Support is dropping for Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) "Medicare for All" health care plan, according to a poll released Tuesday.The Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll found that 51 percent of those surveyed in O...
Month: October 2019
Heads Up: A Ruling On The Latest Challenge To The Affordable Care Act Is Coming
The health law again faces possible legal evisceration with a court ruling in Texas v. Azar anticipated this fall. Here's what it's about and what's stake.
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Medicare’s Proposed Alternative Payment Model for Radiation Oncology
This Viewpoint discusses details of the Radiation Oncology Model, a 90-day episode-based alternative payment model proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intended to reduce inappropriate overuse of proton beam therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), and other expensive radiation oncology services.
The Health 202: Here are all the ways a court could stymie Obamacare
A federal apppeals panel is expected to rule any day on a challenge to the ACA's constitutionality.
Phone Scammers And ‘Teledoctors’ Charged With Preying On Seniors In Fraud Case
Officials warn that schemes devised to steal from Medicare have embraced telemedicine. One man was prescribed $4,000 of medical equipment he didn't need and never asked for.
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Will Medicare-for-all hurt the middle class? Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders struggle with questions about its impact.
Health-care experts say the middle-class Americans could pay more under plans backed by the senators that are meant to lessen their costs.
A wave of labour organizing is sweeping America. Will Democratic leadership catch on? | Malaika Jabali
Despite this growing progressive fervor, Democrats have not put forth policies to show they stand with the workers enduring economic stagnation and a weakened social safety net
Workers are fed up. From teachers and hotel workers to nurses and auto workers, about three dozen labor strikes since 2018 have made the nation’s headlines. Over the weekend, a youth-led climate strike spanned the globe and a walkout of General Motors workers entered its second week. For the past several weeks...
Doctors are prescribing off-label nicotine replacements for teens addicted to vaping
With over 800 cases and 12 deaths attributed to a mysterious vaping-related pulmonary illness (VAPI) in the United States, a growing number of teens have been going to the family doctor with concerns about their e-cigarette vaping habits....
