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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Why I Don’t Believe in Healing Faster

We all want a quick fix for our suffering, and there is absolutely no reason to be ashamed of that desire. How could we...

Privatizing Medicare: Greed is Creating a Financial Crisis for Seniors

Large health insurance companies are dominating the Medicare Advantage (MA) market and gaming the system to maximize profits. The loser in the push to privatize Medicare is seniors

A Life-Saving Proposal: Offer Narcan Nasal Spray For Free

The pharmaceutical industry must move beyond a business and manufacture to become a beacon of action for the countless lives lost and impacted by the social blight of addiction.