December 1, 2025
(Rolling Stone) – As the murder suspect’s legal battle continues, some fans swoon online while activist groups make him the face of health care and social-justice reform IN THE WORLD OF MANGIONE SUPPORTERS, there are different factions. There are those … Read More
December 1, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Darragh’s family doesn’t have health insurance, leaving them on the hook for the full charges. Their income is a bit too high for them to qualify for Medicaid, the public health program that covers low-income … Read More
November 28, 2025
(Politico) – Charities that help people pay for care say demand is way up. That’s before scheduled Medicaid and Obamacare cuts take effect. Financial assistance from the HealthWell Foundation, one of the largest charities in the country, is already 23 … Read More
November 26, 2025
(NPR) – The federal government has announced the results of the latest round of Medicare drug price negotiations: 15 lower drug prices for Medicare to go into effect in 2027. Medicare will get a 71% discount on Ozempic, Wegovy and … Read More
November 25, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Long-term involuntary treatment is back. Is it working? For the past 50 years, the city has tried to hide from this problem in much the same way Ashley hides from her own. The general consensus in America … Read More
November 25, 2025
(The New Yorker) – When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. On May 25, 2024, my daughter was born at 7:05 in the morning, ten minutes after … Read More
November 21, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 15, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 18, 2025
(WSJ) – Many doctors listed in insurer networks treat few or no Medicaid recipients, leaving patients with long waits; ‘Don’t get sick.’ Private Medicaid insurers dominate the government healthcare program that covers more than 70 million low-income and disabled Americans. … Read More
November 18, 2025
(Virginia Quarterly Online) – But buried beneath this evergreen drama of illness and cure, the promise of miracle biotech breakthroughs and heroic survivorship, is the story of how American business interests helped to steer politicians away from stopping the cancer … Read More
November 14, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 14, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 5, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue S1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
November 3, 2025
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 51, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 31, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 13, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Maine Family Planning’s closures are among the first visible signs of what health leaders call the biggest setback to reproductive care in half a century. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population … Read More
October 27, 2025
(Axios) – Manufacturers of pricey wound-care products are squaring off with alliances of hospitals, doctors and other providers who care for Medicare patients over an effort to curb program spending on the high-tech bandages. Why it matters: Politically connected interests … Read More
October 27, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 12, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 22, 2025
(WSJ) – Higher spending on chronic diseases, weight-loss drugs and hospital bills help drive the increase The cost of health insurance rose steeply for a third year in a row in 2025, reaching just under $27,000 for a family plan, … Read More
October 21, 2025
(STAT News) – The changes are due to provisions that will exempt or delay certain drugs from pricing negotiations The Congressional Budget Office has revised its forecast showing the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost taxpayers as … Read More
October 20, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 15, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 10, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 9, 2025
(NBC News) – Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling. It’s a practice called “downcoding.” Insurance companies — in Wagner’s case, Aetna — automatically downgrade the claims a … Read More
October 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers The rehabs are often in locations that people might be tempted to travel … Read More
October 7, 2025
(New York Times) – In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues. For years, studies and news … Read More
October 6, 2025
(AP) – Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi uncovered … Read More
