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Why the corporate push into primary care is so pernicious
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Fewer employers are offering workers supplemental health benefits for retirement; those that do increasingly push Medicare Advantage
A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation (“Retiree Health Benefits: Going, Going, Nearly Gone?”) reveals a marked decline in supplemental…
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Adam Gaffney
Physicians are Today Mostly Employees as the Healthcare Provision Landscape Rapidly Corporatizes
As far back as the 1980s, there was some talk of the coming “proletarianization” of physicians. However, only in recent years does the phenomenon seem…
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Adam Gaffney

March 2024

December 2023

Mortality from common respiratory pathogens in the COVID-19 era: Trends and implications
Last year, a resurgent respiratory viral season — particularly a surge in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections among children — led to some…
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Adam Gaffney

October 2023

The War and Siege on Gaza is a Medical Catastrophe
The Emergency Treatment is a Ceasefire
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Adam Gaffney

April 2022

Rising COVID-19 hospitalizations in England: What Role for "Incidental" Infections?
How do we explain the fact that COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in England? As physician and healthcare researcher Walid Gellad recently noted on…
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Adam Gaffney

March 2022

How much COVID-19-related care did the federal government cover for the uninsured?
Since the expiration of funding for the COVID-19 uninsured program last Tuesday, the federal government will no longer cover the costs of COVID-19…
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Adam Gaffney

December 2021

CMS Actuaries' Report Shows Big Hike in Health Spending in 2020 But Not for the Reasons You Might Think
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its 2020 National Health Expenditures Accounts (NHEA), authoritative annual…
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Adam Gaffney
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