More Choices, Lower Premiums for ACA Consumers Next Year
20 more insurers will be participating in 2020, expanding consumer choice in many states.
Health Policy
How Restrictions on Methadone Can Result in Patient Harm
Restrictions on prescribing methadone, buprenorphine, and naloxone pose a significant barrier to effective treatment of patients with opioid use disorder.
Older Adults Need More Help Navigating Health Care System
Better understanding of health insurance benefits may help with navigating health care system, survey finds.
Providing Medical Services to Immigrants Seeking Asylum
The crisis at the border is an ongoing medical emergency that has not been treated as such by medical organizations, including the AAPA and AANP.
New York State to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
Governor says flavored e-cigarettes account for 68% of those sold in New York.
Oklahoma Judge Fines Johnson & Johnson $572 Million Over Opioid Drug Crisis
Verdict could have huge implications as other states and communities target pharmaceutical firms.
Analyzing Hospital Utilization Following the 1966, 2014 Health Insurance Coverage Expansions
Researchers sought to determine whether the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1966 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2014 affected hospital use.
Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Federal Family Planning Program
Centers across the US will remain open and the group will attempt to replace loss of federal funding.
Medicare to Cover CAR-T Therapy for Leukemia, Lymphoma
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy boosts a patient’s own immune cells.
Nurse Practitioners: The Solution to Healthcare Provider Shortages?
A pair of former senators predicted that limited access to healthcare in rural states will be a significant issue for voters in the 2020 elections. The president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners argues that NPs are the answer to healthcare provider shortages.
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