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Massive fraud in safety-net programs shows weak controls and lack of real-time oversight. A nonprofit clinic stole $58 million through 340B, and nobody caught it until the FBI showed up. The fraudster was buying mansions and Bentleys while the patients this program is supposed to help got nothing. THIS is what tax-exempt clinics are fighting …
This rule was supposed to change healthcare. It didn’t. Back in January 2021, the Hospital Price Transparency Rule went into effect. The idea was simple: Hospitals had to show their prices upfront. That included negotiated insurance rates, cash prices, and costs for common “shoppable” services before patients received care. Sounds obvious. So why are people …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to limit the “overprescribing” of antidepressants and spoke for alternative treatment options when needed. NBC News’ Tom Llamas spoke to New York Times reporter Ellen Barry about the latest health announcement. RFK Jr: "For the 1st time in history, doctors will finally get paid to take patients off …
HAVANA — Yonelkys García, 44, a housewife and mother of two, finds it so difficult to travel to the hospital to treat her acute myeloid leukemia that she now stays at the facility one week at a time. García has been in treatment for over a year at the Institute of Hematology and Immunology and …
View post on imgur.com Government bureaucracies should never coerce doctors or families into accepting vaccines or penalize physicians for respecting patient choice. That practice ends now. Under the Trump administration, HHS will protect informed consent, respect religious liberty, and uphold medical freedom. Preach! Doctors should encourage healthy lifestyles, not injecting chemicals. — Paul A. Szypula …
China’s outbreak isn’t airborne. It’s insect-driven. But the response looks familiar—nets, drones, fines, and forced isolation. Foshan leads the case count. No one explains why it’s the epicenter. Same climate as nearby cities. Same infrastructure. No mutation confirmed. No vector density model published. “Authorities had reported more than 7,000 cases of the virus as of …
GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are now the center of a federal crackdown. The FDA has begun seizing counterfeit semaglutide and tirzepatide products from the U.S. supply chain. Some vials contained bacterial contamination. Others were mislabeled or chemically altered. The agency confirmed more than 500 adverse event reports tied to compounded versions. Poison control centers logged nearly …
A new study just flipped the script on diabetes treatment. Researchers tracked 174,458 patients with type 2 diabetes and found that GLP-1 receptor agonists cut dementia risk more effectively than metformin. The data spans 20 years. The results aren’t subtle. The study pulled anonymized health records from the Trinetx global network. Each drug cohort had …
🚨🇩🇪GERMAN DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDERING 15 PATIENTS A 40-year-old palliative care doctor in Germany is accused of killing 15 patients (12 women, 3 men) from 2021–2024 using a mix of anesthetic and muscle relaxants that stopped their breathing. None consented. Victims were aged… pic.twitter.com/jyzkh5bK38 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 16, 2025 This is an extremely …
A registered nurse was arrested and accused of aggravated murder after she allegedly convinced her patient that she had terminal cancer and injected her with a fatal dose of insulin in an attempt to collect the victim’s $1.5 million life insurance policy. Meggan Randall Sundwall, 47, was arrested on Thursday in connection with the death …
I actually feel bad, because all of these people were victims of the left wing psyop to brainwash them into hating Trump Remember they all liked him when he was on NBC doing The Apprentice Then they got brainwashed It's sad — Javi (@javisaidathing) February 7, 2025
A healthcare worker has prompted outrage after sharing videos of her twerking on top of a disabled patient’s head. Lucrecia Koiyan, from Loganville, Georgia, claims she is the woman seen in the now viral footage. In the clip, 19-year-old Koiyan is seen provocatively dancing while stood on the handles of a patient’s wheelchair. The man …
People receiving organ transplants have reported strange changes in their emotions, tastes, and memories. This phenomenon is most common in heart recipients, but those who received kidneys, lungs, and even faces have also noticed changes to their food preferences, music choices, and even sexual orientation. For some patients, their new hobbies and preferences mirror those …
Americans who rely on Medicare to pay for hospital stays are often unable to pay the cost of the standard deduction, sometimes producing a financial shock. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine found that almost half of such patients have insufficient funds to pay the $1,600 payment, the standard out-of-pocket cost. …
