This week in health news, from UC San Diego’s Scott LaFee
Here’s the good news: By 2025, they’ll pay no more than $2,000 per year for their drugs.
Here’s the bad news: For those enrolled in traditional Medicare without supplemental coverage, there are no caps on hospital or doctor bills. That could mean catastrophic medical bills arising from catastrophic out-of-pocket expenses.Medicare Advantage, which is operated by health insurance companies, offers limits on out-of-pocket costs . Advocates are pushing to establish a cap for all services under Medicare.If you missed out on “quiet quitting,” maybe take a day off from work.
A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General says many Americans’ mental health and well-being is being tested by their workplace, specifically chronic stress, unpaid leave and endless hours. Recent surveys found that 76 percent of U.S. workers reported at least one symptom of a mental health condition; 84 percent of respondents said their workplace conditions had contributed to at least one mental health challenge; and 81 percent of workers reported that they will be looking for workplaces that support mental health in the future.If a double strand of DNA in a single cell were the thickness of a clothesline, it would extend 5 miles from end to end.
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