The bipartisan leaders of a powerful Senate committee have launched a wide-ranging investigation into private equity's impact on the U.S. healthcare system.
A case that began as a dispute over the tragic consequences of one infant's birth has transformed into a high-stakes examination of an alleged conflict between the interests of a policyholder that allegedly wanted to settle and avoid trial and an insurance company that was dedicated to changing malpractice law.
Last week Lewis County Health System celebrated the completion of a $32 million-dollar surgical center renovation, at the Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville. The renovation project doubles the hospital’s ability to perform surgeries, and includes new rooms and equipment.
Known as standardized patients, these gig workers say their roles are crucial to public health but invisible to the public and often undervalued. Now, the ones at Thomas Jefferson University want to unionize.