First, prior to 1973 insurance companies were nonprofit, that changed; hospitals for the most part were also nonprofit. Medication couldn't be advertised; prescription medication manufacturers spend ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs has transferred nearly $2 billion in funding for its health care system to pay for care from private providers, the agency told CNN. The reallocation represents a ...

Behind the promise of “efficiency,” researchers say private equity’s hospital takeovers are leaving vulnerable patients at ...

With the new Congress sworn in and President-elect Trump poised for his second inauguration, Republicans have queued up a number of bills that could widely expand veterans' access to the private ...

Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care. Truthout needs your help. We must raise $39,000 for our basic publishing costs this month, so ...

Who should pay for America’s health care — individuals, employers, government or all of us together? If it’s all of us, then ...

Woolhandler and Himmelstein are professors at the City University of New York’s Hunter College and lecturers in medicine at Harvard Medical School; Schrier and Schwartz are medical residents at the ...

A pilot program testing the use of artificial intelligence to expand prior authorization decisions in Medicare has providers, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, ...

Instead, Florida Woman Care documents show, the women were all billed at the higher doctor’s rate, unknowingly becoming part ...

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