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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

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In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

How Transactional Medicine Threatens the Future of Your Health

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor -
Patients rarely describe healing in technological terms. They speak instead about whether someone listened, if their physician remembered them and how their concerns were...

Rural Healthcare’s Dollar Store Invasion

Carolyn Neugarten -
Following CVS and Walgreens, Dollar General is next to enter retail health clinic territory. Could rural America benefit from new discounted health services, and at what cost?

Millions of Rural Americans Rely on Private Wells. Few Regularly Test Their Water

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More than 43 million Americans rely on private wells, which are subject to a patchwork of state and local regulations, including standards for new construction. But in most cases, residents are free to use outdated wells without having them tested or inspected.

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