A problem that can be ignored no longer
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Concerned physician: "I have been amazed and frankly a bit outraged at the apathy that this chronic problem has engendered."
Ignoring a solution to chronic drug shortages
Market-based solutions have failed to work. Yet having the government manufacture some of the drugs remains the option that no one considers. Why not?
Think twice before throwing doctors to the wind
Should nurse practitioners continue to supplant doctors in the provision of primary care, despite the substantial additional training that doctors receive?
Equally free to sleep under the bridge
Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw, writing in The New York Times, wants you to believe that a worker's acceptance of a job for no more than minimum wage and a person's acceptance of a pre-ACA, bare bones insurance policy reflect voluntary arrangements. Even a moment's consideration shows there is nothing genuinely voluntary about either of these arrangements.
Out-of-network coverage in New York? We left it up to the insurers
In most of New York State, it doesn’t matter what “metal level” you pick: you can’t get an individual or family health insurance plan on the state’s exchange that provides coverage for out-of-network physician care. How did the exchange come to be designed without a requirement of such coverage?
Out-of-network coverage in New York? We left it up to the insurers
In most of New York State, it doesn’t matter what “metal level” you choose: you can’t get an individual or family health insurance plan on the state’s exchange that provides coverage for out-of-network physician care. How did the exchange come to be designed without a requirement of such coverage? That’s what the insurers chose. And some advocates for better health care are concerned.
Even best medical reporting infected with “make do” bias
"Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures" is important reading and met some of its ambitions. But the article overplayed over-treatement and underplayed under-treatment, failed to appreciate the importance of searching for the best treatment, and needlessly overdramatized price variability.