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It is easy to point fingers at the pharmaceutical companies, but to infuse ethics into drug pricing, drug makers, physicians, patients and the entire healthcare system must all participate.
America has a major drug problem, but it's not the one that probably comes immediately to mind. It is a continual and rotating shortage of important drugs.
A UnitedHealth Group executive is leaving to run the United Kingdom's National Health Service, a long-heralded institution that in some parts of the country is facing a crisis of finances and quality of care.
The main contractors for Healthcare.gov were interrogated, scrutinized and criticized Oct. 24 by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, days after the Obama Administration called in a "fix it" team amid growing public frustration with the site's problems.
One of the most promising trends in healthcare improvement is an interprofessional education program managed by the American College of Preventive Medicine that introduces Integrative Medicine into conventional medical settings.
In a new U.S. Employment Outlook report published by Simply Hired, authors say that the healthcare industry led among all other employment industries in the number of job openings available in September.
WellPoint reported third-quarter earnings that were about 5 percent lower than last year's period but still ahead of expectations due to lower medical costs and healthy membership, as it continues to make investments for insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
For a sense of substance abuse treatment demand with new national essential health benefits, insurers should note the increase in services in states that enacted parity laws during the last decade.
Trends in health plan design, consumer utilization of healthcare services and the growing economy may indicate higher premiums on the way and potential changes for insurers' profits, according to an analysis by Aon Hewitt.
To lead a sort of tech worker surge and software code purge for Healthcare.gov, the Obama Administration has brought in a turnaround guy, Jeffrey Zients.