HHS Aims to Lower Drug Costs, Fund Public Health Preparedness in Budget Proposal Another goal of FY 2025 budget is to protect reproductive healthcare, behavioral health workforce Mar 12, 2024
MedPAC Wrestles With How to Fix Deep Flaws in Medicare Advantage Quality Metrics Comparing MA plans with fee-for-service quality called "a hornet's nest" Mar 11, 2024
Banning Gain-of-Function Research Would Do Far More Harm Than Good A House-passed bill could stifle the potential for revolutionary medical advancements Mar 11, 2024
Paul Offit on the Causes and Legacy of COVID Misinformation "It's OK to say that you didn't get it right the first time. Science is a process of evolution." Mar 11, 2024 video
Are Regulators Finally Waking Up to the Threat That Is UnitedHealth Group? Anti-competitive practices harm patients, providers, and the economy Mar 09, 2024
Paul Offit on Vaccine Science, COVID's Future, and the Anti-Vax Movement "You're seeing a real pushback against the kind of weapons that are needed in public health" Mar 08, 2024 video
The Ethos of Emergency Medicine Hangs in the Balance A Supreme Court ruling could impact how pregnant patients are treated in certain states' EDs Mar 08, 2024
Biden Defends Reproductive Rights, Touts Drug-Pricing Law in State of the Union President says attacks on IVF, like January 6, are "another assault on American freedom" Mar 08, 2024
Trump-Obama Doc's Bad Behavior; Alzheimer's Drug Delayed; Death After Testicle Kick Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Mar 08, 2024
Probe Into Private Equity in Healthcare Launched Federal agencies invite public comments Mar 06, 2024
Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told Use of "hybrid" payment model urged Mar 06, 2024
Man Gets 217 COVID Shots; 'Parrot Fever' Deaths; Biden Graded on Health Issues Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Mar 06, 2024
Most Doc Groups Unhappy With Proposed Congressional Budget Deal Measure would restore some, but not all, of the cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Mar 04, 2024
Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System Don Berwick says MA growth "should be slowed or stopped" Mar 01, 2024
MedPod Today: Are MA 'Extras' Used? USMLE Cheating Scandal; Keto for Mental Health 番茄社区 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Mar 01, 2024 podcast
Biden 'Continues to Be Fit for Duty,' His Doctor Says "Nothing different than last year," president says after undergoing annual physical Feb 29, 2024
Monthly U.S. Abortions About the Same as Before Roe Was Overturned, Report Finds #WeCount report says numbers down in states with bans, up in states without Feb 28, 2024
Biden's Annual Physical Results Will Be Closely Watched as Election Nears Last year, doctors declared Biden "healthy, vigorous" and "fit" Feb 28, 2024
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization? Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says Feb 23, 2024
Faster Cures, More Genetic Treatments: A Q&A With NIH's Joni Rutter The NCATS Biomedical Data Translator is giving researchers ideas for new disease therapies Feb 23, 2024
How Beneficiaries Really Feel About Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare MA plans offer "extra benefits" but many go unused. Is Medicare Advantage really better? Feb 22, 2024
There's Still Time to Switch Medicare Advantage Plans This Year Beneficiaries have until March 31 to find a new plan; doctors should check plans, too Feb 21, 2024
Contraceptive Counseling: Providers Need More Training, Experts Say Three-part discussion recommended Feb 21, 2024
Abortion Rights Opponents, Supporters Seize on Report That Trump Pushes 16-Week Ban Trump's campaign called the report "fake news" Feb 20, 2024
States Target Health Insurers' Red Tape Around Prior Authorization Pending bills in multiple states include policies backed by the AMA Feb 19, 2024
VA Can Be a Leader in Healthcare AI, Lawmakers Say But the department must balance innovation with a measured approach Feb 15, 2024
Lawmakers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety at House Hearing Purpose of CDC's VAERS reporting system debated Feb 15, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
White House Post-Mortem: What Really Killed 5 Presidents? In honor of Presidents Day, we examine several still-debated early presidential deaths Feb 15, 2024
'Humbling, Exhausting, Exhilarating': The Life of AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld Some of the most meaningful experiences happen in unexpected places, he says Feb 14, 2024
Not Passing a Bill to Fix Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Is 'Appalling,' Lawmaker Says Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, also talks about prior authorization, violence against health workers Feb 13, 2024
CDC Changing COVID Isolation Recs; Former PM Opts for Euthanasia; Plant-Based Diets Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Feb 13, 2024
State Reports Human Plague Case; Lloyd Austin Admitted Again; Man Dies Mid-Flight Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Feb 12, 2024
Two Obscure Cases about Fish May Disempower Health Agencies SCOTUS appears poised to substitute its judgment for that of career scientists Feb 10, 2024
Senators Thrash Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed "corrupt" system, well-paid lobbyists Feb 09, 2024
Biden's Memory Lapses; Pharmacist Dies on the Job; Arrested for Brain Bleed? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Feb 09, 2024
Medical Schools Push Back on 'March-In' Rights Plan to Lower Drug Prices But Dems, FTC pledge support, offer recommendations to bolster guidance Feb 08, 2024
Publisher Retracts Three Abortion Studies Two of the studies were cited by a federal judge in the case against the abortion pill Feb 08, 2024
Fauci Will Reflect on Long Government Career in Upcoming Book "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" will be published in June Feb 08, 2024
Trader Joe's Food Alert; DEA Reverses Decision; Going Maskless Is Not Free Speech Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Feb 08, 2024
