by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Thoughts: Physicians “Rationing” Health Care Nine physician panels have recommended less testing of patients presenting with various conditions and diseases and less treatment…

…Medicaid (healthcare coverage for low-income Americans). It also shapes how the private healthcare insurance market operates. But unlike other advanced countries, we do not have universal guaranteed healthcare. Too many…

…needs to be taken early in the course of illness before symptoms are severe.  This means that supplies will be woefully inadequate during the Omicron wave.  Severe rationing seems to…

…. . . Recent Quartz article on Private Label and Brand name. Private-label brands are having a moment in 2024, and it’s no coincidence that some of the biggest winners…

…Option. In other words, the healthcare industry will lie to the public. A Bit of Healthcare History Advocacy I do not recall the minutia of the healthcare insurance campaign in…

by cactus Forbes and the “Self-Made” Label I’m kinda busy these days, but this topic is small pet peeve of mine: what the heck is up with Forbes and the…

…have to submit articles.” Off-label use of drugs is big business. According to The Wall Street Journal, “[FDA] is stepping into a high-stakes business issue, because off-label uses of prescription…

…unreasonable cases, but if it is reasonable that the off-label use of the drug might have caused the damage, then the encouraged off-label use would lead to an assumption of…

…many families have lesser amounts of healthcare paid for by healthcare insurance due to the healthcare industry consolidation, resulting in higher prices. The formation of ACOs was to lead to…

…healthcare insurance and/or Medicare Advantage and ACOs? Commercial Healthcare Insurance and Medicare Advantage are “not” the equivalent of Medicare or the VA healthcare models. Some advocates are actively promoting the…