Workers’ Wages Continue to Be Garnished to Pay Off Medical Debt
This aggressive collection practice is widespread even in a state considered to have strong consumer protections.| Articles – Truthout
Hospitals never stop moving—renovations, expansions, and equipment upgrades are constant, all while patient care continues around the clock. When closeout documents are […]| IFMA Knowledge Library
This aggressive collection practice is widespread even in a state considered to have strong consumer protections.| Articles – Truthout
When Ariyanna McGee went in for her 20-week anatomy scan, she expected a routine glimpse of her baby. Instead, doctors found excess amniotic fluid building up around her baby, Genesis Gianna. In the weeks that followed, Ariyanna had to be hospitalized multiple times during her pregnancy because of her dangerously high blood pressure. At seven months, a 3-D ultrasound gave Ariyanna and her partner, Oscar Pineda, their first clear look at Genesis’ face and revealed a cleft lip. Doctors suspec...| CultureMap Houston
September 13, 2025 Hospitals as a mode of health management have been, & continue to be, imposed around the globe through the genocidal destruction of indigenous societies & their diverse approaches to sustaining & nurturing life. Hospitals hold a special place within the united states empire. “Healthcare” in the imperial core is a for-profit industry; […]|
Trish Harris Last month I visited the hospital. Even when the reasons are straightforward, the experience is never without echoes. Frame #1: I am sitting in the café in Wellington Hospital’s atrium. From my table I can see an inner courtyard of tables and chairs and a sculpture of arches and lintel. The sculpture is […] The post In the frame first appeared on Corpus.| Corpus
Rae Varcoe “I’m going to be a nurse” had always been my answer to that perennial childhood question. It seemed to satisfy the questioner and happily deflected any further enquiry. When I was sixteen, five sturdy school friends organised a week’s trip, to a hut on the edge of Diamond Lake in Paradise Valley, near […] The post To Medicine via Paradise first appeared on Corpus.| Corpus
In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?| The New Republic
Christchurch's ED sees more than 400 patients daily, topping national figures.| NZ Herald
On October 14, 2025, Drug Channels Institute will release our 2025-26 Economic Report on Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Specialty Distributors. This report—our sixteenth edition—is the most comprehensive, fact-based tool for understanding and analyzing the large and growing U.S. pharmaceutical distribution industry. With 9 chapters, 400+ pages, 187 exhibits, and 850+ endnotes, this report is unmatched in scope and depth. There is no other resource like it. Preorder today to secure this fu...| Drug Channels
La curta caducitat de les plaquetes i mantenir les reserves durant Setmana Santa són dos dels motius pels quals el Banc de Sang fa una crida.| betevé
This week, Health-ISAC®'s Hacking Healthcare® begins with an examination of a French Ministry of Health letter that is creating apprehension as it appears This week, Health-ISAC®'s Hacking Healthcare® begins with an examination of a French Ministry of Health letter that is creating apprehension as it appears to direct French hospitals to prepare for war. We examine the origins of the letter, what it calls for, and why, despite the current geopolitical circumstances, it may not be all that...| Health-ISAC - Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Article Summary The U.S. House gave final passage Thursday to a bill that will cut federal Medicaid spending in Illinois| Capitol News Illinois
Article Summary President Trump’s domestic policy bill contains massive cuts in federal Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. One| Capitol News Illinois
Elevated Connections| CultureMap Houston
‘Mission-critical’ workers were exempt from deferred resignations, but doctors and nurses are quitting anyway.| North Carolina Health News
NC Attorney General Jackson, whose office is already suing HCA over handling of Mission Health, agrees with independent monitor findings.| Carolina Public Press
Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Kasper Schmeichel, Arne Engels and Daizen Maeda visited the sick kids with the trophy.| Daily Record
“There is no hospital in Vermont that is not in jeopardy,” stressed the consultant who led work on the report. Recommendations include closing inpatient beds and converting emergency departments into urgent care centers at Gifford Medical Center, Grace Cottage, North Country, and Springfield hospitals.| Vermont Public
After multiple years of mandated disclosure of negotiated hospital-insurer rates, those of us who follow the buy-and-bill channel might have expected transparency to reduce drug price variability, lower hospital markups, and accelerate adoption of lower-cost biosimilars. Alas, that’s not what the latest data reveal. DCI’s analysis of four national commercial insurers—Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare—and 26 hospitals found that: Hospitals still earn significant markups over a...| Drug Channels
An investigation was launched after a man aged 74 died in a fatal crash near the village of Petworth on April 29. Sussex Police said he suffered a medical episode while driving| Daily Mirror
Up to 1/3 of seniors get delirium in hospitals. This confusion and agitation can be prevented and treated but must first be diagnosed| Howard Gleckman
A health care desert has emerged in Delaware County. There are currently only two hospitals, Riddle and Mercy Fitzgerald, operating […]| Broad + Liberty
Nurses and lawmakers point to ongoing problems at Mission Health. HCA spokesperson highlights successes, disputes noncompliance claims.| Carolina Public Press
Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana is already taking a hard look at its budget in light of Republican cuts to Medicaid.| Tradeoffs
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman examines the controversial rural hospital grant program, noting “Will the new $50 billion rural hospital grant program in the big Republican tax and spending law just amount to a bunch of ribbon cutting and big check ceremonies, or will it help rural hospitals offset coming Medicaid cuts, help them in general, or all of the above?”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
Now independent union leader Dan Osborn, who nearly won a U.S. Senate race in 2024, is vying for his seat.| The American Prospect
LONDON, Ont. — London Health Sciences Centre filed one of the largest fraud lawsuits in the history of Ontario hospitals on Wednesday, alleging a former senior executive masterminded a “fraudulent scheme” involving procurement and he and others used funds they obtained to buy dozens of properties. The hospital has filed two civil lawsuits, one for| Canadian Healthcare Technology
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s health system is improving its methods for early detection of sepsis, a life-threatening condition that occurs when the immune system reacts to infection by attacking the body’s organs. Introduced in January 2024, the new program offers front-line caregivers in emergency rooms new tools and training to help them determine when patients| Canadian Healthcare Technology
