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New research about short-term, limited-duration health plans shows that none of the plans studied covered pre-existing conditions and all had…
For an article on short-term health plans, journalist Nancy Metcalf found an ideal source: Stewart Lamotte, a 64-year-old retired restaurateur…
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President Donald Trump’s decision to declare opioid addiction a national emergency could be at least a step toward addressing the…
State-run electronic databases that collect opioid prescription information are being hailed as an effective tool to curb opioid abuse in…
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Many Americans think they pay too much for their prescription drugs, especially those who need life-saving medications for cancer and…
With an estimated 78 opioid-related deaths per day nationwide, policymakers, journalists and the public are sounding the alarm on overprescribing…
Last week, I shook the medicine bottle and felt just a few pills left. At the same time, weather forecasters…
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Reporters curious about the financial relationship between physicians and pharmaceutical companies can use publicly available data as a starting point…
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A new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project documents the wide variations of use of drug therapies by Medicare patients…
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ProPublica’s Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur, in an analysis of Medicare prescription records, found that “some doctors and…