adminGiving Thanks – Ken Burns “THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION” – The Health Care Blog
By MIKE MAGEE Give thanks for our America, blemishes and all. Ken Burns says as much, making it clear, we are a mess of contradictions, and that is (in part)…
Coffee and heart health: Does caffeine raise blood pressure? Nutritionist reveals who should be careful
If you are paying attention to your habits, coffee is probably one of those daily rituals you have wondered about. It helps wake us up, keeps us focused, and has…
Eli Lilly hits $1 trillion market value, first for health care company
A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Eli Lilly reached a $1…
When Drug Price Transparency Isn’t Enough – The Health Care Blog
By KRISTINA SMITH & PHIYEN NGUYEN Policymakers and advocates often promote drug price transparency to lower costs and improve equity. While transparency is an important first step toward accountability and…
Struggling UnitedHealth Group is a Huge Smoking Black Box – The Health Care Blog
By JEFF GOLDSMITH In mid-April 2025, UnitedHealth Group (UNH) reported its 1Q25 operating results, including a modest shortfall in expected earnings and lowered its 2025 earnings forecast by 12%. The…
Support your neighborhood scientist – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research universities, and the normalization of…
Belem Action Plan for Health and Climate Adaptation launched: $300 mn committed for health impacts of climate at COP30 | World News
About 80 countries and organisations came together at COP30 in Belem, Brazil to launch the Belem Action Plan for Health and Climate Adaptation, aimed at strengthening global health systems to…
How Predictive Modeling Can Rewrite the Story of Congenital Syphilis – The Health Care Blog
By KAYLA KELLY Every semester I have the privilege of guiding nursing students through their maternal and pediatric clinicals. At the beginning of the semester, their enthusiasm is contagious. They…
A Cautionary Tale – The Health Care Blog
By JACOB REIDER & JODI DANIEL Jacob: I recently needed to sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with one of the large hosting providers for a new health IT project.…
Hospitals are Incompetent Monopolists! – The Health Care Blog
Health Policy Nov 11, 2025 By JEFF GOLDSMITH The health policy community is obsessed with hospital mergers. In a recent paper which I critiquedthe operating thesis was that hospital mergers…