A new Wake Forest University medical school campus opened this week with a nontraditional training curriculum that includes digital dissections, robotic patients and problem-based learning.| North Carolina Health News
Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.| The American Prospect
On a positive note, I realised last night that I’d just passed the 500 km mark—a big milestone and something I’m proud of. Unfortunately, I didn’t sleep much. The heat and humidity were unbearable, and by morning I could tell something in my body was wrong. I forced down some tea and an energy bar, […]| Randomwire
Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.| www.nytimes.com
Progressive, transformative changes in health-care delivery are being implemented. But lurking in the background is more privatization.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman explores the state of consumer protections in health care and explains why, even with consumer frustration clear, Congress is unlikely to pursue major new health insurance protections but there could be some modest steps.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
A quick, critical look at the key ideas in the new UEC plan [NB: updated with extra comments on June 8] The new NHS plan for improving em...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
A newborn nearly died after an unnecessary NICU circumcision. It’s time to end this harmful, profit-driven practice. Sign Intact America’s petition now.| Anti-circumcision Advocates | Intact America
Ann Marie Tobin was recovering from surgery at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s when she was told a bed awaited her in Labrador. When she arrived, the Happy Valley-Goose Bay resident says she was left on a stretcher in a hallway.| The Independent
Dating back from the founding of the Province, the Archive contains at least basic information about all the Sisters of the province. In the 20th and 21st centuries, we usually have a little …| docarchivesblog.org
New data from the ONS on their analysis of mortality and A&E waits has enabled new, better calculations on the magnitude of excess deaths ...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
In the movie The Matrix, where people live in a fake virtual world, Morpheus offers Neo a choice. He says, “You take the blue pill... the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.” But taking the red pill means you wake up in the horrifying real world and have to face the consequences.| policyskeptic
[Update: I need to issue an important caveat about the analysis in this post. When published, I had just been made aware of new and very detailed data sources about hospital prescribing, monthly sources with detailed analysis of volume and indicative price. The analysis was based on those sources and was consistent with a longstanding NHS Digital annual report on the total cost of hospital prescribing. But when the analysis attracted some attention, it was pointed out that the indicative pric...| policyskeptic
TORONTO – To position Canada as the ultimate destination for the brightest minds in medical research, and to build a stronger economy, University Health Network (UHN) is unveiling the ambitious Canada Leads 100 Challenge to recruit 100 world-leading, early-career scientists to Canada’s No. 1 hospital. As part of the strategy, UHN will focus on the| Canadian Healthcare Technology
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Senate has passed a bill to revise property tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals. Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Ben Toews described the bill as “a collaborative effort between the Idaho Association of Counties and the Idaho Hospital Association.” It tightens the general definition of hospital while specifically designating critical access […]| Idaho Reports
“Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die.”| www.nytimes.com
The Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule aimed to make healthcare prices easily comparable, but the reported data may pose many barriers to effective analysis.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Long waits in A&E kill patients. A new analysis of mortality and A&E waits by the ONS–despite issues in the analysis and presentation of the...| policyskeptic.blogspot.com
Hospital league tables could be returning to the UK. On the 21st anniversary of the Royal Statistical Society Working Party report on Performance Monitoring in the Public Services, Sheila Bird...| Significance magazine
Florida and Texas now require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status when they seek medical care.| Stateline
Longtime health care leader Scott Tittle has been tapped to be the next president of the Indiana Hospital Association.| Indiana Capital Chronicle
Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, deadly, food, water, Buncombe, mountains, drinkable water, floodwaters, Asheville, power outage| North Carolina Health News
By 2023, the country was estimated to have a shortfall of as many as 23,000 surgeons, according to a 2019 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.| North Carolina Health News
Screening older patients for frailty and managing their medications are examples of age-friendly hospital services.| North Carolina Health News
This chart collection examines recent trends in healthcare utilization and spending using a variety of data sources.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Health systems have spent billions on portals while investments in modernizing the voice channel — the dominant preference of healthcare consumers — have taken a backseat.| MedCity News
A more-deadly version of the virus formerly known as monkeypox is spreading fast through Africa. Should Europe be on alert?| POLITICO
In exchange for higher federal payments, participating hospitals agree to forgive old medical debt and offer more help to low-income patients.| North Carolina Health News
The U.S. spends more on healthcare per capita than its peers. Most of the additional health spending goes to providers for inpatient and outpatient care.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Hospitals are at risk of shutting down due to an extreme weather event made worse by climate change. Experts say it’s time to adapt.| Impakter
There has been much progress with life expectancies, health outcomes, and access to care across the globe—although it is inconsistent....| Horses for Sources | No Boundaries
By Sarah Shepherd. Fraternalism fulfilled a crucial role in society. It was a social club as well as an early form of social welfare through the principle of reciprocal aid.| Social Welfare History Project
They are due to begin the first "prayer vigils" of the year on February 14.| Daily Record
Quality can be an ambiguous word when people approach from different perspectives. What makes a quality car? It could be how long it will last; how fast it will go; how much it can haul. What makes…| Aesthetics Research Lab
Executive summary My interview with former Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa nurse Gail Macrae is the single most devastating interview I’ve done since I first started speaking out against the COVID vaccine in May 2021. Key points of the interview include: Hospitals were actually empty when the press told us they were full. 90% or more of the COVID deaths were…| The White Rose UK
