Category Archives: Health care

How Chinese Investors Inflate Housing Markets in the US, Canada, and Australia, as Governments Try to Stem the Tide

How Chinese money is distorting home prices in major cities around the world, and how local authorities are starting to intervene.

China Rx: How the US Depends on China for Its Drugs

Why does China need a military? It could bring the US to its knees in months by withholding shipments of drugs and drug ingredients.

Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration Continues

An impending IT debacle at the Veteran’s Administration, and a bipartisan effort to privatize it.

Do Fewer Settlements by Pharmaceutical Companies Mean Even Less Accountability for Their Execs?

Drug company settlements with the Feds, which never were very tough to begin with, are also becoming less frequent.

Beware the So-Called Mental Health “De-Stigmatization” Campaigns such as Make It OK and NAMI, for They Are Front Groups for Big Pharma

On the unsavory role of mental health advocacy groups.

California Hospital Giant Sutter Health Target of Anti-Trust Suit, Legislation for High Prices. Will It Set a National Precedent?

Will California officials succeed in curbing aggressive pricing by hospital network Sutter Health? Could these efforts set a precedent for other markets?

What’s the Matter With Kansas Medicaid?

Bad news and good news from the Kansas Medicaid system (with special attention to Maximus, the health care body shop).

Trump Vows (Again) To Lower Drug Prices But Skeptics Doubt Much Will Change

Why Trump’s drug price plan is unlikely to accomplish much.

20% of Inmates in California Jails on Psychotropic Medications

Why are inmates in California jails being medicated at much higher rates than in the past?

The Failure of the CMS “Innovation” Center and the Future of Neoliberalism

Of the 37 programs funded by the CMS Innovation Center over the last decade, only two have been found worth of expansion.

Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles – Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services

As hard as it may be to believe, health care industry corruption is increasing, as measured by revolving door appointments.

A Tale Of Two CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

Hospital consolidation and high deductibles combine to drive up prices.