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Institutional Betrayal: HHS’s Failure to Decarbonize the Healthcare Industry (Part 1)

By DAVID INTROCASO The Problem From an anthropocentric perspective, the climate crisis is fundamentally a threat to human health and survival.&#160; The US healthcare industry significantly contributes to this threat. US healthcare’s<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/09/09/institutional-betrayal-hhss-failure-to-decarbonize-the-healthcare-industry-part-1/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/9/9
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When “Paying Correctly” Means Paying Nothing: How to Make Medicare Advantage Accountable

By FRANK LEAHY This is the second of two pieces. The first told the story of “Rick,” a 77-year-old Humana Medicare Advantage member who nearly lost his sight in a months-long runaround<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/09/07/when-paying-correctly-means-paying-nothing-how-to-make-medicare-advantage-accountable/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/9/7
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The Pandemic Risk of “What I’ve Never Seen Before”

By MIKE MAGEE The world of medical science largely closed ranks last month in defense of Tony Fauci. Dr. Fauci had been hauled before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to face hostile<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/09/02/the-pandemic-risk-of-what-ive-never-seen-before/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/9/2
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“We’re Sorry, That’s the Policy”: How a Medicare Advantage Runaround Nearly Cost a Senior His Sight

By FRANK LEAHY On a gray February morning, I sat in my office in Inverness, in rural northern California, with the phone pressed to my ear, jotting down notes and Humana reference<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/09/01/were-sorry-thats-the-policy-how-a-medicare-advantage-runaround-nearly-cost-a-senior-his-sight/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/9/1
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Big Bucks, No Whammies: Patient Access Was Never the Finish Line

By STEPHEN FARBER If you grew up in the 1980s, you probably remember Press Your Luck. Contestants stood in front of a flashing game board chanting, “Big bucks… no Whammies… STOP!” hoping<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/31/big-bucks-no-whammies-patient-access-was-never-the-finish-line/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/31
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Hospital Price Transparency Legislation Will Burden Poor and Rural Patients   

By DAVID INTROCASO Last month the House Energy and Commerce and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committees passed three hospital price transparency (price T) bills by a combined vote<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/21/hospital-price-transparency-legislation-will-burden-poor-and-rural-patients/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/21
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Prior Authorization

By EMANUEL SARKEES Most people have never heard of prior authorization until it personally stops them from getting care they actually need. The way it usually goes is pretty straightforward: a doctor<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/20/prior-authorization/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/20
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Universal Coverage Might Be Nice, but an AI Tax Is Necessary

By KIM BELLARD I was amused – oh, I should be polite and say “interested” &#8212; to see a new study, led by researchers from Yale School of Public Medicine, about the<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/18/universal-coverage-might-be-nice-but-an-ai-tax-is-necessary/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/18
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Pre-Surgical Complications (Part 6) — The Decision

By MATTHEW HOLT Strap in for the tale of why your hero is spending most of his life down YouTube rabbit holes of cardiology videos while blundering his way around many many<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/17/pre-surgical-complications-part-6-the-decision/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/17
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Pre-Surgical Complications (Part 5)

By MATTHEW HOLT Strap in for the tale of why your hero is spending most of his life down YouTube rabbit holes of cardiology videos while blundering his way around many many<a class="more-link2" href="https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2026/08/14/pre-surgical-complications-part-5/">Continue reading...</a>

2026/8/14
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