September 24, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 10, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Healthcare
September 20, 2024
The Price War in Weight-Loss Drugs Is Here
(Wall Street Journal) – Makers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are offering discounts to encourage more insurance coverage of the medicines A price battle has broken out in the hot market for weight-loss drugs. Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, the … Read More
September 20, 2024
A New Edition of Developing World Bioethics Is Now Available
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 24, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 19, 2024
U.S. health system earns poor grades for efficiency
(Axios) – The United States has one of the most inefficient health care systems among high-income countries, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund. Why it matters: Administrative hurdles like requirements that insurers sign off on care before … Read More
September 19, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 9, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 18, 2024
Private Equity Drives Up U.S. Medical Debt: Report
(Axios) – Private equity’s expanding role in billing, tracking and collecting payments for health care is exacerbating America’s medical debt problem, a new report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project concludes. Why it matters: PE-owned “end-to-end” service providers squeeze consumers … Read More
September 18, 2024
A New Edition of Nursing Ethics Is Now Available
Nursing Ethics (vol. 31, no. 5, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 16, 2024
DIY Medicine Draws Frustrated Patients to Online Forums
(Axios) – Patients are increasingly joining online communities to learn how to make pirated versions of abortion pills, GLP-1s and other prescription drugs and medical treatments. Why it matters: It’s an outgrowth of frustration with high prices and bottlenecks in … Read More
September 13, 2024
Americans Clicked Ads to Get Free Cash. Their Health Insurance Changed Instead.
(Wall Street Journal) – Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans were unknowingly signed up for government-subsidized health insurance, often lured by social-media ads falsely promising cash for daily expenses, according to insurance agents, court documents and federal officials. Insurance agents … Read More
September 12, 2024
Hospitals Are Safer Than They Were Before the Pandemic: Study
(Axios) – Improved safety practices led 200,000 more patients to survive hospitalization in 2023 and 2024 than they would have four years earlier, per a new analysis on patient safety from the American Hospital Association and Vizient. Why it matters: … Read More
September 12, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 7, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 11, 2024
“I Don’t Want to Die”: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network
(ProPublica) – Ravi didn’t know it, but he, like millions of Americans, was trapped in a “ghost network.” As some of those people have discovered, the providers listed in an insurer’s network have either retired or died. Many other providers … Read More
September 11, 2024
Aetna’s Denial of Gender-Affirming Care Taken to Court
(Axios) – A class-action complaint claims Aetna violated federal non-discrimination law by denying coverage of certain gender-affirming surgeries. Why it matters: The lawsuit filed Tuesday cites civil rights protections in the Affordable Care Act that are currently being challenged by … Read More
September 9, 2024
Medicare Data Breach Bared info of Nearly 1M People
(Axios) – The personal information of nearly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries may have been exposed in a data breach last year, when an unauthorized third party accessed a file transfer system used to handle medical claims. (Read More)
September 9, 2024
Should You Be Weighed at Work? The New Midlife Health Checks
(The Telegraph via MSN) – Are you too busy to go to the doctor’s, or just don’t see it as a priority? As of next year, thousands of people will no longer have an excuse: the doctor’s will be coming … Read More
September 6, 2024
Patients Suffer When Indian Health Service Doesn’t Pay for Outside Care
(KFF Health News) – When the Indian Health Service can’t provide medical care to Native Americans, the federal agency can refer them elsewhere. But each year, it rejects tens of thousands of requests to fund those appointments, forcing patients to … Read More
September 5, 2024
An Agonizing Dilemma: When Obesity Prevents a Joint Replacement
(New York Times) – Many doctors say it is too dangerous to perform the common surgeries on people with high body mass indexes, but patients say they are facing discrimination. While the science of body mass index is frequently criticized, … Read More
September 3, 2024
Health Shrinkflation: Patients Wait More for Less
(Axios) – The U.S. spends more on health care than almost anywhere else. But increasingly patients are getting less in return, and enduring long waits to get not as much face-time with their clinician. Why it matters: Shrinkflation is hitting … Read More
September 3, 2024
The Cost of Senior Care: Why Aging Farmers Fear the Nursing Home
(NPR) – A third of Americans 65 and older will need a year of nursing home care in their lifetime, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. A semiprivate room today can cost some $8,700 per month — … Read More
September 3, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 1, no. 9, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 2, 2024
A New Edition of Hastings Center Report Is Now Available
Hastings Center Report (vol. 54, Issue 4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 30, 2024
A New Edition of Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy Is Now Available
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 27, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 29, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 27, 2024
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 3, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 26, 2024
Why I Left The Network
(ProPublica) – They studied, honed their skills and opened practices, joining health insurance networks that put them within reach of people who couldn’t afford to pay for sessions out of pocket. So did more than 500 other psychologists, psychiatrists and … Read More
