What Employers Should Know About Maternity Quality: The Problem (Part 1 of 2)

Saturday Longforms: Anesthesia, rare disease therapy, HIV treatment without drugs, Keytruda expense, and key court battles

Friday shorts: RSV vaccine, PBM backlash, early flu, and multi-cancer early detection tests

Many women skip medical care due to out-of-pocket costs

Patent thickets increase medical costs

The US is underinvesting in children’s health

Saturday Longforms: GLP-1s, surgery vs. placebo, nursing homes, medical debt, and bird photos

Friday Shorts: Cutting maternal mortality, insuring against gun violence, measles, site-neutral payments, and MA plan exits

Evidence-based ways to prevent cancer and diagnose it early

Grail multicancer early detection test did not significantly reduce Stage III and IV cancer diagnosis

No Surprises Act Arbitration May Narrow Networks and Raise ACA Marketplace Premiums

Hospital-insurer negotiation brinkmanship is increasing

Weekend Longforms: States lead on affordability, nonprofit conversion, Medicare for all, patent thickets and disappearing Medicare Advantage plans.

Friday Shorts: Unaffordable insurance, tax deduction and reinsurance, autism prevalence, and incomplete drug deals

Why Hospital-Payer Fights Are About to Get Worse

Pediatric outpatient psychotherapy use increased from 2016 to 2023

New meta-analysis confirms effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccinations

Weekend Longforms: organ donation, false pregnancy tests, cancer drug, AI for diagnosis, and denial appeals. Animal photo, too

Friday Shorts: Full body CTs, drug prices, generic cancer drug shortages, IDR arbitration and measles

A critical look at what initiatives can control US health care spending

The fallacy of future medical cost savings

Peterson Health Technology Institute finds that vendor solutions for chronic kidney disease don’t delay progression or lower costs

Good intentions aren’t enough: many who plan to vaccinate don’t follow through

Friday Shorts: Ectopic pregnancy deaths, postpartum MH care, male obesity, mindfulness for low back pain and NSA arbitration costs

Drug overdose deaths declined in 2025

A rising share of women have had no cervical cancer screening

Review of randomized controlled trials supports safety and effectiveness of GLP-1 medications for obesity

Saturday Longforms: Post-polio syndrome, measles, metagenomics, stem cells and employer health insurance unraveling

Friday Shorts: Fall vaccines, measles, depression after hours, stem cells and expensive new drugs

Friday Shorts: Fall vaccines, measles, depression after hours, stem cells and expensive new drugs

Measles vaccine rates continue to decline

Biosimilar medications lead to large cost savings

No Surprises Act dispute process increased medical costs by $22.4 billion over four years

Shingles vaccine protects against heart disease

Weekend Longforms: Scared of docs, IVF tourism, transgender discrimination, “time tax” and melanoma vaccine. Animal photo, too

New guidelines expand use of drugs to lower cholesterol

Patients on GLP-1 agents for obesity regain most of the weight they lost after discontinuation

How can prescription prices drop while costs are going up?

Saturday Longforms: Rare disease, rising health care costs, CAR-T therapy, paying for excluded services and hospital monopolies

Friday Shorts: Maternity deserts and RSV vaccine protection of infants

Subscription model for Hepatitis C medications lowered medical costs in Louisiana

Colorectal cancer testing with FIT tests associated with lower death rate

Prior authorizations are variable across ACA marketplace plans

Most patients on GLP-1s maintain weight loss through second year

Weekend Longforms: UK maternity care, Chipotle's to the rescue, high tech referral payments, lung cancer screening, hospital finance and the perils of missing a flu shot

Friday Shorts: low value care, HPV vaccine and male cancer, adherence and food insecurity and maternal mortality