John Oliver’s latest Last Week Tonight does a brilliant job of explaining all that’s wrong with UnitedHealth. Through chilling patient stories and expert reports, Oliver explains...
Diane Archer
You’re never too old to run
In case you thought otherwise, you’re never too old to run. Even older adults can withstand a running routine, according to Adam Tenforde, a sports medicine physician at Mass General Brigham...
2026: Nursing home beds becoming harder to find
Paula Span reports for The New York Times on how nursing home beds are becoming harder to find. Nursing homes are closing or cutting the number of usable beds they make available. More and more of...
UnitedHealthcare relies heavily on prior authorization despite...
UnitedHealth talks the talk about cutting prior authorization requirements but, in fact, continues to rely heavily on them. Yes, UnitedHealth volunteered to cut 30 percent of its prior authorization...
Trump administration promotes AI for medical care...
There’s no question that it can take time to see a doctor in the US, whether you have insurance or not, regardless of which insurance you have. Is the solution to speed up access to AI to diagnose...
Six Democratic Senators introduce bill to stop the corporate...
Six Democratic Senators just introduced the Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act, which would prevent corporate entities from buying up doctors’ practices and directing how they practice...
What happens when companies don’t perform FDA-mandated...
In order to get some prescription drugs to market quickly, the FDA will approve them provisionally. The FDA will then require more data from their manufacturers, through additional long-term studies...
Nearly one in three Americans struggle to pay their medical...
More than people in any other wealthy country, Americans struggle to pay for their health care, reports The Commonwealth Fund in a new report. The lack of guaranteed coverage for all in the US means...
More hospitals dropping Medicare Advantage plans, favoring...
Katie Adams reports for MedCity News on hospitals dropping Medicare Advantage, which is administered by corporate health insurers, and steering patients to traditional Medicare, which is administered...
Memory: How it works and still fails us
We depend upon our memory for pretty much everything we do. It reminds us who we are, what we’ve done, and how to protect ourselves. That said, our memories are not always accurate. Samantha Laine...