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...

Read Nancy Pelosi’s statement on the court ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act

December 15, 2018 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health, health insurance, healthcare, law, mitch-mcconnell, News, obamacare, politics, texas

The Affordable Care Act was overturned Friday night (Dec. 14) by a federal judge in Texas, who declared it unconstitutional in light of recent changes to the US tax code.

While the decision is expected to move on to the US ...

When it comes to longevity, we should look to the East, not the West

December 12, 2018 doctors, health care, health insurance, healthcare, medicaid, Medicare, News

This story is part of What Happens Next, our complete guide to understanding the future. Read more predictions about the Future of Aging.

The longevity era has arrived—and it looks different to your grandparents’ generation.

If you’re 65 ...

The most screwed-up employee perk in America (and the man who just might fix it)

December 10, 2018 Affordable Care Act, Government, health insurance, healthcare, medicine, News, obamacare, politics, US healthcare

The last time Atul Gawande started a company, he named it after a Greek myth.

Ariadne Labs, based in Boston, Massachusetts—where Gawande also works as a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and teaches at Harvard—has been trying since 2012 to innovate in an area that has historically resisted innovat...