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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Author Archive: Scott Hensley - NPR
Prostate cancer screening test should not be routine — panel
The influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force finds that routine PSA testing does men more harm than good.
Poll: Americans support birth control coverage
When it comes to private insurance, including employer-based policies, 77 percent of people said it should cover all or some of the cost of oral contraceptives.
To improve care: do less
A checklist of five things doctors should not do to improve the quality of care.
3 in 4 U.S. prescriptions now for generic drugs
The brand-name pharmaceutical industry has a drug problem: All 10 of the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. last year were generics, led by the defending champion generic equivalents of the pain-reliever Vicodin.
Americans like their health care, but think the system stinks
Fifty-five percent of adults surveyed gave the U.S. health care system a C or D, when asked to assign it a grade. Eleven percent gave it an F.
Men with low-risk prostate cancer usually get treatment, despite side effects
For men with prostate cancer that grows slowly, the treatments may cause more harm than good.
Torn ACL? Exercise as good as surgery–study
Aggressive surgical approach no better than rehab-oriented path for recovery from knee injuries involving anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, study finds.
Requiring doctors to justify scans reduces waste
A funny thing happens when a computer challenges orders for medical scans that aren’t likely to help: Doctors often drop the test requests.
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