David Ryder/Getty Images The NIH — the nation’s premier funder of biomedical research — announced late Friday that it will immediately slash support for “indirect costs” paid to universities, medical centers, and other research grant recipients. The agency noted that it has historically supported indirect costs with funds that averaged at around 27% of the...
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‘Financial ruin is baked into the system’: Readers on the costs of long-term care
by Jordan Rau and Reed Abelson, KFF Health News Credit: RDNE Stock project from PexelsThousands of readers reacted to the articles in the “Dying Broke” series about the financial burden of long-term care in the United States. They offered their assessments for the government and market failures that have drained the lifetime savings of so...
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Cost now biggest turn-off to smoking
by University of Queensland 48% of Australians who successfully quit smoking in 2019 said their main motivation was the rising cost of cigarettes. Credit: Pexels Rising cigarette prices have overtaken health concerns as the biggest motivator for people to cut down or stop smoking. Researchers from The University of Queensland analyzed national survey data and...
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US drug prices are costing us more than we think
by Neil Schoenherr, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Aduhelm, the first new Alzheimer’s drug in 18 years, could easily become the best-selling drug in Medicare, despite its potential massive cost and tremendous uncertainty about whether the drug even works, says Rachel Sachs, the Treiman Professor of Law and nationally...