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Sen. Grassley Questions UVA Health On Findings From KHN Investigation

In response to a Kaiser Health News investigation into the University of Virginia Health System’s aggressive collection practices, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter Thursday demanding answers to questions about UVA’s billing practices, financial assistance policies and even its prices.

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KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Democrats Do Drugs (Prices)

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Despite the turmoil from the ongoing impeachment inquiry, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are proceeding with work on a major prescription drug price bill crafted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Meanwhile, broader…

In Hamburg, ‘Gesundheit’ Means More Than A Wish For Good Health

KHN correspondent Shefali Luthra reported this story from Germany as a 2019 Arthur F. Burns Fellow.

HAMBURG, Germany — Researchers around the world hail Germany for its robust health care system: universal coverage, plentiful primary care, low drug prices and minimal out-of-pocket costs for residents.

Unlike in the U.S., the prospect of a large medical bill doesn’t stand in the way of anyone’s…

Whistleblower Alleges Medicare Fraud At Iconic Seattle-Based Health Plan

Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected nonprofit health insurance plans, is accused of bilking Medicare out of millions of dollars in a federal whistleblower case.

Teresa Ross, a former medical billing manager at the insurer, alleges that it sought to reverse financial losses in 2010 by claiming some patients were sicker than they were, or by billing…

Cordillerans gather for 7th Gong Festival

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) — Thousands of indigenous people from the Cordillera provinces gathered to celebrate the seventh staging of the Gong Festival over the weekend.

 Garbed in their colorful ethnic attires and adorned with accessories, at least 40 cultural groups from schools and organizations, all indigenous people of the Cordillera from the different provinces in the region, played their…

PIA Cordillera SCOFAD is a retired teacher

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. (PIA) — Every year in October, senior citizens are given a day to run the affairs of the local government unit and national government agencies in celebration of the Elderly Filipino Week. 

A retired teacher of Mabini Elementary School served as the Senior Citizen Officer of the Day (SCOFAD) of the Philippine Information Agency-Cordillera (PIA-CAR) vice Director Helen R. Tibaldo.

Consumernet conducts market monitoring

Dr. Pia Gundan of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cordillera inspects a label of a fish product  mislabeled as Salmon when in fact it is a Pangasius fish. She advised the seller to label his product properly.  (MAWC-PIA CAR) 

BAGUIO CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-CAR) spearheaded the inter-agency monitoring of basic necessities and prime…

PANTABANGAN, Nueva Ecija, Oktubre 18 (PIA) — Pinangunahan ni Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles ang pagbubukas ng National Irrigation Administration o NIA Pantabangan Lake Resort Hotel sa Nueva Ecija.    Ayon kay Nograles, mahalagang naibalik muli sa NIA ang pagmamay-ari ng pasilidad at ngayon ay mapakikinabangan ng tanggapan sa mga gampanin at programa para sa mga magsasaka.    Aniya, 1970s pa…

Pagadian Room Assignment for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam

PAGADIAN CITY, the Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the full list of examinees room assignment in Pagadian City for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam also known as November 2019 Midwives Licensure examination.

To know your room assignment and venue in Pagadian for the midwife board exam, please see below on this page.

The PRC together with the Professional…

Tacloban Room Assignment for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam

TACLOBAN CITY, the Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the full list of examinees room assignment in Tacloban City for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam also known as November 2019 Midwives Licensure examination.

To know your room assignment and venue in Tacloban for the midwife board exam, please see below on this page.

The PRC together with the Professional…

Tuguegarao Room Assignment for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam

TUGUEGARAO CITY, the Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the full list of examinees room assignment in Tuguegarao City for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam also known as November 2019 Midwives Licensure examination.

To know your room assignment and venue in Tuguegarao for the midwife board exam, please see below on this page.

The PRC together with the Professional…

Zamboanga Room Assignment for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines – The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) releases the full list of examinees room assignment in Zamboanga City for November 2019 Midwife Board Exam also known as November 2019 Midwives Licensure examination.

To know your room assignment and venue in Zamboanga for the midwife board exam, please see below on this page.

The PRC together with the Professional…

Tacloban Room Assignment for November 2019 Civil Engineers (CE) Board Exam

TACLOBAN CITY, the Philippines – The full list of examinees room assignment for ‘November 2019 Civil Engineers (CE) Board Exam’ also known as ‘Civil Engineers Licensure Examination’ in Tacloban is shown here.

To know your room assignment and venue in Tacloban for the civil engineers’ board exam, please see below on this page.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) together with the…

Surprise Settlement In Sutter Health Antitrust Case

SAN FRANCISCO — Sutter Health has reached a tentative settlement agreement in a closely watched antitrust case brought by self-funded employers, and later joined by the California Attorney General’s Office. The agreement was announced in San Francisco Superior Court on Wednesday morning, just moments before opening statements were expected to begin.

While representatives for both sides confirmed…

Refereeing Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren On Public Support For ‘Medicare For All’

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[partner-box] Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., sparred with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at the most recent Democratic presidential primary debate over how to expand health insurance coverage for all Americans.

Buttigieg said he favors allowing Americans younger than 65 to enroll in Medicare if they wish. Warren, by contrast, prefers to…

‘Fear Of Falling’: How Hospitals Do Even More Harm By Keeping Patients In Bed

Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent three days confined to a hospital bed, allowed to get up only to use a bedside commode. Twigg, who was in her 80s, was livid about being stuck in a bed with side rails and a motion sensor alarm, according to her cousin and caretaker, Melissa Rowley.

“They’re not…