by Claudia Boyd-Barrett Credit: CC0 Public Domain Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, has hit a record 1.8 million enrollees and the number could climb higher ahead of a Jan. 31 open enrollment deadline, due in large part to enhanced subsidies that have made plans more affordable. But the state’s progress in extending health...
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Deep flaws in FDA oversight of medical devices, and patient harm, exposed in lawsuits and records
by Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLiving with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insulin reservoir, which...