March 11, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Average monthly premiums for families with employer-provided health coverage in California’s private sector nearly doubled over the last 15 years, from just over $1,000 in 2008 to almost $2,000 in 2023, a KFF Health News analysis … Read More
March 11, 2025
(Rolling Stone) – Finally, on Dec. 9, a name was released. The primary suspect was Mangione. The details made public about the 26-year-old only exacerbated the frenzy around the crime. This was not a person living on the fringes of … Read More
March 10, 2025
(NBC News) – Changes this year to Tricare, the military’s health care program, have brought cascading disruptions to millions of service members, their families and network providers nationwide. About 16,000 health care providers on the East Coast alone have not … Read More
March 10, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Williams is one of nearly 3 million Americans who live in mostly rural counties that lack both health care and reliable high-speed internet, according to an analysis by KFF Health News, which showed that these people … Read More
March 10, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 10, 2025
Bioethics (vol. 39, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
March 7, 2025
(NBC News) – Losing a baby late in pregnancy is more common in the South than in other regions of the United States, according to a new report given exclusively to NBC News. The difference is dramatic: Compared with other … Read More
March 7, 2025
HEC Forum (vol. 37, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
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
