Category: Policy

Germany Will Pay $662 Million To Holocaust Survivors Struggling Because Of The Pandemic

The funds add to the $4.3 million distributed in the spring to agencies that care for survivors.

Billionaire Ray Dalio’s Foundation Funds $50 Million ‘Health Justice’ Center To Curb Health Disparities Affecting Minorities

Dalio Philanthropies is partnering with NewYork-Presbyterian to launch a new center for health justice.

Senator Shares Story Of Wife’s Abortion To Underline Stakes Of Supreme Court Nomination For Women’s Health

Peters is the first sitting senator to share a personal experience with abortion, according to Elle.

Putting A Mirror Up To Obamacare

The Supreme Court has repeatedly declared Obamacare constitutionally sound, and it’s unlikely that a new justice will change that. As health policy, though, the failures of the law continue to compound. The Supreme Court isn’t Obamacare’s biggest probl…

Health care from the trenches: Change must come from us

A patient came to see me with terrible shoulder pain, which I suspected was caused by an acute rotator cuff tear. As any good orthopedic surgeon would, I ordered an MRI. My radiology tech, however, was not permitted by Medicare to perform the study. No…

Health care from the trenches: Change must come from us

A patient came to see me with terrible shoulder pain, which I suspected was caused by an acute rotator cuff tear. As any good orthopedic surgeon would, I ordered an MRI. My radiology tech, however, was not permitted by Medicare to perform the study. No…

Trump Reportedly Will Stay At The White House This Weekend

Trump is likely eager to start campaigning as the election is days away and he’s falling in the polls.

Why socialized health care is not right for America

I have been a doctor for twenty years, but I’m also a patient. We are all patients. This summer, my previously mild heart rhythm problem got a lot worse. By July, I was having frequent episodes of heart rates four times normal, causing me to almost los…

Pelosi Says House Democrats Will Talk About The 25th Amendment Friday

Pelosi would be second in line to the presidency following Vice President Mike Pence.

Report: Trump Required Walter Reed Physicians To Sign NDAs Before Treating Him In 2019

Physicians are already bound to patient physician confidentiality under federal law.