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Payments to Investors Add $Trillions to Healthcare Costs

Healthcare sector companies bent on maximizing shareholder wealth engage in policies that add big costs to the price of health coverage. >

Bariatric Surgery Tightens Belts Two Ways

When overweight diabetics had bariatric surgery, not only did they lose weight, they cut their health care and medication costs in half. >

Do Medicare Advantage Plans Deliver?

Medicare Advantage plans offer things like hearing, eye, and dental coverage that Medicare doesn't. Researchers looked at how they stack up. >

The High Value of An Ounce of Prevention

The ACA made it possible for more Americans to be proactive about their health. A recent study reveals how big the benefits have been. >

Top Health News of 2024: A Call to Arms Against Bird Flu

Avian influenza has recently begun to infect humans. Scientists are developing vaccines against it to prevent a possible pandemic. >

Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery

Minor interventions have been rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. These tiny interventions add up to tens of millions of dollars. >

Disappearing Pharmacies

Have you lost a local drug store? About a third have closed. Some counties have lost every store. Here's what you can do to support them. >

A Blood Test to Replace a Colonoscopy?

The FDA has approved a blood test to screen for colon cancer. It’s undeniably less invasive than a colonoscopy, but is it as effective? >

Is That Blood Pressure Reading Accurate?

If your BP is taken with your arm in the wrong position, it is going to read higher than it actually is. Unnecessary treatment may follow. >

The Medicare Advantage Influence Machine

Medicare Advantage executives are blocking efforts to rein in documented overcharging. In some cases they are former Medicare employees. >

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