Karleen DeGroodt of Huntington Beach, Calif., was an ICU nurse when she was pregnant with her son Devyn. Working 12 to 16 hours a day, most of it on her feet, DeGroodt took acetaminophen several times a week for her aches and pains. After all, it was one of the few pain meds recommended by her ...
Large hospital systems and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been taking advantage of a federal program for far too long, netting billions for themselves while access to care for low-income patients dwindles. The program, known as the 340B Drug Pricing Program, requires pharmaceutical ...
To “Man up” means to “demonstrate toughness or courage when faced with a difficult situation.” That’s precisely what men need to do. Face up to a changing world and redefine what it is to be a man. In his recent book “Of Boys and Men,” Brookings Institution scholar Richard V. ...
A perfect storm is gathering over the electric utility industry in the United States. It may break this year, next year or the year after, but break it will. That is the consensus from utility executives I have been talking to over the past month. Several issues together amount to a clear ...
On December 10, 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), declaring the month Universal Human Rights month. The theme for 2022 was “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All,” with a call to action to #StandUp4HumanRights. Unfortunately, for many ...
“All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Maybe we should go back to that maxim about happy and unhappy families at the opening of “Anna Karenina,” the Russian classic by Leo Tolstoy. To paraphrase Tolstoy, all happy victors in war are alike, ...
