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Politicians are posturing: The ‘pain’ of health care – and the search for a ‘cure’
25 Dec 2025 19:42 GMT
The reality of life is that none of us is getting any younger. At some point, even the most sturdy among us will need to see the doctor. Then comes the headache of dealing with the insurance paying for our checkup, and then there are the co-pays and the …
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Alberta Is Privatizing Healthcare: Threatening Public Healthcare Across Canada
25 Dec 2025 17:10 GMT
The Canada Health Act requires provinces to provide all medically necessary hospital and physician services under public health insurance. It is like a bill of rights for patients. Canadians have the right to medically necessary hospital and physician care …
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Editorial: No easy way out to cut medical spending as Japan settles on reduction plan
25 Dec 2025 11:19 GMT
Japan Atopic Dermatitis Patients Association executive director Yasutaka Kuratani, second from right, hands a health ministry official a petition opposing the removal of insurance coverage for prescription drugs similar to over-the-counter medicine, in …
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Health care will get more expensive for some in 2026 – and cheaper for others
25 Dec 2025 10:06 GMT
… credits expire and Medicaid coverage becomes more uncertain … list prices for new medications, said Richard Frank, … insurance. The deal also reduced the price Medicare and Medicaid … your health insurance because you’ve lost access to health insurance subsidies …
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Kentucky focuses on Medicaid changes
25 Dec 2025 07:21 GMT
… eligibility checks, reduces retroactive coverage, adds a copayment requirement in October 2028 … alters federal loan programs for medical students.
The long game
Keynote … that health care,” Marzian said. “Remember, Medicaid is insurance, it’s not health care …
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New Medicare BALANCE Program Could Slash GLP-1 Costs to $50 a Copay—Here’s Who Qualifies and When It Starts
24 Dec 2025 23:13 GMT
… flat $50 monthly copay for injectable GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and … will cost insurers, something that The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP … , voluntary BALANCE coverage model for GLP-1s in Medicare and Medicaid. We are …
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Keytruda Insurance Coverage Expands to 13 Cancer Types
23 Dec 2025 15:19 GMT
The health insurance coverage for the blockbuster immunotherapy drug Keytruda has expanded to a total of 13 cancer types, adding 9 cancers including gastric cancer and breast cancer to the existing 4 cancers such as non-small cell lung cancer. This …
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Worried About Retirement Healthcare Costs? 3 Key Moves to Make
24 Dec 2025 20:04 GMT
… covered Medicare services, you might still face various costs, like copays and … enrolled in a high-deductible health insurance plan, you may be eligible … take withdrawals for near-term medical bills, an even better bet …
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Beyond the adjustment: Partner in your patients’ health
24 Dec 2025 15:54 GMT
By offering personalized care plans with clear, compliant financial arrangements, you’re providing affordable access to care and building a foundation of trust with your patients.
Chiropractic care is uniquely positioned to offer what so much of healthcare …
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Who holds the largest share in health expenditures in Turkey?
24 Dec 2025 15:14 GMT
On Dec 4, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) published a press bulletin titled “Health Expenditure Statistics-2024.” According to the data in the bulletin, a total of 2 trillion 359 billion 151 million liras was spent on health services in Turkey …