Dr. Joshua Liao explores how public health leaders should stick with indoor masking policies to avoid decision fatigue that could weaken the response.
Category: Policy
Medicare And Medicaid Turn 56 Today. That’s Not Exactly Cause For Celebration.
The legacy of Medicare and Medicaid after 56 years is one of relentless growth — in enrollees and in spending.
Health literacy: the missing piece to caregiver support and empowerment
Caregiving in the United States has reached a crisis due to an aging population, a lack of investment in a professional caregiving infrastructure, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors pushed millions of Americans out of the workforce and into a car…
Health literacy: the missing piece to caregiver support and empowerment
Caregiving in the United States has reached a crisis due to an aging population, a lack of investment in a professional caregiving infrastructure, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors pushed millions of Americans out of the workforce and into a car…
Major medical groups back mandatory COVID vaccine for health care workers
Medical groups’ calls for COVID-19 vaccination mandates for health care workers reached a fever pitch on Monday, with the American Medical Association (AMA), American Nurses Association, and 55 other organizations joining the chorus supporting ma…
Should Medicare pay for Aduhelm?
In June, the FDA approved aducanumab (Aduhelm) to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease using the agency’s accelerated approval pathway, despite significant concerns about the evidence regarding the drug’s safety and effectiveness. …
Prior authorization reform for health care coverage takes center stage
One of the leading reasons for provider frustration is prior authorizations. The insurance companies initially created prior authorization (prior auth) to keep down the cost of care when a service fee was the primary payment method for payers. However,…
Diagnosis: malformation of a health care system
In recent years, we have seen a magnificent increase in the accuracy of medical diagnoses. As the most compelling example, l propose the diagnosis provided by our country’s top clinicians with regard to what ails our health care system. Seasoned vetera…
We’ve had a single-payer health system all along
It’s one of the largest integrated health care systems in the United States. It takes care of over nine million patients in 170 hospitals within nearly every state. Its patients are on average, older, sicker, and more disadvantaged than the rest of the…
Declining Vaccine Efficacy—Particularly Among Older Individuals—Prompting Pfizer’s Emergency Booster Request, Former FDA Chief Says
Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the United States “probably missed the window” to provide the follow-up doses before a summer wave of infections.
