Category: Health Care
Hospitals sue Oregon for lacking adequate mental health care
Three of Oregon’s largest hospital systems are suing the state over its alleged lack of adequate mental health care, which…
6 Groups Making Mental Health Care More Accessible to People of Color
The COVID-19 pandemic worsened mental health across the board in the U.S., but people of color—who disproportionately suffered the worst…
What Inflation Means for Your Health Care Costs
U.S. health care prices could rise more than expected in the coming years, due to increased spending after the COVID…
House Republicans Argue That a COVID Standard for the Health Care Industry is Unnecessary
House Republicans are questioning the Biden administration’s prerogative to continue promulgating a COVID-19 standard aimed at protecting health care workers…
Horizon, N.J.’s largest health insurer, just inched closer to entering the for-profit health care business
© Matt Smith/nj.com/TNS Images of the Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield headquarters in Newark. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of…
They were entitled to free care. Hospitals hounded them to pay.
In 2018, senior executives at one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, were frustrated. They were spending hundreds…
Baylor St. Luke’s is losing money with lower prices, showing what’s wrong with US health care
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center has built a reputation for providing high quality medical care, ranking No. 3 in the…
Baylor St. Luke’s challenges show why competition does little to lower the cost of health care
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center has built a reputation for providing high quality medical care, ranking No. 3 in the…
Republicans are keeping health care at arms length this election
Happy Friday y’all. We love a good waffle, but we have some questions for Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Send us…
Finding yield in health care stocks during the market storm
Investors have looked to health care as a port in the storm during the stock market’s volatility over the last…
