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U.S. Healthcare Delivery Remains On A Collision Course With Failure, As Hospitals Continue To Flout Price Transparency Rules
There is no easy fix to get us to a new market-based model in healthcare, but greater transparency must be the centerpiece of any reform.
At The Upcoming GOP Presidential Debate, Candidates Must Address A U.S. Healthcare Delivery System In Crisis
Healthcare spending & insurance costs continue to skyrocket. Debate moderators can’t afford to let those vying for the nation’s highest office evade this critical issue.
Politicians Are At War With The Pharma Industry. And Patient-Consumers Will Be The Losers
Without a focused effort to clearly make the case for the true value of medicines and drug innovation, consumers’ negative perceptions about the industry will persist.
Mass Layoffs Continue Across The Biotech Sector. What Does This Mean For Pharma’s Future?
For the past two decades, the biopharma sector has witnessed the shedding of hundreds of thousands of jobs, and all signs point toward an acceleration of these losses.
Amazon Clinic Expands Nationwide. Will It Get Us To A New Patient-Centric Healthcare Delivery Model?
Amazon has a long track record of disruption, and this latest move demonstrates that a more convenient, accessible, affordable, transparent healthcare model is possible.
Short-Term Health Insurance Is In President Biden’s Crosshairs. What Does The Administration Fear? Quite A Lot
Consumers are shouldering more of their healthcare costs and looking for alternatives. The last thing we need is a regulatory proposal that could leave many uninsured.
How Can We Fix Drug Shortages? Let’s Start By Re-Examining Big Pharma’s Relationship With Wall Street
A closer look at Wall Street uncovers the root of a much deeper problem. All of this was predictable, and it has come at a high cost.
More States Mandate Nurse-To-Patient Staffing Ratios In Another Desperate Attempt To ‘Fix’ A Broken Healthcare Delivery System
While hospitals should have staffing guidelines to ensure patient and clinician safety, attempts to legislate outcomes have not yielded good results.
BJC Healthcare Eyes $10 Billion Union With Saint Luke’s Health System: Is Consolidation Healthy Or A Case Of ‘Too Big To Fail,’ Too Big To Care?
Given the size and revenue of these institutions it raises the question of what consolidation can achieve that such an already large system can’t achieve on its own.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Fix Healthcare’s Staffing Crisis. Here’s Why Clinicians Are Saying No Thanks
There are no easy solutions to fix a broken healthcare system that’s expensive, inefficient and confusing to navigate, but government incompetence has only made it worse.
