United States Senators Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, are urging the Trump administration and some of the nation’s biggest health insurers – Humana and Blue Cross among them – to be aware of potential racial bias in healthcare data algorithms. The letters were sent to leaders at the Centers for Medicare and… Read More: Senators urge health orgs to combat racial bias in AI… »
WASHINGTON — The burdensome costs of medical care, prescription drugs and health insurance have become dominant issues in the 2020 presidential campaign. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows the nation remains in a period of relatively slow growth in health spending. Health spending in the United States rose… Read More: Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds – The New… »
Blue Grass Quality Meats is recalling 121,083 pounds of the products because they contain soy, an allergen that’s not declared on the product labels, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday. The bacon and turkey breast items — all Cajun style — were produced on various dates between October 29,… Read More: Bacon and ready-to-eat turkey products recalled in four states »
Healthcare spending in the U.S. rose 4.6% last year to $ 3.6 trillion, a growth rate higher than in 2017 but on par with 2016. It did not grow as fast as the nation’s gross domestic product, however, meaning the share of the economy devoted to healthcare shrank from 17.9% to 17.7%, according to data… Read More: US healthcare spending growth rebounded last year, influenced by insurance… »