A new study finds that provider organizations entering into risk-based financial arrangements with Medicare Advantage plans had little change in utilization patterns.
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Short-form videos are extremely bad for your cognitive and mental health.
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The reversal of tariffs on food products is an admission that they are in fact a tax paid by consumers. We need an end to trade and tariff chaos.
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A new report from California demonstrates how unprepared freshmen are to do college level work.
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Another mixed week for US debt auctions, ending with a pretty bad 30-year bond auction.
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The Strib sinks below even its usual low standards in attacking Trump.
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The multiple federal programs to reduce health spending and improve primary care.
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The government tries to pretend that a train line isn't losing money.
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The Strib is getting stale, pursuing the same old attack lines on Trump.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.