Paperwork, Insurance Tricks, and Tools for Health Disparity
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The administrative burden of healthcare is something that everyone experiences, but it hits people with social and economic…
The administrative burden of healthcare is something that everyone experiences, but it hits people with social and economic…
It’s nothing new. Overwhelmingly and for a long time it has been true that obesity care is mainly available to the few and the…
Somehow this doesn’t seem right. The list price for for a month’s supply of semaglutide when it’s for diabetes is $892. No…
Make no mistake. The competition to deliver better therapies for obesity is heating up in an impressive way. This morning, Eli…
What is healthcare when providers don’t provide care for a chronic disease and, in fact, make it worse? That is a glimpse of…
Ten years ago, the American Board of Obesity Medicine was not yet certifying physicians in this specialty. Today, obesity…
The overlap between systemic racism and obesity is unmistakable. Obesity is a condition that burdens the health of Black…
Mercedes drove two hours to the nearest healthcare clinic to get her first physical exam in ten years. I met Mercedes while…
We are in a moment when life and death and race and ethnicity are forcing conversations that White people politely avoid. It’s…
America is having a moment. Civil unrest and a still-unfolding pandemic display a gaping wound in the public life of this nation.
This is not about me – not my problem personally. It’s a problem for other people and I feel for them. I really do. In the…
Health disparities are an ever-present feature of American healthcare. Money, race, and ethnicity have long been deciding…