Health Care Archive
Archives for June 2021


Seniors want to age at home. But the US makes it hard.


The FDA’s controversial approval of a Biogen drug for Alzheimer’s disease could blunt future R&D, experts warn.

Doctors need mental health support. Here’s why many aren’t getting it.


The Affordable Care Act is now a durable part of the American social safety net. Its successes and flaws have never been more apparent.


Buh-bye.


We’re about to learn a lot about how a public health insurance option actually works in the US.


The agency paid the consultants a total of $11.7 million — enough to buy 600,000 Covid-19 vaccines.


Patients are desperate for hope. But there are serious concerns about Biogen’s new $56,000 treatment.


Much — but not all — of Justice Ginsburg’s women’s rights legacy is probably safe.


A new study challenges the conventional wisdom on why many doctors refuse to take Medicaid patients.


It used to be taboo to talk about. That’s starting to change.