The president made the comments after Donald Trump suggested ‘there is a lot you can do’ in terms of cutting popular programs
Joe Biden swiftly seized on Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would cut “entitlements” like social security and Medicare if re-elected, saying: “Not on my watch.”
That was in a presidential tweet. In a campaign speech in New Hampshire on Monday, Biden elaborated.
Continue reading...Providers working in federal programs will be required to expedite patients’ prior authorizations for medications and/or surgery
A new set of rules from the Biden administration seeks to rein in private health insurance companies’ use of prior authorization – a byzantine practice that requires people to seek insurance company permission before obtaining medication or having a procedure.
The cost-containment strategy often delays care and forces patients, or their doctors, to navigate opaque and labyrinthine appeals.
Continue reading...Pollution caused twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, with updated understanding of dangers of PM2.5
Coal-fired power plants killed at least 460,000 Americans during the past two decades, causing twice as many premature deaths as previously thought, new research has found.
Cars, factories, fire smoke and electricity plants emit tiny toxic air pollutants known as fine particulate matter or PM2.5, which elevate the risk of an array of life-shortening medical conditions including asthma, heart disease, low birth weight and some cancers.
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