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On Wall Street, it is good advice to "buy low and sell high," making money off the difference. Many hospital chains have developed their own version of this trade, except their swap relies ...

For most of my life, my motto has been "No limb, no problem." Born without hands and with only one leg, I've faced my share of challenges. But nothing has tested me like the threat w ...

President Trump's push to import drug pricing models from European health systems -- particularly his Most Favored Nation (MFN) approach -- is like trying to fix a Harley-Davidson at a Vespa dealershi ...

The recent $7.4 billion opioid settlement signed onto by all 50 States and U.S. territories with Purdue Pharma marks another milestone in the national effort to combat the opioid epidemic.

Since his appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has wasted no time in reshaping the country's public health priorities. True to his controversial past, Ken ...

Imagine telling a poor cancer patient they can't access the same genomic test their wealthier neighbor receives--not because it doesn't work, not because it's unsafe, but because a b ...

In 2023, obesity and excess weight cost U.S. businesses and employees $425.5 billion, according Global Data. If we are serious about tackling the obesity crisis in America, then we must start with the ...

Last week, my newsletter discussed the four main health policy achievements of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB): addressing the Medicaid money-laundering machine; implementin ...

On July 30, Medicare will mark its 60th birthday. Like many 60-year-olds, it's in the throes of a midlife crisis. But unlike a harmless convertible purchase or spontaneous trip to P ...

From the Paragon Health Institute's Brian Blase: The One Big Beautiful Bill would reverse the Biden-era Medicaid and Obamacare spending surge and significantly reduce waste, fraud, abuse, and ...