Unless you don’t own a TV, you’ve seen the ads for “Medicare Advantage” plans — supposed low-cost commercial plans claiming to provide better coverage than Medicare. James Kahn, Emeritus Professor […]
As pandemic emergency ends, Medicaid “unwinding” means mor...
Just over a million people in Wisconsin are covered by health insurance through Medicaid programs, the majority through BadgerCare Plus. Thanks to a federal provision, those who signed up for […]
ProPublica’s Caroline Chen – Science Journalist in Residen...
Every school term, UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications and University Communications invites a science writer to campus as the Science Journalist in Residence. This provides that person a […]
Nursing Homes and COVID-19
Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine changes direction, at least a little bit, from our typical science-related topics. But it does relate to the coronavirus. Why were nursing homes hit so […]
Maternal Health Care in Rural Wisconsin
According to national statistics, more than 54% of rural counties have no hospital-based obstetrics services, leaving 18 million reproductive-age rural women without access to care. Here in Wisconsin, there are […]
Physician Calls for Creation of a Patients’ Union
Hooman Norchashm is a cardio-thoracic surgeon in Philadelphia who has gotten fed up with the way his medical profession — and other health-related industries, such as insurance companies — treat […]
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