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Older Americans worry they can’t afford their own health care | CNN
CNN.com· 4 days agoWhat weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? “It’s on our minds a...
Ask Kevin: What’s the best Medicare Advantage plan for Arizona resident?
Federal Times· 5 days agoThe following is a question submitted by a Federal Times reader to columnist Kevin Moss, a senior editor at Consumers’ Checkbook and expert on federal employee health insurance plans for civil ...
US ends funding for orgs hurt by Change Healthcare attack
The Register· 4 days agoFirst launched in March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said the funding program will end on July 12 after supporting healthcare providers through intense ...
What to Do if You’re Overpaying for Prescriptions
New York Times· 1 day agoHere’s what to know about your pharmacy benefit manager and how to find out if you are being overcharged for medications. The reporters interviewed more than 300 patients, pharmacists, doctors ...
Postal Service delivery woes are years in the making; Georgia lawmakers seek fix
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer· 1 day agoMany Atlantans have grown frustrated with lengthy delays in delivery of mail and packages from the post office — and it’s a problem that rapidly worsened earlier this year amid an attempt to ...
Aging Matters: Ms. Senior Forsyth County pageant taking applications
Winston-Salem Journal· 6 days agoThe Ms. Senior Forsyth County pageant is looking for women aged 60 and older to take part in the...
Cost may not keep many people from filling opioid addiction treatment prescriptions
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoWhen people get a prescription for the opioid addiction medication called buprenorphine, they almost...
LOCAL COLUMN: Oklahoma healthcare is a wreck — surprised?
The Norman Transcript· 7 days agoEver since Oklahoma announced it’s new idea for administering Medicaid we have been waiting for this train wreck to arrive. Last week’s headline in The Oklahoman read, “New Medicaid model called ...
Replacing registered nurses in high stakes hospital care is dangerous to patients, research suggests
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoA study published in Medical Care shows that substituting registered nurses (RN) with lower-wage staff (e.g. licensed practical nurses, unlicensed assistive personnel) in hospital care is linked ...
Overpaying for Medicine
New York Times· 1 day agoYou probably already know some of the reasons prescription drugs are so expensive. Health insurers and the government haven’t reined in prices. Your pharmacy benefit manager is often invisible ...
