March 6, 2025
(New York Times) – The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns. Florida’s insurance regulator has demanded an unusually intrusive trove of data on millions of prescription drugs filled in the state … Read More
March 6, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 5, 2025
(New York Times) – Some commercially insured patients stand to save $150 per month on Wegovy, a popular obesity medication. Patients on Medicare and Medicaid are not eligible. Novo Nordisk will cut the price of its blockbuster weight loss medication … Read More
March 4, 2025
(KFF Health News) – The Justice Department’s years-long court battle to force UnitedHealth Group to return billions of dollars in alleged Medicare Advantage overpayments hit a major setback Monday when a special master ruled the government had failed to prove … Read More
March 3, 2025
(Axios) – Black and Hispanic people paid more in out-of-pocket costs for maternal care than Asian and white people with the same commercial insurance, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found. Why it matters: Black mothers in the … Read More
February 25, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 24, 2025
(New York Times) – Luigi Mangione faced a hearing on Friday as supporters planned a rally outside a Manhattan courthouse. Some Americans have found a hero in the man accused of vigilante murder. Supporters, some of whom have championed his … Read More
February 24, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Doctors retain a high ranking in terms of honesty and ethical standards among Americans, but trust levels have fallen markedly since 2021, according to Gallup’s annual professions ratings. About 53% of those polled in 2024 gave … Read More
February 24, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 21, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Civil probe of diagnoses that triggered extra payments to the company’s Medicare Advantage plans adds to scrutiny of the healthcare giant The Justice Department has launched an investigation into UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices in recent … Read More
February 21, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 17, 2025
(ProPublica) – The story of Zolgensma lays bare a confounding reality about modern drug development, in which revolutionary new treatments are becoming available only to be priced out of reach for many. It’s a story that upends commonly held conceptions … Read More
February 17, 2025
The Linacre Quarterly (vol. 92, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 14, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Nothing sweeps us off our feet like a health policy valentine. Readers showed their love this season, writing poetic lines about surprise medical bills, bird flu, the cost of health care, and more. Here are some … Read More
February 13, 2025
(Associated Press) – The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and he was then sworn in as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs … Read More
February 13, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Patients who contest denials face a daunting process, but many are successful. ‘This appeal saved my life.’ Health insurers process more than five billion payment claims annually, federal figures show. About 850 million are denied, according … Read More
February 13, 2025
(Politico) – The Colorado case underscores the broader struggle of states — many of which are facing budget shortfalls this year — that cover weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for state workers. Over the past three years, a growing … Read More
February 12, 2025
(Axios) – More than half of U.S. employees have chronic health conditions, and three-quarters of those workers have had to spend time managing their health on the job in the past year, a new Harvard poll found. Why it matters: As policymakers focus more on chronic … Read More
February 11, 2025
(Axios) – A New York City academic medical center is drawing unexpected fire from doctors, patients and others in health care for buying a pricey Super Bowl ad touting its services. Why it matters: NYU Langone’s ad comes amid heightened scrutiny of nonprofit … Read More
February 7, 2025
(NPR) – For years, people like Valdez have often been left to fend for themselves when seeking health care services after their release from jail, prison, or other carceral facilities. Despite this population’s high rate of mental health problems and … Read More
February 7, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 5, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
February 3, 2025
(Knowable Magazine) – A movement to provide hospital-level care for sick patients in their own beds, in the comfort of familiar surroundings, is growing in the United States — a trend already embraced in some other countries A while back, … Read More
January 31, 2025
(BBC) – A gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease, with a price tag of £1.65m, is to be offered to patients on the NHS in England. About 50 people a year with the inherited blood disorder are likely to receive … Read More
January 30, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 24, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
