Cost of physical therapy varies widely from state to state, study finds

Physical therapy (PT) is used in the management of many medical conditions. But variation in rates paid by commercial ...
The Auburn Plainsman

Making care accessible: Inside Auburn’s low-cost eating disorder clinic

Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC), the newest clinic at the Psychological Services Center, is expanding access to mental health care by providing empirically based, low-cost treatment for a ...
Ophthalmology Times

Cost, coverage, and access challenges in geographic atrophy treatment

Joseph Anaya, MD, and Ashkan Abbey, MD, discuss the financial barriers facing patients with geographic atrophy, including ...
The Star

Thalassemia treatment costs RM3mil per patient, Parliament heard

KUALA LUMPUR: It costs around RM3mil to treat a thalassemia patient from infancy up to the age of 40, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Health Minister revealed that 9,554 patients are currently ...

Medical costs are soaring for aging sex offenders in Texas lockups. Taxpayers are footing the bill.

After their prison terms, state-designated sexual predators are placed in the Texas Civil Commitment Center, where many are ...
NPR

Gene therapy is transforming lives, but for many Americans it's hard to reach

Dustin Vidrine's sight is disappearing — shrinking, really. He has retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, inherited eye disease that runs in his family. By the time he was in his 20s, he noticed that his ...
syracuse.com

McMahon: Micron will pay entire cost of billion-dollar industrial treatment plant

Syracuse, N.Y. — Micron Technology will pay the entire cost of an industrial wastewater treatment plant that Onondaga County is building for the chipmaker’s planned factories in Clay, County Executive ...
Oregonian

Portland water treatment plant costs climb past $2.5 billion, project completion faces 2-year delay

The costs of Portland’s new water filtration plant – one of the most expensive municipal projects in the city’s history – will rise an additional $450 million, running the total to more than $2.5 ...
The New York Times

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are toughening eligibility requirements for patients in drug assistance programs. By Apoorva Mandavilli Tens of thousands of ...