Study: Opioids Prescribed for 25% of Adult ER Ankle Sprain Patients
In Some States the Percentage was as High as 40%
Jul. 27, 2018 Sharp Increase In Gun Suicides Signals Growing Public Health Crisis
Highest Risk Found Among White Men in Small Towns
Jul. 27, 2018 Alone Among Developed Nations, the US Maternal Mortality Rate is Rising
CDC: 60% of Cases are Preventable
Jul. 27, 2018 Medicare Slashes Star Ratings for Staffing at 1 in 11 Nursing Homes
Move Follows Kaiser Health News Investigative Report
Jul. 27, 2018 LGBT Adults in U.S. Less Likely to Have Jobs, Health Insurance
Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health Study
Jul. 26, 2018 CDC Report: Drug Overdoses Rising as Opioid Crisis Gets Worse
Deaths Among African Americans Up 33%; Whites, 25%
Mar. 30, 2018 Boomers And Gen Xers Skipping Health Care Due To Cost
Reports Cites Surprisingly Large Numbers
Mar. 28, 2018 Alzheimer's Report: 'Most Expensive Disease in America'
Annual Health Care Costs Projected to be $1.1 trillion by 2050
Mar. 21, 2018 You’ve Heard of Single-Payer. What about All-Payer Health Care?
Austin Frakt Talks About a Different Way to Control Runaway Prices
Mar. 19, 2018 Latest Federal Data on Childhood Obesity: No Decline
Percentage of Obesity Increased From 14% in 1999 to 18.5% in 2016
Feb. 26, 2018 The Economics of Hospital and Physician Billing Procedures
New Study Finds U.S. Primary Care Billing Administrative Costs Are Nearly Four Times Higher Than Canada's
Feb. 21, 2018 Study: Gun Violence Costs NY State Economy Over $5.6 Billion Annually
Up to 85% of Gunshot Victims are Uninsured or on Publicly Funded Insurance
Feb. 16, 2018 Trump’s New Health Chief Backs CDC Research on Gun Violence
Alex Azar Appears to Reinterpret 1996 Congressional Ban
Feb. 16, 2018 HHS Economists' Projection: Health Care Cost Increases to Continue
Cite Rising Drug and Medical Services Prices
Feb. 15, 2018 Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs Top More Than 41% of Social Security Income
Kaiser Foundation Analysis Projects Continued Rise
Jan. 27, 2018