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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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Influenza Could Be the Next Public Emergency, HHS States
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra issued a notice stating the agency has the authority to declare a public emergency over influenza type A viruses and those influenza A viruses with “pandemic potential.” The notice, issued on July 24, states if a national emergency resulting from this broad class of viruses is…
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States Can Take Nine Steps to Improve Health Care
The Heartland Institute, which co-publishes Health Care News, published an updated version of its American Health Care Plan (AHCP) in September that identifies steps states can take now to improve health care costs, access, and quality instead of waiting for Washington, DC to act. The 2024 edition, “American Health Care Plan: State Solutions,” includes nine…
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Medicare Price Hike Becomes a Headache for Biden-Harris Administration
The pending announcement that seniors enrolled in the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage plans will have to pay substantially higher monthly premiums has the White House scrambling to shield the cost ahead of November’s presidential election. The price hikes will be posted in late September and are expected to triple by 2025. To cushion…
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Biden’s Nursing Home Staffing Mandate Hit with Lawsuit
A Biden administration rule setting minimum staffing levels at nursing homes has been hit with a lawsuit. Biden’s regulation could require 80 percent of the 15,000 nursing homes certified for Medicare and Medicaid long-term care in the United States to hire more workers. The industry is fighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
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