The U.S. spends more on health care than any other high-income country but has the lowest life expectancy. The U.S. has the highest suicide rate among wealthy nations. By Roosa Tikkanen and Melinda K. Abrams,
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Our profit-driven healthcare system is broken and your life, as well as your savings, are at risk. One in five Americans has medical debt in collections, which results in over 500,000 people a year declaring bankruptcy (62%
Article Summary: Regulators of a pharmacy board faulted four locations in Oklahoma, a rare action that followed complaints at drugstore chains across the country. By Ellen Gabler, The New York Times, Jul 16, 2020. In… Read More
By Gina Kolata, The New York Times, Jun 17, 2020. Unbeknown to most patients, their race is incorporated into numerous medical decision-making tools and formulas that doctors consult to decide treatment for a range of… Read More
By Jay Hancock, NPR, Apr 27, 2020. Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. The number of COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas,… Read More
By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network, MARCH 2, 2018. The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for the day. Four hours later, Paulina Tam started gasping for air. Internal bleeding was cutting… Read More
By Ken Alltucker and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today, Oct.22, 2019. More than 1 in 3 outpatient surgery centers employ doctors who are not board-certified in their respective medical specialty, according to a survey by the… Read More
By Christopher Cheney, Healthleaders, Nov. 1, 2019. A watchdog group has identified the top four risks for patient safety at ambulatory care settings, according to a new report. Ambulatory care facilities such as physician offices… Read More
By Paula Span, The New York Times, October 14, 2019. It’s such a common routine in a doctor’s office or clinic or hospital that patients tend to comply without thinking: Step on the scale, roll
By John Kelly and Alison Young, USA TODAY. March 7, 2019 | Updated 11:43 a.m. ET June 28, 2019 Shantel Smith developed an infection after a stillbirth at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans in 2011. In… Read More