How Nutrition “Science” Made the US and Other Countries Fatter
A deep dive into how an unproven nutrition theory, that saturated fats cause heart disease, became gospel, to the public’s detriment.
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One-Third of Puerto Rico Won’t Have Christmas Tree Lights Because They Still Don’t Have Power
Lack of power in Puerto Rico, with ripple effects on the water supply, air pollution, and hospitals
Read more...From Employer Coverage to Single Payer Health Insurance
A simple proposal for overcoming an obstacle to implementing single-payer insurance.
Read more...Pharma Impunity and the Opioids Crisis
Legal liability and opioids crisis: Why do the big fish always seem to get away? Will state lawsuits make a difference?
Read more...Class and Beyond: Case-Deaton’s “Deaths of Despair,” Embodiment, and Neoliberal Epidemics
Can a theory of epidemiology put a stake in the heart of neoliberalism — and identity politics?
Read more...Churning, Confusion And Disruption — The Dark Side Of the ObamaCare Marketplace
The task of finding new insurance annually undermines the continuity of care for people with ongoing medical needs or chronic conditions. (Not to mention being an insanely stressful pain in the [family blog].)
Read more...Will Ketchup Again Count as a Vegetable? USDA Delays School Lunch Rules
USDA delays compliance with some school lunch rules. Other steps needed to reduce food waste and provide healthier options.
Read more...Science Suggests We’re Making Fish Homicidal Through Antidepressants We Flush Into the Water
First a lobster with a Pepsi tattoo, now fish made mad by meds in the water.
Read more...The Role of Medicaid Managed Care in the Rise of Common Chronic Childhood Conditions
Has Medicaid’s new managed care model increased diagnoses of ADHD and asthma?
Read more...“The Medical Cost Reduction Act of 2017”
A set of proposed laws targets some of the worst forms of medical price gouging.
Read more...Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs
Spending on urine screens and related genetic tests quadrupled from 2011 to 2014 to an estimated $8.5 billion a year — more than the budget of the EPA
Read more...Alex Azar: Can There Be Uglier Scenarios than the Revolving Door?
Alex Azar isn’t only corrupt; he could be the point man on the Administration effort to crapify the health care system via regulatory change
Read more...Health Care: Pain City in the Burbs
The suburbs are home to 44% of the overall population and 38% of the uninsured population. The uninsurance rate among suburbanites is 15%.
Read more...The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
How the marketing model the Sackler family developed to promote OxyContin is being applied to one of their pet causes, charter schools.
Read more...Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger
UserFriendly recommended this Real News Network report, in which Bill Black gives a high-level view of how structural issues contribute to America’s inflated health care costs. AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is reportedly making […]
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