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What to Know About Home Care Services
Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide.
How the Kaiser Permanente Strike Could Affect Patients
Especially in California, people could experience delays in appointments or test results and even have medical procedures postponed after thousands of health care workers walked...
Health Insures Deny Medical Care for the Poor at High Rates, Report Says
Investigators found that major companies overseeing Medicaid patients’ health care frequently rejected doctors’ requests for approval of treatments and procedures.
People With Private Medicare Plans Can’t Find Psychiatrists, Study Shows
A new study finds that people have a very difficult time finding doctors in their networks under the private-sector policies.
It’s Not Just You: Many People Confront Health Insurance Obstacles on Care and Bills
A new survey indicates that a majority of U.S. adults who are insured have experienced a raft of problems including troubles with access to medical...
Corporate Giants Buy Up Primary Care Practices at Rapid Pace
Large health insurers and other companies are especially keen on doctors’ groups that care for patients in private Medicare plans.
Kaiser Permanente to Acquire Geisinger
The California health care organization will create a new nonprofit that aims to acquire a half-dozen additional community health systems.
Higher Bills Are Leading Americans to Delay Medical Care
Inflation and pressing household expenses are forcing some people to postpone health needs, an emerging trend that has health experts worried that conditions may only...
E.R. Doctors Misdiagnose Patients With Unusual Symptoms
Doctors fail to recognize serious conditions like stroke and sepsis in tens of thousands of patients each year, according to a new study.
Imaging Contrast Dye Shortage Delays Tests for Diseases
Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical.
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