Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here’s This Year’s Best Advice for Patients.
A Texas boy’s second dose of the MMRV vaccine cost over $1,400. A Pennsylvania woman’s long-acting birth control cost more than $14,000. Treatment for a Florida Medicaid enrollee’s heart attack cost nearly $78,000 — about as much as surgery for an uninsured Montana...
After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room, she alleges in a lawsuit. The nurse who took the call at the Sono...
An Arm and a Leg: A Few More Good Things From 2025
An Arm and a Leg host Dan Weissmann breaks down how two states passed laws aimed at protecting people from things like medical debt, insurance delays and denials, and corporate profiteering. In Maine, lawmakers unanimously voted to remove medical debts from credit...
Cannabis reclassification could ‘open the floodgates’ for research, scientists say
A long-awaited change in drug policy could bring scientists one step closer to understanding the harms and benefits of marijuana, the most commonly used federally illegal substance.On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that moved to reclassify...
Palestinians says Israel is demolishing homes near Jerusalem, displacing hundreds
Palestinians say Israel has demolished hundreds of homes near Jerusalem, displacing hundreds of Palestinians as new Jewish settlements are greenlit in the West Bank. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Utah takes on Memphis, aims to end 3-game slide
Memphis Grizzlies (13-16, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (10-18, 12th in the Western Conference)Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. ESTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Grizzlies -2.5; over/under is 244.5BOTTOM LINE: Utah enters the matchup against Memphis as losers...
US regulator approves pill form of Wegovy weight-loss drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk.It is the first pill of its kind to receive approval from the regulator, marking a new era for weight-loss...
Trump says US is pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela
7 hours agoShareSaveVanessa BuschschlüterandSeher AsafShareSaveThe US Coast Guard is still pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region escalate, President Donald Trump has confirmed.”We’re actually pursuing” the...