Paying attention to the mental health effects of lockdown
Even though we have saved lives by locking down, we still have to address the effects of this decision on our country's mental health. More
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Why the pandemic has energized hospital unions
During the pandemic, unions representing front-line medical staffers have stepped forward to advocate aggressively on behalf of their members. In some cases, they've won paid sick leave and hazard pay—and nonunion workers are watching. More
To understand who’s dying of Covid-19, look to social factors like race more than preexisting diseases
The MIT researchers’ key finding is that the underlying reasons for the link between race and death rate are not the usual suspects. More
The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals
Two major study retractions in one month have left researchers wondering if the peer review process is broken. More
Pharma sales reps still visiting doctors in the pandemic
Visits from pharmaceutical sales reps haven't stopped during the pandemic--they've just moved online... More
She Survived the Coronavirus. Then She Got a $400,000 Medical Bill.
Patients who were treated for the virus are largely supposed to be exempt from receiving large bills. One hospital erroneously sent one. More
Medical bias: From pain pills to COVID-19, racial discrimination in health care festers
Discrimination in the health care system contributes to the stark disparities seen in how COVID-19 sickens and kills patients of color, experts agree. More
Haifa Doctors Confess: Patients Are Pushed to Get Unneeded Surgery, and the Damage Is Devastating
Doctors within the ear-nose-and throat department at Rambam hospital speak up about a lucrative procedure they say is being done unnecessarily and in a slipshod manner, and about department heads whom they say insist indiscriminately on operating More
It’s Time for a New Kind of Electronic Health Record
We need to shift from reactive to preventative care. More
‘Obsessed with staying alive’: Inmates describe a prison’s piecemeal response to a fatal Covid-19 outbreak
The outbreak at a California prison — described by inmates to STAT — show how a piecemeal response and prison conditions have fueled the virus' spread. More
Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag
The COVID-19 patient, from West Seattle, has insurance and so isn't on the hook for the vast majority of the charge. But the gold-plated cost highlights one reason why American health care is so hard to reform. More
How Rich Investors, Not Doctors, Profit From Marking Up ER Bills
TeamHealth, a medical staffing firm owned by private-equity giant Blackstone, charges multiples more than the cost of ER care. All the money left over after covering costs goes to the company, not the doctors who treated the patients. More
White coats and black lives: Health care workers say ‘racism is a pandemic too’
Some black doctors work amid the coronavirus pandemic but feel the threat of racism is greater, More
Fee for service is a terrible way to pay for health care. Try a subscription model instead
Paying for health care with a fee-for-service model incentivizes billable treatments over healthy and efficient outcomes. More
Why virtual care will outlast the pandemic
With millions of people suddenly video chatting their doctors, there's pressure on Washington to make telehealth a permanent option. More
Using Stories To Mentally Survive As A COVID-19 Clinician
The practice of narrative medicine helps health care professionals hear the life stories behind a patient’s immediate complaints. More
For Black youth, a time of upheaval takes a toll on mental health
These young people — three of them new college graduates — are feeling overwhelmed and discouraged during this moment of national upheaval. More
John Ioannidis and Medical Tribalism in the Era of Covid-19
The critical questions the Stanford professor is raising about Covid-19 have gotten lost amid partisan bickering, write Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer.
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U.S. Health Care Puts $4 Trillion in All the Wrong Places
America has failed the Covid-19 test, and it’s the accumulated result of policy and market decisions. More
U.S. states accuse 26 drugmakers of generic drug price fixing in sweeping lawsuit
Twenty-six drug manufacturers were sued on Wednesday by the attorneys general of most U.S. states and several territories, which accused them of conspiring to reduce competition and drive up generic drug prices. More