Category: Policy

Inside The Alzheimer’s Scandal: Why Is There Still No Cure?

The Alzheimer’s scandal: Why is there no cure for this dread disease?

Student loan forgiveness: a key step in achieving health equity for minority physicians and patients

As student loan forgiveness awaits a decision from the Supreme Court, the Department of Education has launched a program that can forgive student loan debt for over 40,000 Americans and ease student debt burdens for up to 3.6 million borrowers. As this…

Close The Border To Canadian Health Care

Canada’s healthcare system was once the country’s pride and joy. But as the program enters its seventh decade, public opinion is starting to turn.

The slippery slope of legal assisted suicide and euthanasia

We began with terminally ill patients, but the slippery slope is alive and well, smothered in oil. The Western world is increasingly advocating for the advancement of legal euthanasia, and this is a huge mistake. In their quest, advocates for legally a…

Bringing Modernized Kidney Care To The Home: How Monogram Health Is Transforming Polychronic Care

Founded and incubated by Frist Cressey Ventures, Monogram Health is on the forefront of transforming the long stagnant kidney care industry, where more than one in seven adults in the U.S. — nearly 37 million people — are living with chronic kidney dis…

The CHIPHIT complex and the future of health care: Can we create a low-cost, high-quality system?

The high cost, low quality, and systemic inequities of the U.S. health care system have prompted its redesign. The current health care system is now controlled by consolidated health care institutions, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and…

Healthcare Priorities For The Next Congress

If lawmakers are interested in actually improving the nation’s healthcare system, there are several reforms that can command bipartisan support.

Iranian women’s rights movement faces brutal retaliation from government

A 23-year-old girl reached out to me, a medical professional, seeking advice. “I’m not afraid of them killing me,” she said, referring to the torture and rape that men and women endure in Iranian prisons. “What I’m afraid …

Nearly 28% Of Mainland China Arrivals At Taiwan’s Busiest Airport Test Positive For Covid Sunday

A wave of Covid outbreaks in mainland China are leading to increased testing of travelers from the country.

Let teens self-consent to vaccines

I still remember the exhilaration I felt upon learning that my peers and I could finally return to our in-person classrooms. After a year of Zoom lectures, asynchronous exams, and more, the prospect of seeing each other again thrilled us. However, we h…