Health Care
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Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Health by zip code? Some Philly neighborhoods are ‘primary care deserts’
A report released Tuesday focused on several shortage areas in primary care access for Philadelphians.
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Listen 2:06Wolf administration rejects Trump ACA option
2019 ACA insurance open enrollment begins in less than two weeks.
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The ACA and the politics of health care
Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes
Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.
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2019 ACA rates to decrease for first time in Pennsylvania
What people will end up paying, as in previous years, varies by age and county.
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Private medicaid plans receive billions in tax dollars, with little oversight
Some experts are asking if insurance companies — which receive hundreds of billions in public money — are earning their Medicaid checks?
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Republicans once campaigned on health care; now, N.J. Democrats take up tactic
Recent N.J. polls have shown health care to be among the top issues for voters heading into November’s midterm elections.
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Listen 5:30Midterm election could reshape health policy
The fate of Obamacare could be decided by which party wins control of Congress in November.
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Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he’s getting the shot
Many flu-related deaths are caused not by the flu itself but by secondary infections and complications.
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Rate of C-sections is rising at an ‘alarming’ rate, report says
C-sections now outnumber vaginal deliveries in parts of southeast Europe, Latin America and China.
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With Kavanaugh confirmed, both sides of abortion debate gear up for battle
Planned Parenthood is unveiling a new strategy. Several states have passed abortion restrictions that are currently being litigated.
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Patients give doctors high marks for prescribing antibiotics for common sniffles
Doctors are often rated on Yelp or other online platforms.
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Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?
Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.
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Listen 13:20At hospitals in India, waiting family become health care helpers
Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.
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