California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
California joins the list of states trying to choke health industry profiteering via spending limits. Can it work?
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Preparing for Collapse: Why the Focus on Climate/Energy Sustainability Is Destructive
Energy and climate sustainability are hopium. However, it may be possible to preserve a semblance of our techno-driven civilization.
Read more...IM Doc on the Accelerating Decline in American Medicine
On the rot in US medicine….and as you might expect, it started from the head.
Read more...Masks Work, Our Comprehensive Review Has Found
Finally, a rigorous study on mask use shows definitively that masks do indeed work, as in reduce transmission of respiratory diseases.
Read more...Gresham’s Law Comes for Science
Science publication has become so corrupted that entire journals have been shut down over running fake research. How did we get here?
Read more...Word of the Day: Don’t Say “Covid Pandemic.” Say “Covid Syndemic”!
“‘Tis a mystery,” except not!
Read more...Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
American hospital officials often insist that lawsuits and other aggressive collections, though unsavory, are necessary to protect health systems’ finances and deter freeloading. But at Rochester Regional, ditching these collection tactics hasn’t hurt the bottom line.
Read more...Climate Change Is Affecting Mental Health Literally Everywhere
How climate change exacts a psychological toll, and what if anything to do.
Read more...Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.
For millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.
Read more...Work Longer, Die Sooner! America’s Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
Experts describe how requiring U.S. seniors to work in their old age often threatens their health and well-being.
Read more...An Iowa Farm County Seeks Answers Amid Cancer Rates 50% Higher than National Average
More evidence on cancer clusters in the Corn Belt, and the difficulty of rallying official interest and help.
Read more...Tuberculosis Emergency in California After Death in Homeless Shelter Outbreak; Follows Chicago Migrant Shelter Cluster and Earlier IM Doc Anecdata
The rise in tuberculosis cases as an indictment of US public health and immigration policy.
Read more...Could WHO’s Technical Report on “Pathogens That Transmit Through the Air” Already Be Obsolete, Two Weeks After Its Release?
WHO’s terminology and WHO’s science are both questionable.
Read more...AC, Power Banks, Mini Fridges: Oregon Equips Medicaid Patients for Climate Change
Health insurers like Oregon’s Medicaid find it cost effective to give patients equipment to protect them from heat as well as wildfire smoke
Read more...FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Health Care Price Fixing
The FTC’s Lina Khan is loaded for bear and targeting potential (as in probable) tech-facilitated price collusion in health care.
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