The Center for Connected Health Policy has unveiled a list of telehealth legislation approved in 2017. Here's a closer look at the 11 pieces of legislation in nine states that will take effect in 2018.
After an ugly, contentious campaign, let's turn our attention to healthcare — starting with a recap of key ballot initiatives.
“Anytime a provider stops providing services, the need doesn’t go away,” says Melissa Barcroft, of Planned Parenthood of Montana, in Missoula. “Patients still need that care.”
The hard care, GOP anti-Obamacare faction won't go down without a fight.
Eric Stern, Salon contributor and former senior counselor to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, fact-checked what he thought to be a suspect segment of Fox News. In it, Sean Hannity interviewed three married couples who shared their “Obamacare horror stories.” Afterward, Stern approached each of the couples to delve deeper into what he thought were misunderstandings […]
Imagine being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. This incurable illness of the brain first manifests itself as low-level weakness and muscle atrophy. Soon you’re unable to stand, get in and out of bed, speak, or swallow food. You depend on loved ones and professional caregivers for basic tasks like eating, bathing, and going to the […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
In what millions of Americans no doubt hope isn't the start of a long-term trend, one primary care clinic in Arizona that's affiliated with Minnesota's highly acclaimed Mayo Clinic says it will stop seeing Medicare patients.
Home during summer break from Congress, Sen. Max Baucus has been meeting with constituents around Montana, an unlikely epicenter for the nation's divisive and disruptive talk about overhauling the nation's health care system. Despite some dispiriting days for the cause of bipartisan health care reform, Baucus still believes that reform is "inevitable" this year.
