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Bill challenges Medicare limit on meds for kidney recipients

This week, two Senators introduced a bill that would require Medicare to cover high-ticket drugs used to support kidney transplant patients for the life of the transplanted kidney. The bill would

Doctors going back to house calls

If you're not a boomer, it's likely you've never seen a doctor in your home--after all, house calls have been out of vogue for quite some time--but of late, there are signs that this may change.

Medicare rules expand off-label use of cancer drugs

Late last year, Medicare changed its rules regarding coverage of off-label uses of medications used to treat cancer. The new rules expanded the number of guides (known as compendiums) that the