@qdbui@SherylNYT@noahweiland@kitty_bennett “Given the urgency of the situation and the need to get correct information out, I was doing as many as humanly possible,” Dr. Fauci said.
But all the talking caught up with him: He’s currently recovering from vocal cord surgery. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
If you want to understand the problem of "waste, fraud, and abuse" in federal health programs, you should read this great piece by @sarahkliff and @katie_thomas on scammy skin substitute comanies.
@sarahkliff @katie_thomas As they report, the companies that make these skin substitutes--a fancy kind of bandage--have exploited loopholes in Medicare's pricing policies to charge high prices. Then they offer financial incentives to doctors to overuse them on patients. nytimes.com/2025/04/10/hea…
@sarahkliff @katie_thomas The current administration is hunting for ways to save money on wasteful spending. Yet Mr. Trump has posted on social media in support of the companies.
The Harris campaign is out today with a paper warning about what would happen if Trump repeals Obamacare. kamalaharris.com/wp-content/upl…
Also, today, I published a story about what would happen to subsidies for about $20 million people if the next president and Congress simply do nothing. nytimes.com/2024/09/30/ups…
The subsidies have brought down the price of insurance substantially--making it free for many low income families, and offering financial help to higher earners who got no assistance from Obamacare initially. But they will expire after next year without action.
Medicare slowth: still going. One of the great (fortunate) mysteries of our time. @aliciaparlap @jshkatznytimes.com/interactive/20…
@aliciaparlap @jshkatz First of all, credit to @ddiamond for coining the term "slowth," to mean slow growth.
@aliciaparlap @jshkatz @ddiamond Medicare has been a budget buster for so long that a lot of smart people have found the program's recent trend of slow growth surprising.
When I was reporting on this story about the fiscal impacts of the GOP debt ceiling bill, I stumbled upon a provision that was getting very little attention but would be hugely consequential. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
The provision is called the REINS Act, and is designed to get Congress more engaged in the details of how laws they pass get implemented--by forcing Congress to vote every major regulation up or down. nytimes.com/2023/05/12/ups…
I started calling regulatory policy experts. Almost none of them knew this policy had just passed the House. nytimes.com/2023/05/12/ups…
Be sure to read @atmccann on the growing abortion pill underground, full of incredible details and never-before-collected data. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
This channel has provided 50,000 pill packs to women since the Dobbs decision.
For context, @clairecm and I wrote about data suggesting that the number of legal abortions during this period fell by around 32,000. nytimes.com/2023/04/12/ups…
A technical Medicare Advantage model change, buried deep in the annual rate notice, has unleashed a lobbying frenzy. nytimes.com/2023/03/22/hea…@ReedAbelson
There is tons of evidence that insurers in the program have been manipulating a program that pays them extra fees for enrolling customers with more illnesses. The change took away payments for some of diagnoses that are gamed the most.
@ReedAbelson and I wrote last year about how nearly every major player in Medicare Advantage is facing a federal fraud lawsuit for this type of behavior. nytimes.com/2022/10/08/ups…