WELFARE STATE AND INSURANCE

Cigarette smoking among adults has hit an all-time low, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 13.7 percent of adults, or 34.2 million people, smoked cigarettes in 2018, slightly down from the…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that more than 35,000 people are killed annually by antibiotic-resistant infections, or “superbugs.””More than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the United…

Top Democrats running for president in 2020 are vowing to reduce veteran suicide rates by improving access to mental health care and making improvements to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The issue has received newfound attention on…

Health insurance in Texas didn’t cover hearing aids for kids — which can cost $6,000 and need to be replaced about every three years. So Stephanie Wittels Wachs teamed up with other moms to lobby the Texas legislature for change, and they won.

In the past I have written about the limited evidence that wellness program work. So we should see that employers are abandoning these programs or at least scaling back? According to one recent study, however employers are actually increasing investments in wellness programs. The study surveys employers from over 500 companies with more than 100…

Omada Health, that has scored reimbursement from private payers for its digital diabetes prevention tool, announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota will now offer its virtual Type 2 diabetes product as a covered benefit for its self-insured customers.

Welcome to Wednesday’s Overnight Health Care.There was news aside from impeachment today! Nancy Pelosi isn’t putting much stock into recent White House criticism of her drug pricing bill, Chuck Schumer doesn’t believe in half-measures on drug…

The U.S. is one of only three countries where maternal deaths are on the rise, joining Sudan and Afghanistan, according to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health.

Group purchasing organization Premier is building a new healthcare network of health systems, employers and payers, and whose goals parallel those of large U.S. employers such as Walmart but are meant to reach employees at smaller firms.

Senators from both parties pressed the Trump administration’s top tobacco official on Wednesday for information about the administration’s efforts to remove e-cigarette flavors from the market.Mitch Zeller, the head of the Food and Drug…