Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
January 2020 statnews; Jobs growth soars (CNBC). November Job Growth Booms (USA Today). US economy smashes forecasts (Business Insider). That enthusiasm was the general reaction to the November jobs report tallying an increase of 266,000 jobs. But inside that report is a dark cloud that went largely unnoticed: the addition of 45,000 …
Read More »KENYA:Jubilee pushes for generic drugs to cut treatment cost
June 2019 Business Daily;The listed firm says the move will lower the cost of treatment, encourage insurers to lower medical cover premiums as well as seeing more underwriters introduce medical covers. “Improving access to medical cover is one of the government’s Big Four pillars that can best be addressed by …
Read More »KENYA:Patients owe KNH, Moi Referral Sh6.6 billion
March 2019 Business Daily; Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache said that KNH is owed Sh5.6 billion from July 2003 to February 2019 while Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) is struggling with unpaid bills of Sh1 billion. The unpaid bills come as the two referral hospitals battle to raise funds …
Read More »USA:Struggling to stay alive: Rising insulin prices cause diabetics to go to extremes
March 2019 Yahoo News;Meaghan Carter died alone on the sofa of her suburban Dayton, Ohio, apartment last Christmas. Like most people with Type 1 diabetes, the 47-year-old nurse had a kit of essential supplies within reach. It contained two empty vials of her preferred insulin, a partial vial of inexpensive …
Read More »KENYA:CIC sees premiums rising unless doctors lower fees
February 2019 Business Daily;Medical insurers say premiums will most likely go up unless doctors cut fees in a sector where costs are rising and losses escalating. The comments come even as the industry grapples with fraud that has dogged the business for years with the main victims being policyholders who …
Read More »KENYA:MP proposes same NHIF rates for all hospitals
August 2018 Business Daily; A proposed amendment to the NHIF Act could see the public health insurer compelled to charge uniform fees for medical procedures and drugs across different hospitals. Soy MP Caleb Kositany has sponsored the National Hospital Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill seeking to standardise fees that private hospitals …
Read More »KENYA: Gap Kenyan doctors created for Cuban specialists as they chased money in towns
June 2018 Standard media;Dr Samuel Owino* is employed at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), but this is not where the bulk of his salary comes from. After he is done with his ward rounds between 8am and 9am, Dr Owino will have a busy day hoping between his office at Doctors …
Read More »USA:Feds: Skimping can’t save seniors from rising med cost
June 2018 Yahoonews;Medicare recipients filled fewer prescriptions for pricey brand-name drugs — but spent more on such meds anyway, says a government report released Monday. It blames rising manufacturer prices for squeezing older people and taxpayers. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office says it found a 17 percent …
Read More »KENYA:Hassan Joho waives all unpaid hospital, mortuary bills
June 2018 Dailynation; Governor Hassan Joho has waived hospital and mortuary fees in all Mombasa County hospitals on Madaraka Day. The county boss said the waiver is in line with the unity deal between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga. Mr Joho ordered the county …
Read More »KENYA:MP Shah Hospital explains Sh0.8m bill for patient’s 12-hour stay
April Dailynation; MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi has issued an explanation as to why it charged Sh800,000 for a patient who was admitted for about 12hours before she died but Kenyans are not having any of it. Through its Facebook and Twitter platforms, the hospital said despite the fact that Matilda …
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