unnecessary services

Health Care Costs

How a clinician’s desire to be thorough can cause a harmful spiral of unnecessary care

Ryan Levi

When medical tests and procedures are overused, they not only raise medical costs. They can also lead to unneeded interventions and cause fear and anxiety over nothing.
Health Care Costs

Are Doctors Driving Up Medical Costs?

Last month, a study of Medicare data published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine came out with a startling finding: The doctors earning the most from…

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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