Health Exec

WalletHub: West Virginia, Vermont top list of states where health insurance costs the most. Maryland rounds out the bottom.

West Virginia, Vermont top list of states where health insurance costs the most On the very bottom stands Maryland. The report from WalletHub looked at the median income of households in each state, analyzing what percentage of household income a silver plan consumes.

Question 2. What does the ongoing corporatization of U.S. healthcare mean for patients, providers and prices?

5 of 10 questions policy researchers—and all healthcare stakeholders—should be asking this year and next In healthcare policymaking, priorities are like flaming swords to a circus juggler. It’s easy to take on one too many—and overlook the overreach until a burn or laceration halts the show. The word picture is suggested between the lines of a peer-reviewed paper published this month.

Jury awards family $18.2M after ‘never maneuver’ leaves child paralyzed for life. The incident happened in 2019 at a WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Jury awards family $18.2M after ‘never maneuver’ leaves child paralyzed for life The incident happened in 2019 at a WakeMed hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. Both the facility and the physician who performed the maneuver during the birth of Naqah Lake were found by a jury to be liable for the boy’s injuries. The verdict sets a record for the county.