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@statnews.comResearch shows that the U.S. pays, on average, anywhere from three to four times as much for brand-name drugs compared with other wealthy countries.
But a breaking point is imminent, one that makes government intervention to curb health care costs inevitable, experts insist. https://bit.ly/4edjsFi
@statnews.comAmerican hospitals, physicians, drug companies, and others charge some of the highest prices in the world — a chief reason why U.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year.
But a breaking point, policy experts warn, is a matter of when, not if: https://bit.ly/4edjsFi
@statnews.comNorthwestern Medicine, Weill Cornell, and the Mayo Clinic have opened longevity clinics — with price tags that can be up to tens of thousands of dollars.
Critics are questioning how to reconcile the clinics' high out-of-pocket costs with hospitals' nonprofit status. https://bit.ly/4yXgRIh?
@statnews.comU.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year.
And the biggest portion of an employer's health spending — even for the largest corporations in the country — has remained the same since the 1980s: https://bit.ly/4edjsFi
@statnews.comThe Trump administration's growing restriction of international students and scholars' entry into the U.S. is raising concerns about the future of the country's biomedical workforce.
“This is an incredible series of self-owns,” one immigration attorney said. https://bit.ly/4dXOBws
@statnews.comTwo short years after RFK Jr.'s debut as health secretary, the MAHA movement is nearly invisible on the campaign trail, and struggling to find a financial or messaging foothold in key races.
What happened? https://bit.ly/4yg7BxI
@statnews.comA new proposal in Congress aims to overhaul the No Surprises Act, currently used to resolve disputes between insurers and out-of-network providers.
But first, the bill needs to survive an onslaught of attacks from provider groups, for whom arbitration has been a gold mine. https://bit.ly/4hDRYeo
@statnews.comDeacon is speaking with @bobjherman.bsky.social on her fight for greater transparency in the U.S. health care system at the #STATSummit next week.
Register to hear their conversation here: www.statnews.com/stat-summit-...
@statnews.comTo blow the lid on Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield's fraudulent state contract, Chris Deacon traded a job she loved or legal feuds and isolation.
What came next radicalized her, and fueled her rise to become one of the most influential critics of America’s health care system. https://bit.ly/4AXmMOz
@statnews.comThe Trump administration is investigating nine universities for alleged fraud related to visas commonly used by postdoctoral researchers, a core part of the U.S. biomedical workforce.
It’s unclear how much evidence the administration has to support its visa fraud concerns. https://bit.ly/4dXOBws
@statnews.comCurrently, there are only 337 known cases of Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome in the world.
One of them is Deepak Fernandes' daughter, Maya.
When Maya was 17, the two of them set out to find the others. https://bit.ly/4rVww7V
@danielpayne.bsky.socialReposted by @statnews.comMAHA activists have claimed to lead a revolution in American politics.
Now, they meet disappointing midterm realities.
@brittanytrang.comReposted by @statnews.com"I worry about calls to direct research funding primarily toward work with [immediate] applications...The most consequential research is often about what is not obvious. If scientists must know the practical outcome before asking the question, they’ll never ask some of the most important questions."
@jonathanwosen.bsky.socialReposted by @statnews.comThe Trump administration is investigating nine universities -- including Stanford, Harvard, and MIT -- for alleged fraud related to visas commonly used by postdoctoral researchers, a core part of the nation’s biomedical workforce. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2026/10/08/t...
@jasonukman.bsky.socialReposted by @statnews.comFifty years ago, pioneering researcher Robert Gallo and his colleagues pursued basic research science and changed history.
Sometimes you don't know where the work will lead. That, he writes in @statnews.com, is a lesson that should still matter.
@statnews.comDo you know the biggest culprit behind health care costs?
https://bit.ly/4edjsFi
@statnews.com"Vaccine hesitancy, in a lot of ways, is a logical outcome to the cultural pressures we’ve put before families," sociologist Jennifer Reich told STAT.
Hear Reich and @nicholasflorko.bsky.social discuss vaccine hesitancy, trusting health systems, and more at #STATSummit: https://bit.ly/4yCsPqf
@statnews.comAmerican hospitals, physicians, drug companies, and others charge some of the highest prices in the world — a chief reason why U.S. health spending is on pace to cost almost $16,500 per person this year.
But a breaking point, policy experts warn, is a matter of when, not if: https://bit.ly/4edjsFi
@statnews.comBorn at the onset of the pandemic, epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social newsletter has become an authoritative source on a wider swath of public health issues, including gun violence, pharma ads, and the MAHA movement.
You can hear her speak at the #STATSummit next week. https://bit.ly/4yCsPqf
@statnews.comIn 2025, Deepa Fernandes embarked on a worldwide journey to help connect her daughter Maya to some of the 337 people with Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome, a disease so rare it's basically nonexistent in the scientific literature.
Read her story here: https://bit.ly/4rVww7V
