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Prioritize patients over insurer profits

Under the “copay accumulator” practice, the insurer is collecting from both the copay program and the patient. They are getting paid twice.

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Backward drug industry incentives are hurting asthma patients

Flovent’s price odyssey shows how making a medicine cheaper in America’s convoluted drug marketplace can make medicines less accessible.

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Why are so many pharmacies closing?

The shift to pharmacy benefit managers has caused the margins in my store to plummet — often to unsustainable lows.

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Massachusetts’ infant abandonment laws are failing families in crisis

The state’s Safe Haven law, the most restrictive in New England, is unsupportive of those in crisis.

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The chipping away at Safe Haven laws

Officials in New Mexico have interpreted the law to mean that they have to track down mothers who utilize baby boxes.

Ideas

A huge misconception about medical care for trans kids

As a pediatrician who serves youth with gender dysphoria, I know the treatments are neither impulsive nor incautious.

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Learning from Steward crisis, focus needs to turn to good stewardship of health care resources

As a state, we will be challenged in the coming months to stabilize an already strained health care system. We must center community needs and health equity in charting the best path forward.

Ideas

Toward better health care for the homeless

The man was a frequent patient in our ER. His care was straightforward until a clue buried in his medical chart revealed a far more complicated picture.