This week's comic on the US government shutdown

#cartoon #comic #uspol #ACA #healthcare #economy

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

"It’s the latest in a series of recent studies illustrating that private equity acquisition of health facilities leads to worsening patient outcomes, including death."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

#Healthcare #capitalism #privateEquity #hospitals #Medicare

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

^{Hannah Harris Green (The Guardian)}

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
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GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
propublica.org/article/georgia…

#News #Medicaid #Healthcare #Congress #Trump #GOP #BigBeautifulBill

What Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Tells Us About the Costs of the “Big Beautiful Bill”

^ProPublica

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
propublica.org/article/st-luke…

#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law

Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban

It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.

^ProPublica

This week's comic: "Protecting the children"

#uspol #comic #cartoon #children #education #lgbtq #climate #health #healthcare #transgender

The most profitable patient is one with a chronic (highly functioning) illness, not a cured one.

When I lived in the US I was always amazed by the amount of ads for painkillers and other fixes. I came to the understanding that healthcare for many was not about curing people, but about making people able to work. I've never seen so many people with chronic illnesses poorly addressed as in the US.

cnbc.com/2018/04/11/goldman-as…

#healthcare #business #LateStageCapitalism

Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'

Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.

^{Tae Kim (CNBC)}

Latest comic: What did we learn from Covid?

#covid #COVID19 #coronavirus #cartoon #health #healthcare #pandemic #comic

The Borderlands (both sides) looked resplendent today. What a fine part of the world.

#scotland #england #scottishborders #northumberland #dailywalk #lawyer #law #scotslaw #scotslawyer #rural #ruralbusiness #healthcare #nhs #renewables #propertydevelopment #photography #andydrane

"Incentives matter!"

"Goodhart's Law holds that 'When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.'"

"Give an MBA within HCA a metric ("get patients out of bed quicker") and they will find a way to hit that metric ("send patients off to die somewhere else, even if their doctors think they could recover")"

From: pluralistic.net/2023/08/05/any…

This is so depressing, @pluralistic ☹️

#healthcare

A nation that fails to keep its citizens alive is a failing nation. That is the US today.

#healthcare #cultureWars #inequality

🤑 American Exceptionalism — where you pay the highest price for average healthcare products & services.

The big robbery.

#Healthcare #HealthcareThieves #HealthcareIndustry #PriceGouging #Ripoff #FairPricing