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AbbVie's blockbuster drug Humira finally loses its 20-year, $200 billion monopoly

U.S. doctors can now choose Amjevita instead, the first of several close copies of the popular rheumatoid arthritis drug expected this year. But industry-watchers warn consumer savings may be limited.

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The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans

A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums.

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Public-ish healthcare comes to Colorado

Colorado officials are confident the public will be drawn to a new state-specific health coverage plan

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Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

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Colonoscopies save lives. Doctors push back against European study that casts doubt

Colon cancer specialists worry that results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine could be misconstrued, and keep patients from getting lifesaving cancer screening.

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Health plan shake-up could disrupt coverage for low-income Californians

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

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‘Patients are getting ripped off’: California’s mental health workers go on strike

More than 2,000 workers demand that Kaiser Permanente expand the workforce and improve access to care for patients

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Kaiser behavioral health care on the hot seat after California complaints

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In an unexpected move, the California Department of Mental Health Care informed Kaiser Permanente that it will be examining whether the company is providing adequate mental health care services to its 9.4 million California members.

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Joe Dumars wanted more control over Kings front office

Joe Dumars' contract was expiring, and I'm told he wanted more direct control over the front office if he was going to return. In Dumars' desired structure, Monte McNair would have reported to him rather than Ranadivé. Ranadivé didn't share an ...

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Joe Dumars leaving Kings to join NBA league office

Shams Charania: Sacramento Kings chief strategy officer Joe Dumars is departing from the organization and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer is joining the NBA as its Executive Vice President Head of Basketball Operations, sources tell ...

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Denunciantes dicen que las aseguradoras de salud estafan a Medicare para ganar miles de millones

Teresa Ross llevaba meses planteando objeciones en el trabajo cuando sus jefes trajeron a un psicólogo con la esperanza de hacerle cuestionar su propia cordura.

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Whistleblowers say health insurers are scamming Medicare to make billions

Teresa Ross had been raising objections at work for months when her bosses brought in a psychologist hoping to make her question her own sanity.

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Mums-to-be who get Covid at 'double the risk of serious complications'

Pregnant women who have not had the jab make up a fifth of the most ill patients in intensive care

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Newsom administration draws fire over no-bid Kaiser Permanente contract

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would hand Kaiser Permanente a no-bid statewide contract to serve Medi-Cal enrollees under a deal struck behind closed doors by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, raising questions among other health care plans about the preferential treatment of a generous supporter of the governor.

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Mother with MS dies of Covid after being wrongly told by doctor she couldn’t get vaccine, family claims

Attorneys for family say she was wrongly denied vaccine seven times before it was too late

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