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A Start-Up Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. Then Patients Began Dying.
Two U.S. companies teamed up to treat cancer patients using an unproven blood filter in Antigua, out of reach of American regulators.
Why Is Health Care In America So Fucked Up?
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Ogden man denied lifesaving liver transplant by insurance company
An Ogden man has been denied a lifesaving liver transplant from his brother by his insurance company.
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Private equity tied to 21% of healthcare bankruptcies for second consecutive year
New data from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project reveals that, while 11% of all-sector bankruptcies were filed by organizations with a history of ownership by investment firms, that number rises to 21% for healthcare.
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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
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Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’
The health secretary appeared before the House Appropriations Committee this morning. This afternoon he'll go before the Senate's Health, Labor, Education and Pensions committee.
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