Category Archives: Health care

Judge Issues $572 Million Verdict Against J & J in Oklahoma Opioids Trial: Settlements to Follow?

Judge issues $572 million verdict in J&J opioids trial. Some settlements of multiple pending lawsuits will likely follow.

Hedge Fund Chatham Sends Nastygram Over NY Post Removal of “Parked Transaction” in Piece on Questionable Deals Involving American Media, Owner of National Enquirer. CalPERS Too.

Hedge fund Chatham is might upset about a phrase we picked up from a New York Post article on Chatham funds’ investment, including a CalPERS fund, in the parent of the notorious National Enquirer.

A Brush With A Notorious Cat, My Rabies Education And The Big Bill That Followed

A rabies ripoff.

Even Larry Summers Denounces World Bank’s “PEF” Ebola Bonds That Enriched Investors at Expense of the Sick in the Congo

The World Bank wants to double down on financial gimmickry rather than develop the public health infrastructure to combat pandemics.

Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks To Let Medicare Patients Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

A Medicare lawsuit winding its way through the courts should take some of the wind out of the sails of the idea of Medicare in its current form as a good way to implement single payer.

How New York City Has Worked to Protect People from the Deadliest Disaster: Heat

New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from heat.

U.S. Healthcare Industry Could Be Decimated by China Trade War

One way China could mess with the US.

Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net

A PR campaign presenting the consumer fraud known as surprise billing as beneficial doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Private Equity: The Perps Behind Destructive Hospital Surprise Billing

How private equity ginned up yet another abuse.

Hospitals Squeal Like Stuck Pigs Over Trump Proposal to Force Disclosure of Insurance Company Discounts

A Trump proposal to force some price transparency on hospitals has them hopping mad.

‘People are Dying’: Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada With an Insulin Caravan

Sanders puts the hot lights on the disgrace of insulin prices in the US.

Rising Emissions Are Robbing Us of Nutrients

Yet another reason to combat carbon emissions: More of them = less healthy food.

‘This Is the Beginning’: New Study Warns Climate Crisis May Have Been Pivotal in Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbug

How rising temperatures helped create superbug C. auris and may turn other fungi lethal.