Health Headlines for Thursday, May 12
NY attorney general offers help getting health coverage
Albany Times Union
New York’s attorney general says people denied insurance coverage for addiction treatment and mental illness should contact his office for help.
AG Schneiderman seeks complaints about mental health, substance abuse coverage
Albany Times Union
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is actively seeking complaints from New Yorkers facing barriers from their insurance carriers for coverage of mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Kentucky judge orders release of secret OxyContin records sought by STAT
Stat News
Secret documents about the marketing of the potent pain pill OxyContin will be unsealed next month under an order issued Wednesday by a Kentucky judge.
Valeant Promised Price Breaks on Drugs. Heart Hospitals Are Still Waiting.
New York Times
The Cleveland Clinic is widely seen as the top heart hospital in the country, so when Valeant Pharmaceuticals International pledged to Congress that it would offer hospitals breaks of as much as 30 percent on two of its expensive heart drugs, officials at the hospital figured they would hear from the company soon.
Health Care at New Jersey Immigrant Jail Is Substandard, Watchdog Groups Say
New York Times
Nelson Fernandez and his daughter Jennifer were still asleep when agents from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement knocked at their door early one morning two years ago.
Your vanishing health coverage: Employers are cutting retiree health benefits at a rapid rate
Los Angeles Times
The shrinkage of employee retirement resources in the U.S. has been well documented, as employers shift more risk onto their workers.
Health Insurers Push to Tie Drug Prices to Outcomes
Wall Street Journal
Health insurer Cigna Corp. will get extra price discounts from drugmakers if new cholesterol medications don’t help patients as much as expected, a significant step in a broader push to tie the cost of drugs to how well they work.
ECMC to expand emergency care
Buffalo News
Erie County Medical Center is planning to build a new $45 million emergency department as a recent surge in trauma cases shows no sign of letting up, CEO Thomas J. Quatroche Jr. told The Buffalo News on Wednesday.