Do Not Resuscitate (This System) #344 Apr 19 2024

On “Do Not Resuscitate,” I tell you about how we spend trillions of dollars making insurance companies and other intermediaries rich instead of making ourselves healthier. This week, I review some articles about the sorry state of public health; more on private equity piracy in the healthcare sector; some pharmaceutical news; and a few other topics. Here are the links to all the articles mentioned: 

Tom Frieden, “To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins,” STAT, Apr 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/49A90mk

David Hilzenrath & Holly K. Hacker, “Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company,” KFF Health News/NBC News, Apr 8, 2024 https://bit.ly/4bgqeqf

Lauren Weber, “How Ohio’s GOP governor sells public health: Don’t call it that,” Washington Post, Apr 10, 2024 https://wapo.st/4d2cpx5

Jason Horowitz & Gaia Pianigiani, “What happened when this Italian province invested in babies,” New York Times, Apr 1, 2024 https://nyti.ms/3UkB0G0 

Susanna Vogel, “Over 20% of healthcare bankruptcies last year were linked to private equity,” Healthcare Dive, Apr 17, 2024 https://bit.ly/4b3mFnc

Susanna Vogel, “Medical Properties Trust offloads 5 hospitals to Prime Healthcare,” Healthcare Dive, Apr 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/49HKcca

Susanna Vogel, “Steward bankruptcy likely as massive debt remains, with few options left,” Healthcare Dive, Apr 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/3Q4h5c3

Rebecca Pifer, “Elevance partners with private equity firm on primary care,” Healthcare Dive, Apr 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/4d0219a

Dave Muoio, “High volume, high value hospital transactions kick off 2024,” Fierce Healthcare, Apr 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/3U7ID1e

Ricky Sayer, “Lawmakers plead for help to finalize Washington Health System’s merger with UPMC,” CBS News/KDKA, Apr 10, 2024 https://cbsn.ws/3Unjfpu

Jessica Lyons, “96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers,” The Register, Apr 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/3UdiRZM

Rebecca Pifer, “Florida issues Medicaid managed care awards booting out UnitedHealth, CVS and Molina,” Healthcare Dive, Apr 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/3W2rmJv

Sydney Lupkin, “Drugmakers’ low U.S. taxes belie their high sales,” NPR, Apr 15, 2024 https://n.pr/4d02sAk

Robert Langreth, Fiona Rutherford & Tanaz Meghjani, “Americans are paying billions to take drugs that don’t work,” Bloomberg, Apr 15, 2024 https://bloom.bg/3JlmTdx

Tom Murphy, “It’s the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s. Why is it off to a slow start?” Associated Press, Apr 13, 2024 https://bit.ly/4b1OrQV

Bob Herman & Rachel Cohrs, “Medicare expects to spend $3.5 billion on new Alzheimer’s drug in 2025,” STAT, Apr 11, 2024 https://bit.ly/3W0F0g8

Varsha Bansal, “This delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don’t meet quotas,” Rest of World, Apr 12, 2024 This delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don’t meet quotas

You can find all the articles and the full archive at nypan.org/single-payer-news and write me at tfrasca@yahoo.com to receive the written digest straight to your inbox.