Business of Medicine
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Pelosi drug pricing bill passes Ways and Means on party line vote
The House Ways and Means Committee is the latest to pass H.R. 3, a bill aimed at driving the price of prescription drugs down.
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NAM offers recommendations to fight clinician burnout
A National Academy of Medicine report provides a roadmap for both broad and targeted efforts to address clinician burnout.
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GAO calls out HHS’ poor oversight of administrative costs of Medicaid work requirements
A report on the estimated administrative costs in Medicaid demonstration projects related to work requirements in the first five states to receive...
Commentary
Will changing the names of psychiatric medications lead to better treatment?
Dr. Robert T. London wonders whether the new Neuroscience-based Nomenclature Project will be good for patient care.
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Inspector General: NIH must improve conflict of interest reviews
The staff of NIH Institutes and Centers applied inconsistent levels of scrutiny to each other.
Opinion
Making and using guidelines
Science and clarity matter in clinical practice guidelines.
Opinion
Help wanted
Dr. William G. Wilkoff ponders the difficulties of residency training and physician workforce shortages.
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Universal coverage may be possible without increases in national spending
The researchers found two health care reform scenarios meeting this criterion that continue to utilize private insurance.
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Health care stayed front and center at Democratic debate
The leading candidates vowed to codify abortion access, threatened to jail opioid company executives, and added a few more details to their health...
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Uninsured population is big in Texas
Americans were more likely to be uninsured in 2018 than in 2017.
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Bringing focus to the issue: Dr. Elizabeth Loder on gender in medicine
Sexual harassment, hurtful sex-based comments, gender-based barriers to career advancement – and salary – top the list.