Affordable Care Act is at Work in UT
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) improving health coverage for more than 10 million Americans, medical providers, hospitals, and doctors…
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Hospitals Are Overcharging Uninsured Consumers
New research reveals 50 hospitals across the United States are charging uninsured consumers more than 10 times the actual cost…
Ill. Legislation Aims To Prevent Spread of Hepatitis C
Senate Bill 0661, designed to keep hepatitis C under control in Illinois, has passed the general assembly and would require…
Capping Co-Payments is Critical To Protecting Patient Access
In his Wall Street Journal Opinion piece, Dr. Angus Worthing discusses why capping co-payments is critically necessary to protect patient…
Antitrust Lawsuits Arise Against Health Insurance Giants
Multiple antitrust lawsuits in a federal court in Alabama allege that 37 independently owned health insurance plans have been conspiring…
Revolutionizing Individualized Cancer Care
A research team at the Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell and New York-Presbyterian Hospital is taking a fresh…
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs will Continue To Rise
In a recent Kalorama report entitled Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditures in the United States, findings indicate that the amount Americans spend…
Patient Lawsuits over Denied Hep C Treatment Access Increase
Lawsuits against insurers are cropping up over consumers’ claims of being denied access to hepatitis C treatments. Over the past…
Routine HiB Vaccines Result in Significant Risk Reduction
Nicholas Bakar of the New York Times examines the benefits of getting young children routinely vaccinated with the Haemophilus influenzae…
FDA Releases Three Final Guidances on Biosimilars
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued three final guidances on biosimilars, which come shortly after approving the…