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Duke Health Fires ER Doctor Who Questioned Racism Pledge – Commentary
By Mike Markham Duke University Health System fired Dr. Kendall Conger, an emergency room physician in its Raleigh, North Carolina hospital, for questioning Duke’s 2021 “pledge” against racism in medicine. Conger stated his views in a May 2023 Martin Center article, “Duke Health’s Antiracist ‘Pledge’ is Not Guided by Science.” Conger, a respected member of…
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Obamacare Premiums Rise Again, No End in Sight
Some 324 Obamacare insurers across the 50 states and the District of Columbia are proposing a median premium increase of seven percent for 2024, according to an annual analysis by Peterson and KFF. Growth in health care prices, increased utilization, and the costs of diabetes and weight-loss drugs are among the reasons health insurance companies…
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Survey: Doctors Find Assisting Suicide ‘Rewarding’
A new survey indicates that 71 percent of U.S. physicians who perform physician-assisted suicide (PAS) find the practice “rewarding.” The survey published by Academic Medicine included 28 graduates of a residency program offering training in medical aid in dying (MAID). Of the twenty-one who responded, twelve were practicing MAID where it has been permitted. Seven…
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Hospitals Push Invasive Birth Control on Black Patients, TIME Reports
Physicians in Alabama are pushing intrauterine devices and arm implants for birth control on patients who are black, Latina, or low-income, TIME magazine reports. An article published in the magazine in May focused particularly on the experiences of black Medicaid recipients in Alabama who were encouraged to use long-acting, reversible contraceptives (LARCs)—either intrauterine devices (IUDs) inserted…
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Bloomberg’s ‘Free Medical School’ Renews Debate on Causes of Doctor Shortage
Billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg’s $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins Medical School in July has brought renewed attention to the doctor shortage in the United States and the role of clinical training programs for medical school graduates. “In the wake of the pandemic, Congress passed legislation funding 1,000 new graduate medical education (GME) residencies, but…
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Family Pleads with Hospital to Save Football Player, Blames Organ Harvesting
The family of a college football player claims a North Carolina hospital let him die in order to harvest his organs. Terrance Howard, aged 19, from Texas, was struck by a car after he got out of his own vehicle to check on others after a minor crash while driving to Salisbury, North Carolina. While…
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How to Win on Health Care Messaging – Commentary
In almost all recent polling, voters say health care is their number one concern. Voters also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue. But why? Obamacare is the most flawed health system Americans ever created. If you combine the average premium and the average deductible people faced last year, a family of four with Obamacare insurance had to spend…
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Health Care Takes a Back Seat on the Campaign Trail
Grace-Marie Turner, president and founder of the Galen Institute, is one of the nation’s leading voices on health care reform. Turner has been the force behind the Health Policy Consensus Group, a forum where some of the best minds in health care policy discuss possible solutions. Many of these ideas came together in Health Care…
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Direct Primary Care: If You Build It, They Will Come – Interview
Photo, May 2022, CHC Newaygo Surgical Center Grand Opening Seven years after first opening its doors, Christian Health Care Centers (CHC), based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will open its third direct primary care practice (DPC) in the spring of 2025, bringing its capacity to about 4,400 patients. Founder Mark Blocher talked to Health Care News…
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Actor’s Death Raises Alarm about Off-Label Use of Anesthetic
A federal court has indicted and charged five individuals for contributing to the death of actor Matthew Perry by providing him with the anesthetic ketamine. On October 28, 2023, Perry was found floating face-down in his hot tub. An autopsy later revealed his death had been caused by “acute effects of ketamine.” Perry, a star…
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