Medicare Advantage Has a Fraud Problem
Most of the large insurers involved in Medicare Advantage have been accused of various kinds of fraud, according to an analysis published by The New...
New ALS Drug Will Be Priced at $158,000 a Year
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new medication for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (A.L.S), the debilitating and deadly...
The Opioid Crisis Cost Nearly $1.5 Trillion in 2020
The economic toll of the opioid epidemic in the United States rose to nearly $1.5 trillion in 2020, an increase of $487 billion over the prior year...
Medicare Part B Premiums to Drop in 2023: What’s Behind the Change?
President Biden on Tuesday touted a decrease in Medicare premium for next year. At a White House event, Biden repeated his campaign season warning...
“Unprecedented Progress”: U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue to Fall
Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, killing more than 600,000 people a year. But cancer deaths in the U.S. are...
Biden Says Pandemic Is Over, Angering Some Experts
President Joe Biden says that the Covid-19 pandemic is “over” — a declaration that is prompting some pushback from public health experts and could...
US Life Expectancy Suffers a Historic Drop
Life expectancy at birth in the U.S. has fallen by nearly three years since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new provisional data...
US Suspending Free Covid Test Program as Funds Run Out
The federal program that provides free Covid-19 test kits will be suspended later this week, the White House said Sunday. A notice on the web portal...
Biden Admin to Spend Nearly $100 Million on Health Care ‘Navigators’
The Biden administration said Friday that it will spend nearly $100 million on grants to help consumers sign up for Affordable Care Act plans in the...
Fauci Says He Will Step Down in December
Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984 and rose to national prominence as the face of the...