Category Archives: Health care

On the Primacy of the Physician-Patient Relationship, From an Unlikely Source – The Attorney General of Nebraska

On the slippery slope of curtailing a doctor’s ability to treat his patient.

New York City Retirees Refusing to Eat the Medicare Advantage Dogfood

Savvy New York City retirees have worked out that Medicare Advantage sucks.

Officials Double Down on “Let ‘Er Rip” Strategy, Placing Undue Faith in Vaccines as Regions With High Vaccinations Suffer Infection Spikes

Public health officials are again placing too much faith in vaccines as they end key international travel restrictions.

Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans

The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

Community Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.

Clinics are owed tens of millions of dollars, at minimum, for shots they’ve given since the vaccines received emergency authorization.

WHO Approved a Malaria Vaccine for Children – a Global Health Expert Explains Why That Is a Big Deal

WHO approves first ever malaria vaccine.

Sleep and the Covid-19 Pandemic

An unsystematic survey of the effect of SARS-COV-2, the virus, on sleeping individuals; and the effect of COVID-19, the disease, on populations.

Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors

Disputes between insurers and hospitals are nothing new. But this fight sticks more patients in the middle, worried they’ll have to pay unresolved claims.

Book Review: The ‘Mystery’ Illnesses Informed by Culture

Illness may be even less straightforward than you think.

Mzukisi Qobo: The Old Mantra About Growth Has Reached Exhaustion

A perspective from the Global South on the end game for growth.

Why America Needs a National Program of Paid Sick and Family Leave

Family leave is productive as well as humane, but American management has been keen to keep its boot on workers’ necks.

Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children

New reasons to be wary of acetaminophen.