by Juliette Cubanski and Tricia Neuman Kaiser Family Foundaton After many years of slow growth, prescription drug spending growth is on the rise, raising fiscal concerns for public and private payers and worries about affordability among consumers. […]
By Chad Terhune California Healthline Three industry heavyweights are vying to run the prescription-drug business for one of the nation’s biggest health-care buyers, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. Express Scripts and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx […]
By Chad Terhune California Healthline Ken Werner gives his health information to nurse practitioner Yana Dymarskiy before getting a flu vaccine at a Walgreens healthcare clinic in 2013 in Wheeling, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Retail clinics, […]
By Jordan Rau California Healthline The federal government paid bonuses to 231 hospitals with subpar quality because their patients tend to be less expensive for Medicare, new research shows. The bonuses are small, generally a fraction […]
By Anna Gorman Photos by Heidi de Marco California Healthline Anjik Butler and Alexandria Smith share their pregnancy concerns during a group session at the Eisner’s Women’s Health Center in Los Angeles. Shared medical appointments are […]
By Julie Rovner and Francis Ying California Healthline Presidential candidates like to propose solutions to long-standing problems. Health care is no exception. But there’s a reason some problems are “long-standing.” They may have no easy solution. […]
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