Philip Longman and Udit Thakur write for The Washington Monthly about non-profit hospitals that put revenue ahead of social mission. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) refused to stop...
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Coronavirus: Older workers might be forced to retire early
Older adults working in jobs that put them in close contact with others might be forced to retire early as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Miller reports for The New York Times on the...
Fear of Covid-19 should not keep you from getting needed care
For the last four months, in-person medical appointments have been cancelled or postponed. Older adults have missed routine checkups, preventive screenings. They have delayed elective surgeries and...
Private equity succeeding at keeping Congress from ending...
People with Medicare are among the only Americans with health insurance who are spared surprise medical bills. Everyone else lives in fear of going to an in-network hospital and not being able to...
Hospital rates out of control with private health insurance
Hospital rates are out of control for people with private health insurance. Medicare, in sharp contrast to private health insurers, has the power to rein in provider rates for its recipients, even...
Coronavirus: Face masks and face shields
You’ve likely already read a lot about the value of wearing a face mask when you are in public spaces. You’ve read less about face shields. Here’s what some experts are saying. You...
Artificial intelligence machines can prompt physicians to...
StatNews reports on how artificial intelligence machines are prompting physicians to discuss end-of-life issues with their terminally ill patients. At its best, artificial intelligence leads...
Novartis, Sanofi and Pfizer engaged in illegal kickbacks and...
There’s a long history of pharmaceutical companies engaged in bribery and other illegal activities. The pharmaceutical industry routinely puts its interests before the public health every way...
Coronavirus: Pharmaceutical companies raise prices on COVID-19...
Between January and June of this year, pharmaceutical companies increased prices on 245 drugs, in a series of price hike similar to price hikes in 2019, according to a new report from Patients for...
Coronavirus: How “pool testing” could help
The novel coronavirus is not going away at the moment. Tens of thousands more people are getting infected. And, the US has not yet figured out how to successfully control its spread or to test...