments late for thousands of Georgians
Georgia failed to pay food stamp benefits on time to tens of thousands of residents last month, according to newly released state public records. In all, about 37% of applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), still…
Frontline Workers Gain Remote Work Benefits In Tight Labor Market
The unemployment rate is surprisingly low, at 3.7%, shocking economists who expected a slowdown in hiring and rising unemployment rate. Frontline work such as healthcare led job growth. Frontline workers are in high demand, and the competition for…
Mitchell Chapman: COVID taught me the consequences of putting off medical care
One of the major lasting consequences of the pandemic is the large contingency of Americans who put off routine medical care — a group I was among until around three months ago, when I had my first primary care visit in at least five years.
Alzheimer's drug gets FDA panel's backing, setting the stage for broader use
WASHINGTON -- Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a closely watched Alzheimer's drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease. The drug, Leqembi…
When a State Cuts the Higher-Ed Budget, Public Regionals Take the Hit
Six weeks ago, public colleges in Connecticut thought they might lose one-fifth of their state funding in the next two years, leading to widespread layoffs, academic-program cuts, and tuition increases. The state's final biennial-budget agreement…
P3 Health Partners: Just Another SPAC-Listed 'Value-Based Care' Company? (NASDAQ:PIII)
The emergence of a new type of approach to healthcare, known as 'Value Based Care' as a long-term replacement for the traditional 'Fee For Service' approach has led to a spate of recently listed companies attempting to cash in on the trend. What is…
Do you use a patient portal? Study finds differences between portal users versus nonusers
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: People who sign up for and use their healthcare provider's online…
Alzheimer's drug gets FDA panel's backing, setting the stage for broader use
Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a…
Compromise may mean continued reprieve for 'Obamacare' preventive care mandates
Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy notice Attorneys told a federal appeals court Friday they are close to an…
Solid Vanguard Fund Reveals Its Knack Finding Top Dividend Stocks
You don't have to take big risks or bet on high-octane stocks to beat the market over the long haul. The best mutual funds know that owning a collection of blue-chip dividend stocks that boost their payout every year will often do the trick. Buying…
How to save 4 million lives
Reaching President Joe Biden's cancer moonshot goal will take both innovation and changes in American lifestyles. Biden's moonshot coordinator, Danielle Carnival, spelled out what needs to happen at POLITICO's Health Care Summit this week: —…
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