“…eruptions of public rage have shadowed the American health care system for decades.” Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It’s Rarely Produced Big Change. Among the biggest-grossing films in America in February 2002 were a war drama about American troops […]
Author: Mark Wrede
“…immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy would improve and their incomes might increase under Trump, and for some that outweighed concerns about health care.” Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes […]
New Code WACK! episode What questionable justifications did a major insurance company giveto repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor? The Tricks & Trapsof Medicare‘Disadvantage’ Plans Featuring Diljeet K. Singh, MD […]
“In common vernacular, ‘surgery’ evokes images of physicians and nurses leaning over an operating table, gowned and masked, as they address a problem deep in the body. Removing an appendix or a tumor. Replacing a knee. … More and more minor interventions, however, have […]
“A federal judge in North Dakota has ruled in favor of 19 states that challenged a Biden administration rule allowing — for the first time — enrollment in Affordable Care Act coverage by people brought to the U.S. as children without immigration paperwork, known as ‘Dreamers.’” […]
New Code WACK! episode What questionable justifications did a major insurance company giveto repeatedly deny coverage to treat a baby’s brain tumor? Forsaken? The Problem withFor-Profit Health Care Featuring Eunice Stallman, MD Find us […]
“Health officials in California and across the nation are on edge about the possibility of large-scale Medicaid cuts being enacted as soon as next year. Such cuts would have an outsize impact in the Golden State, whose 14.7 million Medi-Cal enrollees exceed the entire populations of all […]
“More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility….” 9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump […]