4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (733+ words) It's not surging profits but expensive new medical services and increased usage. Americans have long lamented the high cost of health insurance, and the situation will soon get worse. Premiums for employer-sponsored insurance will go up by another 9 percent in…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (284+ words) Urban hospitals" attempts to avoid Medicaid cuts yielded huge new subsidies for red state providers. Lobbyists for rural hospitals should expect big bonuses this year. These hospitals receive only 1.3 percent of Medicaid spending and were largely exempt from cuts to…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (509+ words) As the city recovers from the pandemic, it risks settling for stagnation. Five years ago, New York proved how easy it is to shut down a city by decree. In mid-March 2020, under a state and local Covid-19 lockdown that lasted,…...