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Health insurance costs are a major factor in access to health coverage in the United States. The rising cost of health insurance leads more consumers to go without coverage [1] and increase in insurance cost and accompanying rise in the cost of health care expenses has led health insurers to provide more policies with higher deductibles and other limitations that require the consumer to pay a ...
A new study finds even people over age 75 can get heart benefits from statins. Previously most clinical trials evaluating statins have not included people in this age group.
These guidelines recommend statin therapy for adults between forty and seventy-five who have diabetes, high cholesterol levels, or an estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk ...
[citation needed] Annual cost to the UK National Health Service (NHS) in 2018, for 5–40 mg rosuvastatin daily (of one person) was £24-40, compared to £10-20 for 20–80 mg simvastatin. [ 38 ] In 2013, it was the fourth-highest-selling drug in the United States, accounting for approximately $5.2 billion in sales. [ 39 ]
The rate of increase in both health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs have declined in the employer-based market. For example, premiums increased at an annual rate of 5.6% from 2000-2010, but 3.1% from 2010-2016. An estimated 155 million persons under the age 65 were covered under health insurance plans provided by their employers in 2016.
A new way of determining heart disease risk may result in millions fewer people getting prescriptions for statins, according to new research. Heart doctors warned, however, that more information ...
[5] [65] Over 5 years of treatment statins result in 75 cases of diabetes, 7.5 cases of bleeding stroke, and 5 cases of muscle damage per 10,000 people treated. [34] This could be due to the statins inhibiting the enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase), which is necessary to make cholesterol, but also for other processes, such as CoQ 10 production, which ...
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