In a column published yesterday in The New York Times, public health researcher Austin Frakt discusses ways of attacking the deadly opioid crisis that save money, have tested with good results, and have a number of other benefits. They involve … Continue reading
Category Archives: Health and healthcare
Jimmy Kimmel has lately been urging Donald Trump supporters to sign up for health insurance through Trumpcare, which offers comprehensive coverage at affordable prices. Moreover, it’s insurance through private companies, not the government. A lot of Trump fans have taken … Continue reading
Pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll summarizes (in eight minutes) the research on abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education: Link: https://youtu.be/0BkFQ0oUncE The title at the top of the window above — “The Evidence for Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is Scant” … Continue reading
Today President Trump signed a new executive order that would, once fully implemented, allow a lot of people to obtain cheaper but lousier health insurance. (Actually, as you can see in this clip, he almost forgot to sign it, but … Continue reading
Yesterday Kevin Drum pointed out two more examples of the results of Trump’s efforts to sabotage Obamacare, mainly by hinting he will refuse to permit the legally required cost sharing reduction payments to be made but refusing to say definitely. … Continue reading
One of the nuttier recent political notions is that addiction to opioid pain relievers and related drugs can be blamed on Medicaid, and more specifically the Medicaid expansion introduced by the Affordable Care Act. It seems somewhat plausible, I supposed, … Continue reading
Apologies for two posts in a row about this (with a gap of time between them; I’ve been a bit ill), but it appears that Trump’s efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act are leading to a large jump in … Continue reading
I’m sorry to keep harping on this, but the Trump administration is still doing what it can to damage the Affordable Care Act at a major cost to people who need health insurance, and so far the news media have … Continue reading
Even though it currently appears that the Cassidy-Graham bill won’t pass, it seems to me that there’s a point worth making about how putting people with pre-existing conditions into a separate risk pool might affect their insurance premiums. Not long … Continue reading
Update: The just-released revised version of the Cassidy-Graham bill makes it even easier for states to do away with protections for people with pre-existing conditions, apparently in a vain effort to get support from Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Just … Continue reading