The no-surprises law, billed as protecting patients from surprise medical bills, went into effect on New Year’s Day 2022. But did the federal law actually reduce health care costs to rates out-of-network charges, as well as certain forms of invoicing” for the part of the supplier’s costs not covered by insurance? The provisional assessment of …
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WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 30, 2022– On World AIDS Day, Thursday, December 1, advocates and mobilizers affiliated with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will hold a protest in Washington, DC, targeting drugmaker Gilead Sciences over pricing and of the Bay Area Company’s medication policies. The Washington protest is part of a series of three protests on the …
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LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 11, 2022– AIDS Healthcare Foundation ( AHF ) today condemned criminal interference by big pharma in negotiations over the World Trade Organization’s proposed TRIPS waiver, which would have allowed more countries to produce vaccines against COVID-19. This press release is multimedia. Read the full press release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221111005443/en/ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) …
If you’re reading this article, chances are you know that the US population is aging and that older Americans are living longer on average. Yet the numbers are striking. For example, the average life expectancy for men at age 65 in 1950 was 13.1 years and for women 16.2 years, according to the Social Security …
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ARLINGTON, Georgia — Nine years after the hospital closed in the southwestern Georgia city of Arlington, concern over health care lurks. Health insurance premiums are high, many residents are reporting poor health, and there’s no guarantee that Calhoun County’s only ambulance will arrive quickly if it takes a patient to a distant hospital. “If it’s …
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