Category: Healthcare
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Surprise billing legislation didn’t fix surprise billing
The No Surprises Act was supposed to end out-of-network bills. Patients are still getting them — through loopholes the law left open on purpose.
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Medicare Advantage gives seniors more than traditional Medicare
Medicare Advantage’s flaws are real, but the program offers seniors benefits traditional Medicare doesn’t, and progressives won’t engage with that honestly.
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Why medical labels can change how you feel
Getting a diagnosis can be a relief — and also reshape symptoms in ways that aren’t simple. The label effect is real, and worth understanding.
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Hospital chargemaster prices are a legal scam
Hospital chargemaster prices bear little relation to actual costs or what insurers pay, but they shape billing for the uninsured and out-of-network patients.
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Why Mental Health Diagnoses Can Be Too Broad
DSM categories sweep together patients with very different underlying conditions. Here’s why broad mental health diagnoses can blur clinical decision-making.
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Long-term therapy can quietly create dependency
Therapy helps many people. Long-term, open-ended therapy without clear goals can also quietly produce dependency that gets harder to leave the longer it lasts.
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Insurance-driven 50-minute sessions are bad medicine
The 50-minute therapy hour exists because insurance pays for it, not because it’s clinically optimal. The format quietly limits what therapy can do.