MeSH tree: N03.219.521.576.343.840
People released from prison in Scotland are facing a mental health and substance use crisis, according to new research. The study tracked more than 8,000 former prisoners over four years to assess their contact with health ...
Feb 22, 2026
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An increasing number of Americans are living well beyond the average life expectancy. It presents new and complex challenges about how to care for a vulnerable, often ignored demographic that is aging largely on its own.
Feb 16, 2026
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Just three pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) dominate retail prescriptions in Medicare Part D and Medicaid managed care across much of the country, with markets in nearly every state considered highly concentrated for at least ...
Feb 9, 2026
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Medicare has launched a six-year pilot program that could eventually transform access to health care for some of the millions of people across the U.S. who rely on it for their health insurance coverage.
Feb 4, 2026
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Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he's had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from the insurer Humana. But two years ago, he heard about Peak Health, a new Advantage ...
Jan 29, 2026
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Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes.
Jan 29, 2026
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Ambrose Bittner, 63, didn't want to go uninsured. But the self-employed travel planner has been without health coverage since the beginning of the year. Bittner, who lives in Issaquah, is one of thousands of Washington state ...
Jan 26, 2026
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For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have higher-than-expected rates of readmissions ...
Jan 22, 2026
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Research tracking polypharmacy—people regularly taking five or more medications—found an increase in multiple medicine use during the past decade, largely driven by a growth among men.
Jan 20, 2026
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With another Congressional deadline looming this month for most telehealth coverage under Medicare, a new University of Michigan study adds more data to the debate.
Jan 15, 2026
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