U.S. health care system must become fully autonomous
About 20 years ago, I stepped on stage at one of our Geisinger town halls and looked out…
1 in 3 Hong Kong commercial laundry operators at risk of closure as oil prices soar
As many as a third of laundry companies serving corporate clients in Hong Kong could shut down due…
Why Thousands of City Workers Could Lose NewYork-Presbyterian Coverage
Approximately 40,000 New York City civil servants, retirees and their dependents may lose in-network coverage at NewYork-Presbyterian’s hospital…
Health care giants are trimming jobs, not driving employment growth
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Health insurers are expanding into GP services. Here’s why it could be a threat to Medicare
In the United States, it is not uncommon to see GP clinics with signs saying, “No Medicaid patients”…
21-year-old who couldn’t balance after holiday died three months after diagnosis
Doctors had told James he wasn’t seriously ill and gave him exercisesNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)…
Massachusetts hospital EDs have a mental health ‘boarding’ problem
Those numbers have improved slightly in recent years — wait times over 12 hours for mental health patients…
Video shows what happened to baby after mum took sertraline in pregnancy
Beth had been told it would be safe, but her video shows the resultNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money…
New guidelines for life-sustaining treatment proposed in Japan
The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and three other academic societies in the country have proposed new guidelines…
How a 340B successor might arise from the drug price negotiations
The 340B drug discount program requires manufacturers to sell drugs to safety-net hospitals at deep discounts, so they…
‘NHS hospital secretly sedated me and wouldn’t let me leave my bed for a week’
Dementia patient Andy Woodhead reveals how the NHS secretly sedates them and and prevents them leaving their hospital…
Regional patient ‘effectively ramped’ for almost three days waiting for care
Every morning Mick and Suzi Evans take a moment to enjoy a cuppa and check in before a…