Taking this piece from “MedPage Today,” a site that I follow from time to time when the articles are interesting. I had worked in various segments of the medical supply and pharmaceutical industry planning the needs of various product. It is interesting enough to keep one on their toes. Not much of a surprise in […]

You shouldn’t have to pay $thousands for healthcare. You should be able to obtain healthcare at a reasonable cost. Millions of citizens have been pushed out of healthcare programs as they were disqualified. There was a time in the past when healthcare costs were better. It has become more of a profit center for corporations. […]

Beating a constant drum here of the Quality and Expense for United Staes healthcare. This short piece by CEPR’s John Schmitt offers excellent and simple graphs presenting the detail of healthcare in the United States versus other countries. Simplistic graphs and numbers for the United States and measured along with other countries. The issue is […]

With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits expiring January 1st, 2026, many Americans enrolled in ACA exchange plans were facing increasing significant premium payments. CBO (Congressional Budget Office) did project a permanent extension of the enhanced tax credits would result in increases in the number of people with health insurance by 3.8 million in 2035. […]

I started drinking coffee when I was in high school. Back then, it was either instant coffee or percolator coffee. One Christmas when I was in college, my parents gifted me a coffee grinder and Melitta drip coffee pot and ceramic filter holder. That’s what I’ve used ever since. Turns out, it was a health […]

What private equity typically does when they buy into a company in trouble? Typically, they will strip a company of assets. What Matt is writing about is the application of public utility rules to control their methods of business, Rules are not open to interpretation as are laws. I have not seen this piece by […]

A lengthy piece with plenty of diagrams to assist in understanding. This brief gauges Medicaid enrollees’ perspectives on their health insurance, based on findings from KFF’s Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance, fielded February 21 through March 14, 2023. “A Look at Navigating the Health Care System: Medicaid Consumer Perspectives,” KFF – by Amaya […]

Just like the ICE paramilitary wilding has nothing to do with public safety, the RFK Jr attacks on mRNA vaccines have nothing to do with public health. “The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines and has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots.“Several […]

I had measles as a child, before the vaccine. I survived with no discernible sequelae. My daughter got the vaccine, along with all the other childhood vaccines, also with no discernible sequelae. Now, thanks to the anti-vaxxer propaganda and the RFK Jr policy of sowing doubt about the benefits and safety of vaccines, the population […]

Heather at Crooks and Liars writing about a conversation between Robert Kennedy and Dana Bash. “Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nonsense that Robert F. Kennedy is supposedly “at the very front of” vaccine advocacy was too much for the usually passive Dana Bash to stomach. Here’s Oz trying to pretend that Kennedy isn’t a raging lunatic antivaxxer […]