For more than a decade, large health systems have faced scrutiny for admitting patients to costly hospital stays when less expensive treatments or short periods of observation in the ER would have been appropriate.
CNN — Paxlovid, the antiviral pill that reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, also reduces the risk of long COVID, according to a new study by researchers at Veterans Affairs.
While hospital ERs across Massachusetts have weathered surges of sick patients throughout the pandemic and in years past, doctors say what they’re seeing now is unprecedented.
Should people who depend on initiatives that are funded in part by the federal government — such as Medicaid — be allowed to sue states when their rights are violated?