Category: Health Care
Telehealth helps people get health care, but access may soon be in limbo
Citations B. Chan et al. Buprenorphine discontinuation in telehealth-only treatment for opioid use disorder: A longitudinal cohort analysis. Journal of…
Poor health care access devastates Black families across city and suburb lines
The conversation about health in our community needs to change. While statistics tell one story, the lived experiences of those…
The moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has set off soul-searching among many Americans. Part of that reflection is about…
The health care deal is in jeopardy
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign…
Health Care CEO Rethinks Transaction Strategy After Hurricane Helene
St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, North Carolina, had been planning to ink a management agreement with AdventHealth, one of the…
Reclaiming the Soul of Health Care
Inspired by saints like Mother Cabrini, Catholic health care must always be a work of both corporal and spiritual mercy…
The ‘skin in the game’ approach to health care spending has failed
Online vitriol isn’t pretty. But the mass schadenfreude that greeted the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, while cruel…
How Did We End Up with Such an Opaque and Costly Health-Care System?
The Financial Page How Did We End Up with Such an Opaque and Costly Health-Care System? Photograph by David Berding…
Three major health care policy issues to watch in 2025
WASHINGTON — Health care did not play a big role in the election that’s sending President Trump back to the…
Want Better Health And Lower Costs? Reengineer Primary Care
Despite spending more per person on healthcare than any other nation, the average life expectancy of American adults falls below…
