In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet

NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby, dozens of people took photos to celebrate becoming U.S….

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How To Make a High-Deductible Health Plan Work for You

An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insurance card, I compared our old plan to our new plan, and that’s when I really got worried, because I didn’t really understand what a deductible…

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The Vocabulary of Survival

By GEORGE BEAUREGARD From 2018 to 2022, I served as a physician executive in a large health system on Long Island. During that period, I became acquainted with the Provost and Executive VP of the New York Institute of Technology. One of the university’s divisions is the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM), one…

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Dr. Oz at Medicare: Why America’s 53 Million Family Caregivers May Finally Get Their Due

While many view Dr. Mehmet Oz’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with skepticism, there’s a compelling case that his unconventional background could catalyze long-overdue support for family caregivers. The post Dr. Oz at Medicare: Why America’s 53 Million Family Caregivers May Finally Get Their Due appeared first on MedCity…

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Es 2026 y no tienes seguro médico. ¿Y ahora qué?

Los cambios en las políticas de salud en Washington están teniendo repercusiones en todo el país y haciendo que millones de personas pierdan su cobertura de Medicaid o de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA). Pero todavía hay formas de acceder a la atención médica. Durante la próxima década, se espera…

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The World’s Psychoactive Drug of Choice

By MIKE MAGEE Question: What is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug? Answer: Caffeine In the U.S., caffeine is consumed mainly in the form of coffee, tea, and cola. But coffee dominates. Worldwide, humans consume over 10 million tons of coffee beans a year. Roughly 16% (1.62 million tons) is devoured by Americans. The…

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How do CMS negotiated prices compare to value?

That is the question asked in a recent Health Affairs Forefront article by Peter Neumann, Josh Cohen, Sean Sullivan and Feng Xie. They compare the CMS negotiated prices for Initial Price Applicability Year (IPAY) 2027 against value-based prices (using QALYs) from the Tufts Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) Registry. The authors found that cost-effectiveness estimates varied among…

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