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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

To the ACA's detractors, Medicaid expansion is a hostile government takeover that must be opposed in principle, regardless of potential benefits of an infusion of federal dollars. In fiscal year 2011, Medicaid spending totaled $414 billion, with two-thirds going to services for disabled elderly persons. Kenny Lin, MD Director, Robert L.

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Direct Primary Care - Role for the Future of Healthcare

The Direct Doctors Difference

Looking back to 2014, when we began, there were less than 100. Doctors (and other types of “providers” of healthcare) are tasked with seeing 20-25 patients in an 8 hour day, writing notes that are geared toward insurance billing, and charging for every extra they can manage - all to make the corporate system more profitable.

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AAP Updates Recommendations for Adolescent Contraceptive Counseling

Physician's Weekly

from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues updated the 2014 policy statement on contraception for adolescents to provide pediatricians with evidence-informed and equity-informed practices in contraceptive care. ” Abstract/Full Text Copyright © 2025 HealthDay.

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Ding Dong is the Skinny Label (Effectively) Dead?

FDA Law Blog

Teva case, that the statutory provisions governing patent infringement, specifically induced infringement, do not address carve-outs. Amarin even sued a health insurer alleging active encouragement to use Hikma’s generic version instead of Vascepa for the patented indication. The catch is, as we have learned from the GSK v.

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