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Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide.
In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center…
When It Comes to Ketamine, Meta’s Posting Policy Is No Party to Decipher
People keep talking about ketamine. The drug has become a favorite of celebrities, billionaires, and ordinary patients, many of whom view it as a potential miracle drug for depression and other mental health conditions.…
Biden Is Right. The US Generally Pays Double That of Other Countries for Rx Drugs.
Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Joe Biden on Feb. 22, 2024, at a campaign reception
It’s well documented…
Why Even Public Health Experts Have Limited Insight Into Stopping Gun Violence in America
Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell.
Nearly every day of 2024 so far has brought more…
Cómo la muerte de un amigo hizo que adolescentes de Colorado se volvieran activistas contra las…
Gavinn McKinney amaba las zapatillas Nike, los fuegos artificiales y el sushi. Estudiaba Potawatomi, uno de los idiomas de sus ancestros nativos americanos. Le encantaba cargar a su sobrina y oler su aroma de bebé. En su…
Why Hospitals in Many States With Legal Abortion May Refuse To Perform Them
Many states that tout themselves as protectors of reproductive health care, including California, Michigan and Pennsylvania, have little-noticed laws on the books protecting hospitals that refuse to provide it.
The laws…
Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using billing software “rigged”…
Statistical Models vs. Front-Line Workers: Who Knows Best How to Spend Opioid Settlement Cash?
MOBILE, Ala. — In this Gulf Coast city, addiction medicine doctor Stephen Loyd announced at a January event what he called “a game-changer” for state and local governments spending billions of dollars in opioid settlement…
Biden’s Got a Taker for One of His Gun Safety Proposals: California
California could give President Biden a political win this year on gun violence.
State senators passed sweeping legislation in January that would toughen gun storage requirements, embracing a White House priority that has…
California Pushes to Expand the Universe of Abortion Care Providers
California’s efforts to expand access to abortion care are enabling more types of medical practitioners to perform certain abortion procedures — potentially a boon for patients in rural areas especially, but a source of concern…