AMERICANTHINKER - Med school lunacy
By Mike McDaniel It’s difficult even to comprehend the damage cowardly, indoctrinated med school leadership is doing to doctors and patients.
NYTIMES (Christina Jewett) - Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Brings Rationing Fears for Cancer Patients
Doctors are contending with low supplies and unfilled orders of generic chemotherapy infusions that are central to the treatment of a long list of cancers.
NYTIMES (Reed Abelson) - Insurers’ Delays in Approving Medical Care Persist, Despite Promises
Doctors and patients complain that the controversial practice of prior authorization for treatment and procedures is still widespread.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Exclusive: Dr. Oz announces health coalition to streamline prior authorizations
A coalition of 29 major health care players is coming together to simplify the prior authorization process for medical treatments, Mehmet Oz , the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said at Axios' Future of Health Summit Wednesday. The big picture: Last summer, several top health insurers voluntary pledged to streamline and improve the prior authorization process across all health insurance markets. Driving the news: "The payers, the insurance companies, have been playing ball. Guess who's not been playing ball until today? The providers," Oz told Axios' Caitlin Owens. - The new coalition includes insurers, hospitals and health records companies to streamline the process for reviewing medical procedures,…
WASHINGTONPOST (Kyle Melnick) - These therapy mini horses play the piano for hospital patients
A California nonprofit is brightening hospital stays with music that’s as tumultuous as it is amusing.
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Congress warned about nonprofit hospitals prioritizing politics over patients
Consumers’ Research launched a campaign to warn Congress about nonprofit hospitals that prioritize "woke" politics such as diversity, equity and inclusion, transgender ideology for minors, and climate extremism over their patients.
NPR (Michal Ruprecht) - As parents clamor for a treatment touted for autism, doctors hesitate to prescribe it
After the leucovorin got public attention as a potential autism treatment, families rushed to get it. Many doctors are torn about prescribing an unproven drug but don't want to lose patients' trust.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Rafah crossing reopens after brief closure, allowing limited medical evacuations from Gaza
The crossing, which is Gaza’s only gateway that was not fully controlled by Israel before the war, resumed limited operations with a small group of patients and relatives beginning to travel into Egypt for treatment.