The Dartboard Toss and the Algorithm

By GEORGE BEAUREGARD How A.I. could have personalized my 2005 cancer journey I don’t think I’m in the minority of Baby Boomer physicians when it comes to my curiosity and ambivalence about the progressing application of A.I. in medicine. But that curiosity isn’t just prospective, it’s retrospective too. In 2005, I became an outlier who…

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HHS Affordability Czar Says Healthcare Costs Stem From Incentives, Not Coverage

Healthcare affordability czar Casey Mulligan laid out the economic philosophy guiding the Trump administration’s approach to healthcare costs during a recent conference address. He argued that provider taxes and state-directed payments inflate healthcare spending far beyond Medicaid and ultimately raise costs for employers and taxpayers. The post HHS Affordability Czar Says Healthcare Costs Stem From…

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Good News: Teen Pregnancies Hit New Low In the US

By MIKE MAGEE Last week, policy wonks from the right and the left, finally found a topic they could agree on – Kids are no longer having (as many) kids. Specifically, teen pregnancies dropped an additional 10% in the US in 2025. This is an acceleration of a trend which began two decades ago. Teen births…

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