Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). The Medicaid work requirement plan devised by Arkansas and approved by the Trump administration backfired because it caused thousands of poor adults to lose coverage without any evidence the target population gained jobs, a new study finds. In fact, the requirement had only a… Read More »
Howard Schultz, the CEO who spent over three decades transforming Starbucks from a lesser-known Seattle coffeehouse to a global juggernaut, might run for president. In any other election cycle, a self-made billionaire entertaining a third-party bid wouldn’t garner much more than a side-eye from the masses. Schultz’s public flirtations have been met with apoplectic fury.… Read More »
Short writing exercises reliving happy moments boosted the moods of adults recovering from addiction in a study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) Recovery Research Institute. “Recovery is hard,” said lead author Bettina B. Hoeppner, senior research scientist at the institute and an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. “For the… Read More »
I am beginning to think that we should not see chronic care patients between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. It just makes us look bad. Our quality metrics make the last blood pressure and the previous diabetic lab test of the year for each of our patients our final report card. We should quit while… Read More »
When expectant parents learn their child will be born with Down syndrome, they invariably have questions about what this diagnosis will mean for their son or daughter and for the rest of their family. When will their child be able to walk, to speak clearly, to care for most basic needs? Will he or she… Read More »