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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 1)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. ” —attributed to Mark Twain What are some of the sources of much of the poor quality and costly healthcare in the U.S. healthcare (17% of GDP and climbing). The Peterson Center of Healthcare reports that the U.S. healthcare bill is only exceeded by the approximately $3.8

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Right-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation?

Mad in America

His proposed solution was to make it harder to qualify for sick leave and health support, aiming to reduce government spending on disability and healthcare. Second, it provides an enormously lucrative market in which multinational pharmaceutical companies can peddle their pharmaceuticals (we can cure you with our SSRIs).

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Labor trends to watch in 2024: A U.S. economic outlook and sector play-by-play

Work Life

But despite government incentives for green energy initiatives, financing that growth may be challenging amid high interest rates and material costs, which could lead to project delays. Still, the industry remains resilient—many providers are hiring in-house talent acquisition specialists to recruit healthcare staff.

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Power, Privilege & Controlling the Narrative: Vested Interests in ‘Mental Health’

Mad in America

It doesnt seem beyond the realm of possibility that pharmaceutical companies would deliberately disrupt the conversation in similar ways, and indeed James Davies in his book Sedated gives evidenced examples of them selectively publishing research data on the efficacy of their drugs (Davies, 2022). Davies, 2013, p.30)

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Tackling Health Spending

Inside Workplace Wellness

On Thursday, the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) and Health Affairs launched a new initiative to address health spending called Going Below the Surface. There is no public support for rationing care, so the government can't put the breaks on, at least not at the federal level.

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. The following is a guest post by Russell Bishop.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Preface)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. healthcare, primarily “everyday” healthcare. By “ research in healthcare” in this manuscript I am concerned with questions of the science of determining the efficacy and safety of drug and non-drug therapies and whether or not the current FDA standard is adequate or needs major revisions.