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Doctors' Tips for Accessing Costly GLP-1 Therapies
Medscape· 2 days ago"Does your insurance cover anti-obesity drugs?" Laura Davisson, MD, once again asked the patient before her. While glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)...
Analysis | Wyden demands penalties for Obamacare enrollment fraud
Washington Post· 5 days agoThe Health Brief is copying Congress and taking Friday off. Today’s edition: An industry group...
Cost and Vosevi: How to find savings, lower costs, and more
Medical News Today· 1 day agoThe cost of the drug with and without insurance can depend on several factors, such as whether...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Delivers Strategic Framework for National Plan on Aging
Sierra Sun Times· 1 day agoThe national plan on aging will advance best practices for service delivery, support development and strengthening of partnerships within and across sectors, identify solutions ...
7 Ways Boomers Are Spending Their Social Security Checks in 2024
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoBorn sometime between the years of 1946 and 1964, most baby boomers are 60 to 78 years old this...
Millions of Americans need drugs like Ozempic. Will it bankrupt the healthcare system?
Los Angeles Times· 6 days ago“As important as these drugs are, they will not do any good for the millions of patients who cannot...
Mary C. White: Most older Americans who need hearing aids don’t use them. Here’s how to change that
The Times and Democrat· 6 days agoHaving depended on hearing aids for nearly three decades, I’m astounded by the lack of Medicare...
Studies question hospital operations on tax breaks, service to poor and underinsured
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn 2019, total community benefits for 340B hospitals was $67.9 billion. 'Invaluable for us' Meetali...
Are weight-loss drugs the future of medicine? Here's what KC-area experts had to say
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 5 days agoA new class of drugs have taken over the market: some treat type 2 diabetes, and some focus on weight loss. Semaglutide (commonly known as Ozempic or Wegovy) and Tirzepatide (commonly known ...
Millions of Americans need drugs like Ozempic. Will it bankrupt the healthcare system?
AOL· 6 days agoAn April 24 letter from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to the CEO of Novo Nordisk began with heartfelt thanks to the Danish drugmaker for inventing Ozempic and Wegovy, two medications poised to ...