The Price of Healing

Hospitals are now required by law to publicly post their prices on everything ranging from drugs to x-rays to organ transplants. This requirement was initially introduced in the Affordable Care Act of 2010. But the new requirement for online prices reflects the Trump administration’s effort to encourage patients to become better-educated decision-makers in their personal…

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FDA Misses Safety Risks in One-Third of Approved Drugs

A new study was released by JAMA showing that 32% of medications are found to have significant safety risks only after the drugs are released to the market. “The researchers reviewed 222 products approved between 2001 and 2010 and followed them through February of this year. In 32 percent of the medications, they found, the…

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Secret Hospital Inspecion Reports May Become Public

NPR.org is reporting about a proposed new step by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Most hospitals are accredited by private organizations rather than the government. That means that statistics about things like medical mishaps, mixing up meds, or operating on the wrong body part found by these private organizations aren’t available to the general…

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