Patients often assume that their health insurance will cover emergency care or major procedures. They’re caught by surprise when they find out that they’re not fully covered.
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The $2.1 Million Question: What Are The Medical, Ethical Implications Of The World’s Priciest Drug?
Excessive drug prices, unnecessary medical procedures and other forms of healthcare waste are ethically wrong and, if left unchecked, will prove deadly.
Breaking Down the Alexander-Murray Senate Health Reform Plan
The recent Alexander-Murray health reform package attempts to unleash the power of market competition to reduce costs and improve care. While not perfect, its inclusion of measures to improve price transparency, ban anti-competitive practices, and boos…
Google Ran A Secret Experiment To Search For Cold Fusion. Did They Find It?
Google invested $10 million over the past 4 years in a series of experiments to see if cold fusion could really work. They just published their results.
Will The Introduction Of A Third Potent Cholesterol Lowering Drug Expand or Shrink The Market?
Payers still will want to limit access to these drugs given the massive number of patients that could be eligible for treatment.
Study: Our Gut Bacteria May Be Dismantling The Pills We Take – What You Should Know
New research reveals that our gut bacteria digest and metabolize many of the common drugs we take, and we’re just now starting to understand the implications of this potentially big finding.
Children Shouldn’t Work On Fields, But On Their Dreams!
It is crucial to recognize the link between poverty and child labor and combat both to ensure that children do not work on fields, but on their dreams.
When A Suspected Brain Tumor Turns Out To Be A Parasite
Neurocysticercosis is when the pork tapeworm literally gets in your head.
Blue State Seniors Like Private Medicare, Complicating Single Payer
Seniors in Democratic-leaning states are choosing private Medicare Advantage plans more so than the national average, Kaiser Family Foundation data shows.
Evolution Or Extinction: Where Will The Gene Editing Revolution Take Us
While gene editing is on its way to disrupting the very process of evolution, do we understand the security implications for the future of humanity?
