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January 5 2025
Transforming Healthcare: A Discussion with Former US Congressman Robert Andrews
The Art of Medicine Podcast with Dr. Andrew Wilner
Many thanks to former Congressman Robert Andrews, a graduate of Cornell Law School, an original author of The Affordable Care Act, and CEO of the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA).
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December 18 2024
How Billionaires Have Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
ProPublica
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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December 11 2024
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
ProPublica
For most working Americans, paying their share of the taxes that fund Medicare is an unavoidable fact of life.
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December 10 2024
UnitedHealthcare Shooting Sparks Conversations About Health Care in America
VICE
The recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has invoked conversations about the disparities in the medical industry and the inaccessibility of decent coverage.
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December 9 2024
Why America’s drug stores are vanishing
Axios
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. retail pharmacies closed over a decade in a series of cutbacks that weighed heaviest on communities of color already grappling with health disparities and barriers to care.
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November 12 2024
New Patient Safety Initiatives Could Change Standard of Care
Relias Media/Healthcare Risk Management
New initiatives from the Biden administration could result in improvements to patient safety, but they also may create new compliance burdens and change the standard of care used in malpractices cases.
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November 1 2024
New Patient Safety Initiatives Could Change Standard of Care
Relias Media/Healthcare Risk Management
New initiatives from the Biden administration could result in improvements to patient safety, but they also may create new compliance burdens and change the standard of care used in malpractices cases.
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September 12 2024
Should the Medicare Advantage window be widened?
Becker's Payer Issues
Seniors are given the opportunity to switch Medicare Advantage plans annually, but some evidence suggests that committing to multi-year contracts could lead to better health outcomes.
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