Review: "Medicaid May Soon Pay for Some Inpatient Addiction Treatment" – NPR
This story was written by Ben Allen for NPR yesterday. Substance abuse treatment is sometimes a difficult subject to discuss because it...
Review: "Veterans Say Trained Dogs Help with PTSD, But the VA Won't Pay" – NPR
This is a feel-good-meets-informational story by NPR's Lauren Silverman about the use of service animals. Patriot PAWS is a nonprofit in...
Q: Why isn't single payer an option?
"Why isn't single payer an option?" This question was posted in a forum I perused after reading The New York Times article from my...
Review: "Even Insured Often Face Crushing Medical Debt, Study Finds" – The New York Times
This article, written by Margot Sanger-Katz and posted on The New York Times website, shares an unfortunately common story: person gets...
Review: "Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance" – The New York Times
When you have a person in the interview say, "I feel like it's better just to die," then Houston, we have a problem. This was from an...
Review: "States Deny Pricey Hepatitis C Drugs to Most Medicaid Patients" – NPR
Here's yet another opportunity to see just how ridiculous our health system is. This was an article written by Jake Harper, published a...
Review: "Do You Speak Health Insurance? It's Not Easy" – NPR
This article by Mark Zdechlik was published today from NPR, Minnesota Public Radio, and Kaiser Health News. After reading it this...
Review: "Judge: Texas foster kids leave worse than when they enter" – KXAN
This was an story written by Phil Prazan addressing the ruling by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack that Texas is doing a terrible job of...
Q: What about contraceptives and family planning?
"What about contraceptives and family planning?" This question was being debated on the Diane Rehm show yesterday, and I thought I'd...
Review: "The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care"
This was an illustrated article posted by Kevin Quealy and Margo Sanger-Katz for the New York Times today. I find stories about economics...