SILVERTHORNE, Colorado. — Cuando Adolfo Román García-Ramírez camina a casa por la noche después de su turno en un mercado en este pueblo montañoso del centro de Colorado, a veces se acuerda de su infancia en Nicaragua. Los adultos, recuerda, asustaban a los niños con cuentos de la “Mona Bruja”. Si te adentras demasiado en…
For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to manage depression and diabetes, Wunderlin worked part-time, minimum-wage retail jobs around Dayton, Ohio, making so little he said he sometimes had to choose between paying rent and buying food. But in 2018, his CareSource Medicaid health plan offered him…
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — When Adolfo Román García-Ramírez walks home in the evening from his shift at a grocery store in this central Colorado mountain town, sometimes he thinks back on his childhood in Nicaragua. Adults, he recollects, would scare the kids with tales of the “Mona Bruja,” or “Monkey Witch.” Step too far into the…
By MATTHEW HOLT Two weeks ago I wrote an April Fool’s piece that claimed that Elon Musk and DOGE were going to nationalize American health care to save some money. That piece was half-joking but full-serious. If you look at what Musk is complaining about there are two major areas of “waste, fraud and abuse”…
The Hill reports: The measles outbreak has now surpassed 700 reported cases in the U.S., raising the pressure on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rein in the deadly virus.Overall, 712 cases have been reported with new cases being discovered in Kansas, Ohio and Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The outbreak has…
Cofertility raised $7.25 million in Series A funds, taking its total funding to date to $16 million. The startup is making egg freezing more accessible by tying it to egg donation — it offers one program in which women can pay to freeze their eggs and store them all for their own later use, and…
About a third of small businesses discontinue their health insurance coverage from one year to the next, new research from JPMorganChase Institute shows. The post JPMorgan: How Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Make Healthcare Decisions appeared first on MedCity News.
Pfizer said a patient dosed with danuglipron developed potential drug-induced liver injury. Pfizer is stopping further work on this program, a move that comes nearly two years after it discontinued development of a different obesity drug due to liver safety signals in a clinical trial. The post Pfizer Stops Work on Oral GLP-1 Obesity Drug…
The decade ahead will test our healthcare system like never before. But within these challenges lies an opportunity to create a more accessible, effective, and sustainable healthcare system — if we dare to innovate and adapt to the changing landscape. The post How Technology and Value-Based Models Will Reshape Healthcare by 2035 appeared first on…
By moving beyond adherence and drug interactions to a holistic, outcomes-driven approach, health systems and providers can redefine how medication is used — not as a rigid protocol but as a dynamic, patient-centered tool for achieving better health. The post Medication Adherence and Deprescribing Programs Aren’t Enough for Today’s Polypharmacy Patients appeared first on MedCity…