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U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined

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trillion in federal and state health care expenditures in 2022 — about 41% of the nearly $4.5 American taxpayers footed the bill for at least $1.8 trillion in both public and private health care spending the U.S. recorded last year, according to the annual report released last week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Why the biopharma ‘IPO playbook’ changed in 2022

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Biopharma IPOs have puttered in 2022, particularly compared to the record-breaking previous year, but they might be set to rebound.

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U.S. pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after Covid spike

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fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests. In 2022, there were 733 maternal deaths, according to preliminary agency data, though the final number is likely to be higher. NEW YORK — Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. More than 1,200 U.S.

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U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

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The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers  said Wednesday. NEW YORK — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the Covid-19 pandemic. But even with the large increase, U.S.

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STAT’s most memorable photos of 2022

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Reflecting back on our favorite photographs from 2022, we are struck by how many portraits were in our selection. This year, more than others, the strength of individuals was at the center of our visual journalism.

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STAT+: The prices of 8 drugs were hiked without proof of new benefits, costing the U.S. $1.2 billion in 2022, report finds

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During 2022, drugmakers substantially raised prices on eight widely used medicines without any new clinical evidence to justify the increases, leading patients and health insurers in the U.S. to spend an additional $1.2 billion last year, according to a new report.

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STAT+: Hospital systems’ investment income perked up at end of 2022

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Large hospital systems’ investments rebounded heavily in the final quarter of 2022, according to a new STAT analysis of financial filings. STAT analyzed the financial documents of 37 tax-exempt, not-for-profit health systems covering the last three months of 2022.

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