The AARP has both a for-profit and non-profit division that seem to be at odds in the current debate on a proposed law to shift prescription drug rebates away from health insurance providers to seniors themselves.
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Anti-Choking Device Is Saving Lives
A new non-powered suction device has been used to save choking victims. When first aid measures are not successful, this device can save a child’s or adult’s life.
The Coming Computational Approach To Psychiatry
Since any disturbance in human behavior has immediate and future consequences and costs, how will a mathematically informed understanding of mental illness shape psychiatry?
‘Dr. Bob’ Sears Accused Of Issuing Invalid Vaccine Medical Exemptions–Again
Dr. Bob Sears is at it again: He’s accused of writing bogus vaccination medical exemptions less than a year after censure from Medical Board of California for the same thing.
When The Long-Term Care Insurer Refuses To Pay
One family’s troubles getting their long-term care insurer’s claims paid
A Vape Pen Exploded, Here Is What Happened To The Teen
Using an e-cigarette blew up in a 17-year-old’s face.
Azar’s Plan To Tie U.S. Drug Prices To Foreign Ones Will Impact Investments In R&D
However, the Azar proposal is misguided in that, despite his assertions otherwise, enacting it will have a negative effect on pharmaceutical R&D in areas of serious medical need.
An Incubator Program With Technological Solutions For Global Challenges
An incubator program at MIT inducts solvers annually to tackle global challenges using Technology.
No, Your Kids’ Evil Cellphone Won’t Give Them Horns
The media has been crowing about “phone bone” for a week. Here’s why it’s ridiculous.
Even With Las Vegas Divestiture, Optum Gains Key New Markets
UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of DaVita Medical Group will bring the health insurer’s Optum provider business several key fast-growing new markets despite an FTC-ordered divestiture of Las Vegas medical providers.
