Question for the hive: Does the BBB affect low-income subsidy for medicare part d drug coverage? Thanks for your help.

I had kidney cancer, and several costly treatment options. I thought I made an informed choice. But my physician had a different idea.

Cool article helping journalists understand how immigration policies are playing out in healthcare settings.

Many people with chronic pain find themselves interacting with clinicians who do not seem to trust them. Why? And what can you do about it? Here's a story I hope will help you understand: .

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Many clinicians and healthcare provider organizations are struggling to figure out how to do their jobs with all the recent changes in immigration policies. I co-authored a commentary in the NEJM that provides guidance .

President Trump promised to “end inflation and make America affordable again.” In honor of that promise, he should address the enormous increase in what Medicare patients are being asked to pay for drugs.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, some people's monthly premiums are paid in full by the federal government. Unfortunately, even a small change in price can cause people to lose their coverage. Behavioral econ has a good explanation for this problem:

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Too often, people with chronic pain are viewed as complainers by friends, family, and even their clinicians. That view misunderstands the neuroscience of most chronic pain.

Patients comment on their doctors' personalities in online reviews. Especially if their docs are women.

Give kids an allowance without requiring any work and they plop in front of their new videogame consoles while their dirty dishes collect in the sink. That’s the logic behind work requirements for people who receive safety net benefits.

Standing 2 inches from my face, he shined a bright light into my eyes, studying my retinas as earnestly as a preschooler searching for Waldo. Then he sat back and tersely summarized his diagnosis: “There is nothing wrong with your eyes.” .

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RT @BCMCME: 🎯Earn CME credit while watching what @peterubel from @DukeMedSchool has to say about current out-of-pocket healthcare costs. T….

RT @NEJM: The @US_FDA often exercises flexibility in deciding whether to approve highly promising drugs for patients in desperate need of t….

An essay I posted on Forbes on the increasing restrictions placed on drug coverage for Medicare recipients.

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Here's a brief explainer about why your out of pocket costs might be especially high if your company is self-insured. I know: gripping topic, right?.