Elevance Health reported $949 million in fourth quarter profits as the health insurer benefitted from higher premiums and growth in Medicaid coverage for poor Americans and Medicare Advantage for seniors.
Inspectors found that an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn hospital made numerous errors in administering epidurals. Some were life-threatening. One was fatal.
Many doctors worry that the drugs' current popularity, fueled in part by social media, has resulted in people taking them without sufficient medical supervision.
