What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We're starting to see the effects
Historically, hospitals have provided care for people, while separate insurers have paid for that care.
Aug 18, 2026
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Health Care Economics and Organizations: News and Research on Social Control, Formal
MeSH tree: N03.706
There's a new flu vaccine on the market. Will it move the needle on reducing disease?
Flu season in the Northern Hemisphere is rapidly approaching, and people looking to get their annual shot may now have an additional option.
Aug 13, 2026
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Reddit reveals what pregnant women really want to know about the Tdap vaccine
An analysis of Reddit posts about the maternal Tdap vaccine made by pregnant women reveals that expectant mothers turn to Reddit to seek advice and reassurance—with fewer outright instances of vaccine hesitancy or refusal ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Simplifying the application process for public assistance programs can achieve true government efficiency
Each year, millions of Americans spend a significant amount of time applying to Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other public assistance programs to meet their basic food and health care ...
Aug 12, 2026
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Keeping the 'human' in human services
In behavioral health, lived experience is an essential asset for peer supporters—those who use their own experiences to help people feel empowered, supported and hopeful. In a new policy paper published in Psychiatric Services, ...
Aug 11, 2026
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A handful of corporations now shape how adolescents in Medicaid get care
The United States is in the middle of a well-documented adolescent mental health crisis. Because Medicaid provides medical coverage for roughly half of all children in the country, the program has an essential role in responding ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Q&A: AI in health care—an evolving landscape of new technologies, productivity benefits and legal uncertainties
AI tools are already being used in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices. Who is making treatment decisions, and who is responsible if an AI gets it wrong? To address these questions, science and technology editor Eric ...
Jul 29, 2026
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New global CARE-AI framework sets standard for responsible AI in health education and care
An international team of researchers, clinicians, educators, ethicists and patient partners has developed and validated the Health CARE-AI (Contextual, Accountable, Responsible, and Equitable Artificial Intelligence) Framework. ...
Jul 27, 2026
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How vaccine skeptics use storytelling effectively to create powerful but medically inaccurate messaging
As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety.
Jul 27, 2026
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Vaccine mis‑ and disinformation aren't just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy
A previously eliminated disease—measles—is resurgent in Canada amid declining vaccination rates
Jul 27, 2026
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