Where Are the Nation’s Primary Care Providers? It’s Not an Easy Answer kffhealthnews.org/MTgwMTQwNg via @kffhealthnews

Drug costs are 3X in the U.S. what other countries pay, study finds at.law.com/1Hmfrz?cmp=sha… via @Benefits_Pro

Great advice from Elon Musk. Never trust the name of a bill as being accurate.

More physicians are employed by private equity, study shows modernhealthcare.com/mergers-acquis… via Modern Healthcare

“The dominant 3 PBMs put stock price over health.” At The White House’s roundtable on lowering drug costs, Mark Cuban broke down how consolidated pharmacy benefit managers harm patients and community pharmacies—and he did not hold back.👇🧵

Almost 108,000 Americans Died of Drug Overdoses in 2022, Another Record medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/add… I am surprised that 70% are men.

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Senate Hearing Tackles Private Equity's Impact on Healthcare Amid Steward Saga medpagetoday.com/washington-wat… Now, if something could actually be done about these vultures!

Largest US Independent Primary Care Network Accused of Medicare Fraud medscape.com/s/viewarticle/… medscape.com/s/viewarticle/… Fraud runs wild in healthcare :(

Post-hospitalization COVID-19 deaths higher in rural areas sbne.ws/r/P8qx

A Fourth of People Dropped From Medicaid Still Aren't Insured medpagetoday.com/publichealthpo…

Understanding the Biggest Threats to the No Surprises Act Achieving Its Full Potential familiesusa.org/resources/unde…

medcitynews.com/2024/05/walmar… Because Primary Care is a physical and mental beating and doesn’t pay well either.

Docs Vent As Feds Investigate Private Equity, Consolidation in Medicine medscape.com/viewarticle/do… medscape.com/viewarticle/do… Physicians see that Private Equity is killing healthcare. Increased pricing, decreased care.

Rural Health System 'Teetering on Brink' of Collapse, Says AMA medscape.com/viewarticle/ru… medscape.com/viewarticle/ru…

Healthcare in the US has no free market. It has no capitalism. It has no transparency. It has a cartel. The cartel is paid more. The cartel has a better PR team. The cartel has better lobbyists. The cartel owns more politicians. MBUCA. #healthcare

Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many medscape.com/s/viewarticle/… medscape.com/s/viewarticle/… Patients can’t afford concierge medicine private fees for primary care.

What 10 minutes reveal about the broken health care system in rural America kevinmd.com/2024/12/what-1… via Kevin Pho, M.D.

Want to know what’s wrong with “healthcare” in this country? This is a good starting point: 77% of physicians are employed by hospitals, 22% by private equity and insurance companies and 2% by government. Lewving only 1% able to independently make medical decisions for their pts