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May 12, 2025

The Price of Remission

(ProPublica) – When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked … Read More

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May 12, 2025

Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

(New York Times) – CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients. Tens of thousands of Americans will soon be … Read More

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May 9, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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May 8, 2025

Kennedy launches US autism project using Medicare and Medicaid data

(Reuters) – Federal health agencies will create a database of autism patients enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid that researchers will use to study the causes of autism spectrum disorder, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said … Read More

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May 8, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 15, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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May 6, 2025

UnitedHealth Now Has 1,000 AI Use Cases, Including in Claims

(Wall Street Journal) – But artificial intelligence on its own will never deny a claim, assures the insurer’s chief digital and technology officer UnitedHealth Group said it now has a thousand artificial-intelligence applications in production, leaning into a technology that’s … Read More

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May 6, 2025

UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers

(New York Times) – The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds. … Read More

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May 2, 2025

Survey Reveals Alarming Rates of NHS-Related Healthcare Harm

(Medscape) – Much remains unknown about the harm linked to poor healthcare systems and lack of access to care. A survey of more than 10,000 individuals conducted by Michele Peters, PhD, senior researcher at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, … Read More

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May 2, 2025

U.S. Delays Hospital Payments as Medicaid Scrutiny Intensifies

(Wall Street Journal) – Unexpected delays in billions of dollars of supplemental Medicaid payments have forced some hospitals across the country to cut costs including laying off staff and pausing payments to medical suppliers. Hospital associations in at least 10 … Read More

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May 2, 2025

A New Edition of The Linacre Quarterly Is Now Available

The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 92, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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May 1, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 14, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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April 30, 2025

New Articles from BMC Medical Ethics Are Now Available

BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:

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April 22, 2025

The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE

(The Atlantic) – Can an Alabama health clinic survive Musk’s “chainsaw for bureaucracy”? People called the clinic Cahaba, which was short for Cahaba Medical Care, a larger system that was managing to get doctors into some of the poorest, sickest, … Read More

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April 21, 2025

ACA preventive care case reaches Supreme Court

(Axios) – Five years of legal battles over the Affordable Care Act’s preventative services mandate will come to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, in a case that will decide if millions of Americans will continue to have … Read More

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April 21, 2025

Arkansas PBM law could spur lookalike restrictions

(Axios) – At least half a dozen states are weighing new restrictions aimed at limiting pharmacy benefit managers’ ability to influence drug prices, including prohibitions on steering business to affiliated pharmacies. Why it matters: With Congress gridlocked on PBM legislation, … Read More

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April 21, 2025

A New Edition of American Journal of Law & Medicine Is Now Available

American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 50, no. 3-4, 2024) is available online by subscription only.  Articles include:

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April 18, 2025

Luigi Mangione indicted in federal court in CEO killing

(NPR) – Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury in Manhattan federal court. The charges include two counts of stalking, one firearms offense and murder through use … Read More

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April 18, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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April 17, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 12, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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April 14, 2025

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”

(ProPublica) – Reporting Highlights: Shortchanged: Blue Cross Louisiana OK’d mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital’s full bills. For some claims, it paid nothing. Exceptions: Blue Cross denied payments for thousands of procedures … Read More

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April 11, 2025

A New Edition of Clinical Ethics Is Now Available

Clinical Ethics (vol. 20, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only.  Articles include:

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April 10, 2025

Medicare Bleeds Billions on Pricey Bandages, and Doctors Get a Cut

(New York Times) – Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers. Made of dried bits of placenta, the paper-thin patches cover stubborn wounds and can cost thousands of dollars … Read More

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April 10, 2025

A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available

The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 11, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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April 9, 2025

Rural Hospitals and Patients Are Disconnected From Modern Care

(KFF Health News) – Greene County residents are some of the sickest in the nation, ranking near the top for rates of stroke, obesity, and high blood pressure, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Read More

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April 9, 2025

Menopause makes it on the policy map

(Axios) – More than 20 bills focused on menopause care have been introduced across at least 13 states so far this year. Why it matters: Menopause education isn’t just having a moment. Changes that could permanently reshape insurance coverage and … Read More

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