Pain Hits After Surgery When A Doctor’s Daughter Is Stunned By $17,850 Urine Test
Elizabeth Moreno got hit with a $17,850 bill from a Texas lab after leaving a urine sample at her doctorās office.
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FDA Head Vows To Tackle High Drug Prices And Drugmakers āGaming The Systemā
In an exclusive interview, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb describes what heās doing to spur competition and bring down drug prices.
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KHN Conversation On Living Well With Dementia
Listen and learn from this Kaiser Health Newsā Facebook Live event. āNavigating Agingā columnist Judith Graham led a discussion about dementia, one of the most challenging chronic conditions for individuals and their families ā which affects millions of American families.
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At Some Veterans Homes, Aid-In-Dying Is Not An Option
Citing fears of losing federal funds, California is the latest state to require discharge of terminally ill residents from state veterans homes if they plan to end their lives with lethal drugs.
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Changing The Way We Look At DementiaĀ
A new social movement in the U.S. tackles the stigma of living with Alzheimerās.
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Skip The Rocking Chairs For These Rock Stars Of Aging
Two women, 80 and 91, from opposite poles, agree on the art of aging.
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No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transportation At Risk In Some States
For more than 50 years, the program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry certain clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states have sought ā and received ā waivers to that rule.
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As Doctors Drop Opposition, Aid-In-Dying Advocates Target Next Battleground States
Will efforts to expand the practice to Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Hawaii succeed this year?
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A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery
Some hospitals now focus on preparing seniors for the risks and realities of surgical care.
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How The Shutdown Might Affect Your Health
For some federal health programs, a shuttered government means business as usual. But the congressional impasse over funding will hit others hard.
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Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill
Agencies sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries with chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay for their services, say patient advocates.
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For Elder Health, Trips To The ER Are Often A Tipping Point
Experts provide tips for older patients and their caregivers to cope with the physical and mental declines associated with emergency room visits.
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Half Of Hospitals In Conn., Del. Hit By Medicareās Safety Penalties
Seven states saw a third or more of their hospitals punished under the federal heath lawās campaign against hospital-acquired conditions.
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Reverberations From War Complicate Vietnam Veteransā End-Of-Life Care
Vietnam veteransā wartime experiences ā and their lasting psychological toll ā can make it harder to treat their physical and emotional pain as they approach death.
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āPut The Fire Under Usā: Church Spurs Parishioners To Plan For Illness And Death
Pastor Gloria White-Hammond wants to get all 600 congregants to write down their end-of-life wishes and discuss them with their families.
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Care Suffers As More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs
Increasingly, owners of nursing homes outsource services to companies in which they also have financial interest or control. That allows the nursing homes to claim to be in the red while owners reap hidden profits.
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Trump Administration Relaxes Financial Penalties Against Nursing Homes
Medicare is discouraging regional offices from levying fines for āone-time mistakesā or from using daily fines that seek to put pressure on nursing homes to make changes.
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Infection Lapses Rampant In Nursing Homes But Punishment Is Rare
A Kaiser Health News analysis of federal inspection records shows that nursing home inspectors labeled mistakes in infection control as serious for only 161 of the 12,056 homes they have cited since 2014.
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Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries
Each hospital will have its payments reduced by 1 percent for the year.
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The Long Goodbye: Coping With Sadness And Grief Before A Loved One Dies
For those confronting the string of losses that accompany frailty or serious illness, experts offer salves.