Doctors are being warned that a lifesaving cancer therapy may cause new tumors to form in rare cases. In a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers urged physicians to ‘be on the lookout’ for unusual symptoms in patients who receive CAR-T therapy. Twenty-five people in the US out of around 30,000 have …
Related to “Epigenetic inheritance”. They say organs hold memory. Biochemical hypotheses include the concept that the donor’s organ is capable of storing memories or other personality traits that are transferred to the recipient with the donated organ. Chk it out here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31739081/ A shocking study finds organ transplant recipients may end up with a lot …
The long-awaited report into the infected blood scandal will be released on Monday. Colin and Jan Smith, whose beloved son died aged just seven, hope it will lead to some accountability and help shed light on why so many innocent lives were lost. Colin Smith carries a small suitcase into the dining room of their …
Alzheimer’s disease was passed to patients given hormones extracted from corpses, scientists have shown for the first time. Five people are believed to have developed Alzheimer’s after they were treated with a human growth hormone which inadvertently contained the seeds of dementia… “We have found that it is possible for amyloid-beta pathology to be transmitted …
One hospital in Massachusetts appears to be discarding its Hippocratic Oath in favor of protecting people’s feelings. In a video circulating across social media, the Chief Medical officer at the Milford Regional Medical Center in Massachusetts, Dr. Peter Smulowitz, warned that the facility is “committed to providing exceptional health care services to our community with …
View post on imgur.com Denver’s primary public hospital is grappling with a financial crisis as it provided $136 million worth of treatments to around 8,000 migrants from Central America. With 20,000 visits for services ranging from dental emergencies to mental health counseling, Denver Health is facing a critical stage, having incurred a $2 million loss …
Morbidity and mortality Despite MPP been considered a “benign” infection, reports suggest that there is significant morbidity and mortality associated with it. A study looking at all patients admitted with MP infections from 2007 to 2012 at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre identified 416 patients, of which 68 (16.3%) required intensive care unit (ICU) admission. …
Nearly 450 patients at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV due to improper administration of their IV medications, a hospital spokesperson said Thursday. The potential exposures occurred over roughly two years and involved patients who needed an endoscopy, a procedure where doctors use a small camera …
The nation’s largest health insurance company pressured its medical staff to cut off payments for seriously ill patients in lockstep with a computer algorithm’s calculations, denying rehabilitation care for older and disabled Americans as profits soared, a STAT investigation has found. UnitedHealth Group has repeatedly said its algorithm, which predicts how long patients will need …
It should be interesting to see how the consumer sector is impacted by this trend. In an inflationary environment with more focus on health, spending will shift. Another long-term trend that is worth watching. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 11, 2023 Why is there …
The cost of health insurance premiums in the US has significantly increased, from $6,000 in 2000 to $21,000 in 2022, outpacing inflation. The average US family health insurance premium has increased from $6,000 in 2000 to $21,000 in 2022. That’s a 249% increase, or 5.8% per year, more than double inflation. The biggest beneficiaries of …
Some NHS patients could be prescribed the Wegovy weight-loss drug after limited stock arrived in the UK. The injection will be offered by some specialist NHS weight-loss management services, as well as some private clinics. As doses become available, it could help tens of thousands of patients in England, the NHS said. There has been …
Thieves smashed their way into a Beverly Hills wig shop and in a mere two minutes, made off with thousands of dollars of merchandise that included hair pieces for clients going through chemotherapy. The Wig Fairy, a La Cienega Boulevard-based shop, specializes in selling wigs made from human hair. A large part of the business’ …
John Boel investigates after multiple reports of patients being dumped out of Louisville hospitals. AC
Deadly bacteria that kills up to 50% of patients now ENDEMIC to US gulf coast, CDC expert says – just a year after it was first detected in the country The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the warning Experts said the bacteria was now endemic to the 1,600-mile US gulf coast A deadly …