The Health Care Blog
The Health Care Blog is a niche healthcare news and analysis outlet focused on the economics, policy, and technology shaping the U.S. healthcare system.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 36
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Audience
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
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Thinking of Healthcare Reform as a Movement (opens the original)
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By TOMMY BEVERIDGE Thought experiment. What if the United States had a vast network of primary care-oriented non-profit health clinics? Imagine if there were, say, 17,000 locations in the most needed corners of our country? What if these clinics had to see everyone, had to offer a sliding fee scale for their services, and be run by boards comprised of a p
Glucose Data Wants to Be Ambient (opens the original)
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By IRAKLI KURTANIDZE I have lived with type 1 diabetes for more than twelve years, and I check my glucose the way most people check the time: dozens of times a day, in glances that last a second or two. A continuous glucose monitor sits on my arm and produces a fresh number every few minutes. The sen
The pharmacy pays $1,302. The patient pays $299 (opens the original)
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By JOHN SAMARAS A US retail pharmacy pays $1,302 to acquire one month of branded Wegovy. That figure comes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services National Average Drug Acquisition Cost file, effective August 19, 2026, for the 25 mg oral tablet at 30 tablets a month. <p
THCB Gang Special — The Odyssey of Women’s Health: Journeying into the Midterms (opens the original)
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Audrey Mann Cronin takes over THCB today and has a THCB Gang special called “The Odyssey of Women’s Health: Journeying into the Midterms – Obstacles, Opportunities and What We Can Expect” The panel is Liz Powell, an attorney and Founder of both G2G Consulting and Women’s Health Advocates, and former Capitol Hill staffer; Dr. Elizabeth Garner, CEO of Sena Therapeutics, former CSO for Ferring, and past President of the American Medical Women’s Association; and, Dr. Mitzi Krockover who founded both
HealthEx — The Demo with Claude & the CEO Speaks! (opens the original)
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I spent some time figuring out and getting a little help in uploading my health records to Claude, using HealthEx. I did the demo with Ruheed Mohamed, the head of technical services, and then I interviewed CEO Priyanka Agarwal, MD. This shows how Healthex gets data and incorporates it into Claude, and where Priyanka thinks the business is going, and why she wants to change the way consumers get health care data.–Matthew Holt <div class="wp-block-em
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