Healthcare

Julie Perkins is a pharmacist and the owner of Batson’s Drug Store in Howard, Kansas. It’s the only pharmacy for miles.

“I've never seen emergency child care where somebody just shows up at your front door and helps you with no questions asked,” said Silke Knebel, founder of the National Childcare Emergency Network.

Beth Scott at the Patient Advocate Foundation said their services are more in-demand than ever, but resources are increasingly scarce.

The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up too, to 4.4%.

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are increasingly popular as a treatment for obesity. But a lot of employer-sponsored health plans won’t cover the treatments, especially at small and medium-sized firms. 

Health care accounted for 121% of job growth over the past 12 months, as other sectors were net job losers.

After years of wide-open compounding, regulators say they’re ready to enforce limits and restore control over the fast-growing GLP-1 market.

The short answer: Yes. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that a 25% increase in the flow of immigrants into the U.S. would prevent 5,000 deaths among older Americans.

Under the Trump administration, the government has rescinded research funding, changed vaccine recommendations, and refused to review Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine. That could set vaccine research and development back for years.

Concierge medicine, where patients pay often hefty annual fees, is booming. It’s a sign of what’s broken in health care.