Updates
Advocacy at their fingertips: Nursing homes residents are Zooming into the Capitol
When the pandemic shut down the world, nursing homes did not allow outside visitors. Instead…
Want to retire? Make sure you check out the latest health care cost estimates first.
There’s no question that health care (finding it and paying for it) is a big factor when it comes to our decisions…
Two prescription gels to ease pain & promote healing. One costs $3,615 and the other $21. Unbelievable but true.
Some of us have shelled out big bucks for a department store wrinkle cream only to find it doesn’t work any better…
Free COVID-19 Testing? Not exactly. Hospitals charged your insurer
As COVID-19 spread, the demand for testing increased. Some 400 million tests and counting have been issued…
Hidden ‘COVID fees’ may be illegal
If you’ve visited the hospital, doctor’s office, dentist, or in some cases even restaurants during the pandemic,…
From 10 cents to $2 a pill: the program that sent Rx costs soaring and what’s being done to fix it
Chuck Peterson was hit by sticker shock when he went to buy a needed prescription for his arthritis: A two-month…
An Oregon bill could cap Rx costs. Big Pharma is spending an unbelievable amount to stop it
Oregon lawmakers are considering Senate Bill 844, which we’ve told you about before. It would create a state…
Same doctor, same treatment— but her bill was 10 times higher
A billing change sent one woman’s hospital bill soaring—from $30 to $1,394, according to KHN.
Oregon bill would cap Rx costs and Big Pharma is putting up a fight
Prescription drugs are simply too expensive for many of us. Now, Oregon lawmakers are getting the message. Senate Bill…
The latest COVID-19 treatment? Scientists think it may be older, cheaper drugs.
We’ve heard a lot about promising treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 the past year. What we rarely hear,…