Health-Care Costs Are Growing in the U.S., Thanks in Large Part to Private Insurers
Three charts that show how health-care costs are rising, especially for people with private insurance.
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‘That’s Just the Life of a Warrior’: How Disability Activists Are Playing the Long Game Under Trump
An interview with Anita Cameron, a legend among disability rights activists.
Bernie Sanders Unveils His Medicare-for-All Plan
The bill has little chance of passing a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
Private Accreditors Are Under No Obligation to Release Their Hospital Inspection Reports
Reversing course, federal health officials withdrew a proposal that would have required private accrediting organizations to publicly release reports of problems they found in health-care facilities.
New Report Finds Medicare Is Plagued by ‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers
Some Medicare beneficiaries are being prescribed opioids by 10 or more doctors, or are filling prescriptions for more than 1,000 pills a month.
How a Simple Fix to Reduce Aberrant Prescribing Became Not So Simple
In 2014, the government said health providers would have to enroll in Medicare in order to prescribe drugs…
Spending on Medicare’s Drug Program Is Out of Control
Forty-one health providers prescribed more than $5 million in drugs in 2011. Last year, that jumped to 514.…
What’s the Matter With Medicare?
Behind the GOP’s 2017 Medicare reform plans. By Dwyer Gunn Paul Ryan leaves after a news briefing on…
The Supreme Court Delivers a Blow to Health-Care Transparency
The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require many large employers to submit health-care claims to a massive database. Here's why that matters.
