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In California’s blue utopia, liberal health care dreams stagnate
Even in California, one of the nation's most liberal states, industry pressure and moderate lawmakers have stymied ambitious efforts to control health care costs.
Why...
LIFESTYLE NEWS
HHS Drug Pricing Advisor’s Death Raises Questions Among Industry Insiders
The death of Dan Best, the Department of Health & Human Services Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Drug Pricing Reform, is raising eyebrows...
High prescription drug prices drive “pharma tourism” in Mexico
How much more expensive are prescription drugs in the U.S.? Enough that one Utah insurer can fly its customers to San Diego, give them...
HOUSE DESIGN
TECH AND GADGETS
The antibiotics market is falling apart
It may not be long before the world simply doesn’t have many effective antibiotics, according to a scary piece by Maryn McKenna in Wired.
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PERFORMANCE TRAINING
The main issue with prescription drug price transparency
Expect more big moves on prescription drug pricing today.
Driving the news: HHS Secretary Alex Azar is giving a "major policy address" on drug prices...
America’s caregiver crisis
America's caregivers are increasingly putting their own needs last in order to sustain their charges through an increasingly complicated health care system, according to...
Trump administration will require prices in drug ads
The Trump administration is moving forward with new rules that would require drug companies to disclose their prices, rejecting the industry’s efforts to preempt...
“Mystery illness” flummoxes CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “frustrated” by the mysterious spread of an illness similar to polio, cases of which have now...
Drugmakers Funnel Millions To Lawmakers; A Few Dozen Get $100,000-Plus
By Elizabeth Lucas and Sydney Lupkin
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A new Kaiser Health News database tracks campaign donations from drugmakers over the past 10 years.
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HOLIDAY RECIPES
Former LePage aide is running Medicaid
Mary Mayhew, a former health commissioner under Maine Gov. Paul LePage, started yesterday as the director of the federal office that directly oversees Medicaid.
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