A Texas hospital is experimenting with hologram technology for doctors to see patients. Some health care experts wonder if it’s beneficial.
Category: Health Insurance and Managed Care
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Why the Egg Freezing Industry Is Booming
Mine is the first generation that has corporate benefits for a technology with the potential to slow the biological clock. Is it feminist dream or Silicon Valley fantasy?
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Women Are Paying for Birth Control When They Shouldn’t Have To
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has called on a government watchdog to investigate. Here’s what you need to know.
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How Pet Care Became a Big Business
People have grown more attached to their pets — and more willing to spend money on them — turning animal medicine into a high-tech industry worth billions.
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What to Do if You’re Overpaying for Prescriptions
Here’s what to know about your pharmacy benefit manager and how to find out if you are being overcharged for medications.
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Ascension Cyberattack Persists, Causing Patient Care Delays
For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.
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FSA vs. HSA: What to Know About the Accounts to Pay Medical Costs
Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts both have tax benefits, but both may also have drawbacks, two reports found.
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Medical Debt Shows Up Less Often on Credit Reports
But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said 15 million people still had medical bills in their files, which can make it hard to qualify for loans.
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Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over Health Care Pricing
A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about possible price fixing.
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UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.