Musk Moves US to Socialized Medicine

By THCB STAFF After a few weeks analyzing government spending and putting all of his calculations into Grok, the head of DOGE, Elon Musk, has made another decisive move in the attempt to save the government money. Speaking on the Joe Rogan show, Musk declared that his team had given Big Balls and Little Balls…

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Watching Where and How You’re Walking

By MIKE MAGEE In a speech to the American Philosophical Society in January, 1946, J. Robert Oppenheimer said, “We have made a thing …that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world…We have raised again the question of whether science is good for man, of whether it is good to learn about the…

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How exactly is my lab test co-pay $34.94?

By MATTHEW HOLT I moved over something I wrote on linkedin, so that it doesn’t vanish. I do this type of thing so you don’t have to & to make Brett Jansen happy I am writing in one line paragraphs. My question, is how doo LabCorp, Brown & Toland and Blue Shield Of California come…

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The Promise and Peril of Price Transparency Under Trump’s New Executive Order

President Donald Trump’s latest executive order aims to strengthen enforcement for CMS’ price transparency requirements. Some experts think greater price transparency could reduce healthcare costs by fostering more competition, while others are concerned about the potential effects on hospital-payer negotiations, as well as the practicality of enforcing these requirements. The post The Promise and Peril…

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