July 8, 2024

SCOTUS Ruling Strips Power From Federal Health Agencies Hosted by Julie Rovner June 28, 2024   In what will certainly be remembered as a landmark decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority this week overruled a 40-year-old legal precedent that required judges in most cases to yield to the expertise of federal agencies. It is unclear

AHCA Files Lawsuit Against Federal Staffing Mandate May 24, 2024   ​​​​​​​​WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association (AHCA), joined by the Texas Health Care Association (THCA) and several Texas long term care facilities filed a lawsuit late Thursday in the Northern District of Texas against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs By Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson June 21, 2024   Americans are paying too much for prescription drugs.   It is a common, longstanding complaint. And the culprits seem obvious: Drug companies. Insurers. A dysfunctional federal government.   But there is another collection of powerful forces

Leaked documents reveal patient safety issues at Amazon’s One Medical By Caroline O’Donovan June 15, 2024   Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited training — that failed on more than a dozen occasions to seek immediate attention

Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities by Associated Press June 26, 2024   Racial and ethnic inequities in healthcare are found in every state in the U.S. despite the passage of legislation intended to improve health outcomes for minorities and increased awareness of healthcare disparities over the past two

For a Solidarity State By Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor June 2, 2024   On a summer afternoon in 1966, an estimated six thousand welfare recipients rallied around the United States in twenty-five cities. Children in tow, the women held forth in public squares, marched on state capitols, and occupied local welfare offices as part

Critiquing Project 2025 By Jim Kahn June 26, 2024   Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise”, released in April, threatens to replace modern American values with a retrograde vision. This 900-page action plan proposes a rapid, broad, and enduring transformation. It lays out sweeping policy shifts that favor the wealthy and undermine support

California voters will decide who wins on health care tax: Gavin Newsom or doctors By Kristen Hwang (CalMatters) July 5, 2024   A two-year cash influx or a long-term investment? Come November it will be up to California voters whether to lock billions of special tax dollars into Medi-Cal — the state’s health insurance program

Viewpoint: The pediatrician pipeline is shrinking By Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) July 3rd, 2024   Fewer medical school students are entering pediatric residencies after graduation, marking a troubling trend that could exacerbate the current shortage of pediatricians, Aaron Carroll, MD, wrote in a July 1 op-ed for The New York Times.   Dr. Carroll, a pediatrician