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Lumicera Health Services launches Clarventa

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Lumicera Health Services launches Clarventa

MADISON, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lumicera Health Services today announced the launch of Clarventa, a new company created to address one of the most persistent drivers of rising prescription drug costs: complex and opaque drug supply chains. Clarventa is focused on increasing the transparency, efficiency, and sustainability of pharmaceutical purchasing and supply chain services across the pharmacy ecosystem. … Read more

Research shows that your health after age 65 may depend less on exercise, diet, and genetics than on whether you have at least one person in your life who will ask you how you’re doing and wait for an actual answer.

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Research shows that your health after age 65 may depend less on exercise, diet, and genetics than on whether you have at least one person in your life who will ask you how you're doing and wait for an actual answer.

Add VegOut to your Google News Feed. The conventional wisdom about healthy aging is almost entirely physical. Please eat well. Move frequently. Please get enough sleep. Please do a blood test. Optimize. The wellness industry has turned the post-65 body into a project, a machine to be maintained with the right inputs. And most people … Read more

She owed the insurance company a nickel and her insurance was terminated – KFF Health News

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Lorena Alvarado Hill is sitting on the edge of the couch. A mural can be seen on the wall behind her.

elizabeth rosenthal Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. Hill, a teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, is a single mother who works shifts at J.Crew on weekends so she can send her daughter to college. Hill’s mother, who lives with her, had an insurance plan through Health First. Hill had … Read more