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Super excited to announce my new book BLIND SPOTS now avail for pre-order! It's about the latest medical research we are NOT talking about that we need to talk about:
▶ The Microbiome
▶ Hormone Replacement
▶ Peanut Allg
▶ Blood tests not ordered that everyone needs
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Novo Nordisk rides weight loss drug boom as risks mount axios.com/2024/05/02/nov…

💰In 2023, only 7% of #Medicare Part B enrollees paid above the standard premium despite policies since 2007 that adjust premiums based on income.

Wealthier enrollees continue to receive significant taxpayer subsidies for their coverage.
#ParagonPIC #PartB

NEW STUDY: Antimicrobial-resistant hospital infections are up 12% during the pandemic, according to a new NIH study. medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-a…
One untold story of Covid has been the massive overuse of antibiotics driving more bacterial resistance. who.int/news/item/26-0…

There’s a lot of middleman waste in healthcare, that employers can address in their health benefits choices

Picked up a copy of the “Love, Mom” book that everyone is talking about for Mother’s Day in 2wks! Thank you Dr. Saphier and friends for writing it.

Monopolies are bad for health care. Submit a comment to the FTC today: youtube.com/watch?v=ajCzsI…

Nurses Protest Use Of AI at Kaiser sfgate.com/news/bayarea/a…

Every physician should watch this video

FTC is interested in hearing from you! Please submit comment and share with every physician you know.
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BREAKING: FTC and DOJ Antitrust Division opened new portal to hear about the monopolies controlling healthcare and stifling competition. Please take a minute and make them aware of the ABMS monopoly!
Westby Fisher, MD Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP Marty Makary MD, MPH Vinay Prasad MD MPH

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New research from Paragon Health Institute shows the extremely outdated methodologies that HHS.gov uses for measuring whether areas have health provider shortages. The workforce, with NPs and PAs, is much different than in the 1970s when these formulas were set.

Marty Makary MD, MPH Avik Roy Phil Kerpen

On most hospitals being tax exempt:Several of my Johns Hopkins colleagues and I published a study in JAMA showing that some nonprofit hospitals sue and garnish the wages of low-income patients who can’t afford to pay their medical bills. Where’s the community benefit in that?

National Board of Physicians and Surgeons chadi nabhan MD, MBA, FACP Aaron Goodman - “Papa Heme” Marty Makary MD, MPH The fact that American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) electronically notifies hospital credential offices to dispense strongman threats of loss of privileges to force payments for their org is one example of their racketeering practices and should be investigated by FTC Lina Khan

States Aim to Combat Private-Equity Healthcare Takeovers wsj.com/articles/state…