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Hip-hop legend Chuck D on advocating for healthcare price transparency

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 13:00

Chuck D for Power to the Patients. — Chuck D at a Washington, DC event for Power to the Patients.
Paul Morigi/Getty Images

Entertainment, Healthcare, chuck-d, power-to-the-patients, public-enemy, Interview, Healthcare

Inside a prison healthcare company's ownership shell game

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 14:05

An office inside a county jail — Posters for YesCare and Corizon are on display at the Doña Ana Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which contracted out its health care services to the companies.
Adria Malcolm for Business Insider

finance, Healthcare, Bankruptcy, corizon, elizabeth-warren, prisoner-abuse, insider-investigates

CVS and Walgreens will begin selling abortion pills ahead of a key SCOTUS ruling on restricting access to the drug

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 18:05

L: People visit the CVS pharmacy store at Times Square on March 1, 2024, in New York City.
R: In an aerial view, a customer enters a Walgreens store on January 04, 2024, in San Pablo, California. — A CVS pharmacy and a Walgreens.
VIEW press/Justin Sullivan

Healthcare, uk-weekend, news-uk, pharmacy, CVS, Walgreens, FDA

You'll soon be able to get birth control without a prescription. Here's what you need to know.

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 16:01

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A box of OPill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill in a teal package with blue, lavender and pink detailing — The FDA approved an over-the-counter birth control pill, expanding access to contraceptives across America. It will hit store shelves in March.
Perrigo/Associated Press

economy, Healthcare, health, economy, birth-control, prescription-drugs

The worst US states for women in 2024, ranked

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 10:26

A woman stands in a small rocky valley with a river. — A woman stands in front of a rock formation in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Gary Kemp Photography/Getty Images

health, News, state-rankings, womens-rights, Healthcare, best-states, womens-history-month

Elon Musk makes it known he hasn't been to therapy

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 15:13

Elon Musk holding a microphone — Elon Musk has become a vocal critic of mental health professionals.
NurPhoto

Tech, Healthcare, elon-musk, mental-health, Therapy, mental-illness, x

Abortions now cost over $450, more than double the price before Roe was overturned, per a reproductive care nonprofit director

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Abortion rights advocates protest outside the White House — Abortion rights advocates protest outside the White House in July 2022.
Jose Luis Magana/File/AP

economy, Healthcare, abortion, roe-v-wade, economy, Healthcare, medical-costs

Millions of veterans are about to get expanded healthcare access

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Gurney in hospital hallway — On March 5, millions of veterans will be able to enroll directly in healthcare without first applying to Veteran Affairs benefits.
Getty Images

economy, Healthcare, Veterans, Healthcare, economy, prescription-drugs

An infamous hacking group is reportedly behind the cyberattack that has left US pharmacies reeling

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 16:51

A customer waits at the counter of a CVS Pharmacy store in Pasadena, U.S., May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo — A customer waits at the counter of a CVS Pharmacy store in Pasadena
Thomson Reuters

Tech, Healthcare, pharmacy, hacking, ransomware, cyberattacks, prescription-drugs

A former US surgeon general went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called healthcare a 'broken system.'

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 15:29

Photo of Dr. Jerome Adams, the former US surgeon general — Dr. Jerome Adams, the former US surgeon general in a suit and bowtie
John Underwood

Healthcare, medical-bills, healthcare-costs, health-insurance

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