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By Melissa Bailey, KHN.org, FEBRUARY 4, 2020. Excerpts from the original article. Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes,… Read More
By Sydney Lupkin, NPR Shots, Jan 14, 2020. The Food and Drug Administration has gotten faster at approving new prescription drugs over the past four decades, but the evidence it relies on in making those… Read More
Do Medical Bills Really Devastate America’s Families? BY KIMBERLY AMADEO, the Balance, Updated November 19, 2019. Medical bills are reported to be the number one cause of U.S. bankruptcies. One study has claimed that 62% of bankruptcies were… Read More
From The Davis Law Group, Feb. 19, 2019. Because of the multi-million dollar lawsuits and disciplinary sanctions that typically result from medical errors and other forms of hospital negligence, it has long been understood that… Read More
By Liz Szabo, KHN, October 22, 2019. When Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens made an appointment for a mammogram last year, she expected a simple breast cancer screening ― not a heavy-handed sales pitch. A receptionist asked… Read More
Researchers Find Racial Bias in Hospital Algorithm By Melanie Evans & Anna Wilde Mathews, The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2019. Black patients were less likely than white patients to get extra medical help, despite… Read More
While private capital is bringing innovation to health care through new delivery models, technologies, and operational efficiencies, there is another side to investors entering health care. The impact of their common business model of buying,… Read More
By Marty Makary, Newsweek Opinion. Oct.10,2019. It’s hard to think of a worse way to pay for health care than our current system. Imagine if travel websites listed flights with no prices, as airline companies… Read More