Medical providers face homework to cut health costs
Obama tasks insurers doctors hospitals drug makers and unions to detail 10 year plans to slow cost growth by about 1.5 percent per year aiming to save $2 trillion and extend coverage to nearly 50 million uninsured. The effort centers on reducing administrative waste improving treatment guidelines and cutting hospital readmissions.
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Whooping cough cases jump in Colorado study
The June Pediatrics study of 751 Colorado Kaiser Permanente children shows 18 of 156 with the disease had parents who refused vaccines, while only under 1 percent of healthy peers were unvaccinated. The report notes 10 nationwide deaths in 2007 and emphasizes booster shots for older children.
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Pricey iBOT stair-climbing chair fades from market
Washington reports the nations first stair-climbing wheelchair the iBOT failed after Johnson & Johnson stopped production leaving a $22 000 price tag while Medicare valued it around $6 000 The move prompts advocates to push Congress for reimbursement changes and questions how the nation funds advanced disability equipment The device required arm use and upper body control limiting candidate users and sparking broader implications for medical gear policy
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