An ancient berry linked to improved blood vessel function and circulation may offer meaningful benefits for heart health, according to a new scientific review — but most Americans aren’t eating it regularly. The findings, released Jan. 27 by the Wild Blueberry Association of North America, are based on a review of 12 human clinical trials conducted over ...
Health insurers are warning that flat Medicare Advantage rates, as proposed by the Trump administration late Monday, would likely force them to take a deep look at the benefits they offer. Chris Bond, spokesperson for AHIP, the key lobbying organization for the insurance industry, said in a statement that the organization and its members “welcome reforms ...
Health insurance CEOs testifying before Congress about whether they’re to blame for soaring health care costs have a plan: pass the buck. Five CEOs of major insurers will make the case that the health care premiums they set are rising because of prices charged by other health care players — like hospitals and drugmakers — ...
Six annual spending bills for the current budget year are awaiting action in the Senate this week, including a key appropriations package that would fund the Department of Health and Human Services through Sept. 30. But the sweeping government funding package is now in peril as Senate Democrats vowed to oppose it in the wake ...
More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers walked off the job early Monday, launching an open-ended strike across California and Hawaii that could disrupt operations at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of clinics. The workers, represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, say the strike was triggered by ...
The House passed a key appropriations package that would fund the Department of Health and Human Services through Sept. 30, including a step toward reforms for pharmacy benefit managers. The package passed by a 341-88 vote, and it includes elements that would prevent PBMs from tying compensation in Part D to the list price of ...