There Is Nothing Wrong With Healthcare Profits
The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed.
The problem with American healthcare is not the existence of greed.
Those blood pressure pills could do more harm than good.
The US is rapidly becoming a high out-of-pocket healthcare system, often with disastrous results.
Antibiotic prescribing is rampant, even among asymptomatic patients.
American healthcare is ridiculously expensive.
I don’t know how many coaches told me “no pain, no gain.”
Ken Mishark is a hospitalist at the Mayo Clinic who formerly served as a physician in the military. Early in his career, he interviewed for a job in the CIA. That experience might explain why he paid attention when the CIA declassified a manual it had developed on how to conduct “enhanced interrogations”. As he…
If you get insurance through your employer, you don’t have to worry about whether insurance will cover maternity care. The company is required to do so by law. But that doesn’t mean the insurer will be very generous. Because in the United States, having coverage doesn’t mean you’re well-covered. Employers are increasingly corralling their employees into high…
African Americans make up 13% of the country’s population, but only 4% of American physicians are black. This lack of racial diversity in the profession is tragic, denying this prestigious career to many worthy people and undermining the health of many African Americans, who are more likely to receive important medical services when they’re cared for by black…