Oz’s 2022 financial disclosures show that he has invested in health care and food firms. If confirmed to run CMS, his job would involve interacting with companies that have contributed to his wealth.
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Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don’t know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered, and the proliferation of abortion bans has exacerbated the confusion.
Vincent Wasney had three epileptic seizures near the end of a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas. While being evacuated, he received a bill for medical expenses incurred during the cruise.
The medical industry has eroded the Affordable Care Act's guarantees. Patients going in for preventive care, expecting that it will be fully covered, are being blindsided by bills, big and small.
Despite repeated promises, Trump never presented his own Obamacare replacement. Trying to predict Trump’s priorities for a second term is even more difficult given that he frequently changes his positions.
Once you get into Medicare Advantage, if you have a couple of chronic conditions and you want to leave, you may not have any ability to switch back to traditional Medicare.
Kennedy’s movement exemplifies the resonance of conspiratorial views. Misinformers with organized efforts are rewarded with money and loyalty. But that doesn’t make the claims true.
Ron DeSantis has not commented on his plans for healthcare should he get elected to the White House. But examining his record gives a good idea of what to expect.
Under mounting pressure from patient advocates and government regulators, the three major credit agencies over the last two years have taken a series of steps to remove some medical debts from credit reports.
Medicare has long been in control of the prices for its services, but until now the drug industry has successfully fought off price negotiations.
Scores of drugs, many with limited benefit, cost more than $50,000 a year. Some drugs, mostly used to treat rare diseases, cost over $700,000 annually—in the United States.
Medical identity theft can happen if someone loses a wallet with their insurance card in it, for example, or a piece of mail from their insurer goes astray.
The CDC calls the 644 mostly Southern counties where rates of the disease are high the “Diabetes Belt.” And of those counties, more than half have high levels of medical debt.
PBMs—called by some the Pharma Benefits Mafia—are at the center of the circle of pointing fingers, each one blaming the next for sky-high drug prices. And reaping huge profits at patient expense in the meantime.
Unaccredited companies, sometimes calling themselves “medical consultants” or “coaches,” suggest they can provide quick turnaround times on claims and higher benefit checks.
On a Friday morning before Memorial Day weekend 2018, a tank holding waste from labs working with Ebola, anthrax, and other lethal pathogens became overpressurized, forcing the liquid out a vent pipe—and no one had noticed.
No results found.