Hospital facility fees are driving up health care costs in Houston — and catching the eye of lawmakers
The fees, which are billed separately from physician’s services, have been around for decades but have sparked nationwide ...
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Drug Costs and Their Impact on Care: Insights from Medicare Patients and Providers
Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...
Federal judge expands block on Trump administration effort to cut public health funding
The Trump administration’s effort to cut back on federal funding for the National Institute of Health for research programs ...
Moving past repealing Obamacare, Republicans still plan major health care cuts
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans may no longer be pushing to wholly repeal Obamacare, but big cuts to the ...
Opinion
Comment: Keeping health care fair, affordable as costs rise
SB 5083 tackles one of the biggest cost burdens and aims to increase access to primary care. Excessive hospital charges are harming our public employees and school workers. These workers dedicate ...
Here’s How States Can Lead the Way in Fixing What Ails Health Care
States should try to create agencies that manage the health of their populations like public utilities oversee electricity.
Judge temporarily blocked NIH research funding cut, sparing Philly researchers the loss of millions
The University of Pennsylvania said the funding that was at risk of being cut before a restraining order took effect supports ...
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Hospital labor, drug expenses rising: 18 statistics
From soaring drug expenses in the Great Plains to rising supply costs in the West, regional disparities highlight the unique pressures facing hospital leaders. As labor shortages persist, supply ...
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Who are the indirect costs of NIH research? We talked to 3
The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.
‘My elderly mother was filmed naked and alone on the floor by negligent carers’
Hilda Towers, 93, played badminton and tennis well into her late 70s, only stopping after a bad fall when she turned 80 that put her in hospital for a prolonged period ...
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Sam Altman says the cost of using AI will drop by 10 times every year
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, says AI will be used more frequently as its costs continue to plummet. "The cost to use a given level of AI ...
No doctors for sick children. This is the reality of Trump’s aid freeze in remote northern Thailand
Aid workers in northern Thailand described widespread confusion following the US aid freeze, especially among those whose ...