The fate of national healthcare is in the US Supreme Court’s hands—again

January 8, 2020 ACA, Affordable Care Act, health, health insurance, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, politics

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No Obamacare replacement 3 years after Trump’s promise to ‘immediately’ change it

December 30, 2019 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, Medicare, News, obamacare, obamacare repeal, politics, trump, World

Nearly three years after taking office, Americans still are waiting for Trump's big health insurance reveal. Prescription drug prices have edged lower, but with major legislation stuck in Congress it's unclear if that relief is the start of a trend or merely a blip.

Health insurers unhappy with denied claims argue case at the Supreme Court

December 10, 2019 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Government, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, US healthcare

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Insurers take Obamacare fight to SCOTUS, demanding $12 billion from the US

December 7, 2019 ACA, Government, health insurance, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, politics

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Google is secretively collecting health data, and American workers should be worried

November 26, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health, health insurance, healthcare, News

Earlier this month, Google confirmed it is collecting the comprehensive health histories of millions of Americans, through a partnership with the largest nonprofit health system in the US. This news should concern us all, but especially anyone who isn’t self-employed.

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The hosts of capitalism’s biggest party endorse the social safety net

May 4, 2019 health care, healthcare, inequality, News, politics, US politics

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Are Democrats changing too quickly—or just catching up with Republicans?

April 7, 2019 Affordable Care Act, congress, Democrat, Democrats, Donald Trump, healthcare, News, politics, Republican

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Democrats and Republicans agree on some surprising issues, but not on how to solve them

March 21, 2019 climate-change, Democrats, healthcare, News, Republicans, trump, US politics

Americans are deeply divided along political lines, and most believe that polarization will only get worse in the future, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Still, the poll also found a surprising degree of overlap between the two...

Bad UX is keeping hospital prices lists opaque despite new transparency law

January 15, 2019 healthcare, Medicare, medicine, News, US healthcare

Thanks to new US law, we now know the standard price for a cotton ball at the New York Presbyterian Hospital is $1.15. The list price for a skull X-ray at Orlando Health is $695 and NYU Langone’s average charge for a heart transplant is $1,698,831.13.

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Finally, US hospitals will have to post their prices online

December 27, 2018 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, medicaid, Medicare, News

Astronomical hospital bills are a trope of American health care. Hospitals in the US are known for charging exorbitant fees for simple procedures, and for adding baffling entries to discharge bills. Notorious examples include the woman who was charged $40 to hold her newbo...