Sick And Desperate: How GoFundMe Exposes America’s Failing Health System
Our expert explains why crowdfunding isn’t filling the gap left by America’s broken healthcare system.
The Nursing Home Shortage Is Going To Leave Many Of Us Without Care
Dr. Michael Barnett offers different solutions and advice on how to prepare for when it affects you.
Can We Fix Our Healthcare System Without Starting From Scratch?
Dr. Amy Finkelstein, a professor of economics, has a plan that aims to please both sides of the political divide.
How Safety Net Hospitals Increase Access to Health Care
Dr. Ricardo Nuila discusses why the safety net hospital model may be more effective than the standard, privatized healthcare approach.
New Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Category
Many people who need hearing aids never get them, in part because they currently require a prescription and expensive treatment. An expert discusses the FDA’s new proposed category of over-the-counter hearing aids.
Medical Notes: October 10, 2021
An analysis finds vaccinations could have prevented more than 340,000 Covid hospitalizations in the U.S. A new study finds people with weakened immune system still get an immune response from Covid vaccination. And finally, turns out sugar is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup?
Medical Notes: Week of May 9, 2021
The injection of nanoparticles deep into the brain can produce relief for those with chronic pain and depression. Then, diagnoses for the four most common cancers take a big jump when people hit age 65. And finally, a new study shows that narcissistic people pump themselves up only because deep down inside, they don’t believe they’re any good.
Examining “Medicare For All”
Two Congressional plans, one from each side of the political spectrum, are competing to blow up the current healthcare system. Here experts examine one of them—the left’s bid to replace private insurers with a government-run single-payer plan labeled “Medicare for All.” Alternatives may include bolstering the Affordable Care Act, or getting rid of it …
Tackling High Drug Prices
The White House has rolled out a plan to reduce the cost of prescription drugs nationally. Experts and those involved discuss elements of the plan and how it might work.
Medicare Tackles the Opioid Epidemic
Experts discuss the new limits on Medicare prescriptions of opioids, and whether the limits will cause more pain for patients or if they will hinder the temptation to overprescribe.
Rural Hospital Closures
Experts discuss the need for rural healthcare and the close link between hospitals and community economics.
Alternatives to Opioids for Pain
The crisis with opioid painkillers is making doctors look at alternative medicine therapies for a substitute for these drugs.
