A federal drug discount program created to help vulnerable patients may be doing anything but – and the hospital lobby is fighting to keep it that way In 1992, Congress created the 340B Drug Pricing Program with a straightforward mission: help safety-net hospitals and clinics serving low-income and uninsured patients stretch their resources further. Pharmaceutical […]
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This article is on Ohio’s response to “Medicaid Millions,” a Daily Wire series exposing billions of dollars in dubious “personal services” payments where people are paid to spend time with their own family. Ohio says it has safeguards in place to reduce fraud and abuse in Medicaid home health care, but one of the most
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California’s $200 billion-a-year Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation. Behind the staggering price tag lies a program repeatedly flagged for waste, mismanagement, and fraud, raising fresh doubts as state leaders propose taxing billionaires to keep it afloat. For years, audits and federal investigations have documented
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American marketing legend Al Ries is remembered for his crisp comparison of the difficulty inherent in changing the course of an aircraft carrier with the challenge of turning around a large corporation, saying “it takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.” Frank
California’s $200 billion-a-year Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation. Behind the staggering price tag lies a program repeatedly flagged for waste, mismanagement, and fraud, raising fresh doubts as state leaders propose taxing billionaires to keep it afloat. For years, audits and federal investigations have documented
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It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer. “Mom?” I asked. “Did you pay your taxes?” My mother, increasingly forgetful at 84, said she wasn’t sure. She told me to call her accountant of 30 years, who said
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UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy mailed Medicare recipient Bill Zielinski so many refills of the cholesterol drug atorvastatin that his unused stash could last a year on the pill-a-day regimen his doctor ordered. Excessive refilling is common practice at U.S. mail-order pharmacies, a Journal analysis of Medicare prescription data found, flooding the homes of seniors with extra
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Since the very microsecond in 2015 when billionaire builder and TV star Donald Trump descended the escalator in New York City’s splendiferous Trump Tower with his gorgeous wife, Melania by his side and pronounced his candidacy as a Republican for the presidency of the United States of America, each and every leftist, liberal, progressive (LLP]
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Based on data from the National Academy of Sciences, current levels of fluoride exposure in drinking water may cause arthritis in a substantial portion of the population long before they reach old age. Dr. Robert Carton, former EPA Scientist. Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons, probably because of their capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by
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The field of U.S. cancer care is organized around a medical monopoly that ensures a continuous flow of money to the pharmaceutical companies, medical technology firms, research institutes, and government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and quasi-public organizations such as the American Cancer Society (ACS).
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