West Virginia has a weight problem. Forty-one percent of state residents are clinically obese, which is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of greater than […]
Tag: health care
Guest essay: For West Virginians, paper health care information is a must
by Jennifer Brown There’s a reason we say that West Virginia is “Almost Heaven.” Our state’s wild and wonderful mountains and hollows are what make it special, […]
Why the Kaiser Permanente strike may signal more health care labor unrest
by Shira Fischer More than 75,000 nurses, nursing assistants, technicians, pharmacists and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike in California and beyond this […]
Inflation Reduction Act helped make America healthier
by Jamie DeMarco and Vincent DeMarco The numbers are in. The Inflation Reduction Act has, in fact, helped to reduce inflation. The most recent numbers from the […]
Where’s urgency to treat long COVID?
by Julia Moore Vogel In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least […]
Medical debt making Americans angry
by Noam N. Levey For Emily Boller, it was a $5,000 hospital bill for a simple case of pink eye that took four years to pay off. […]
Guest essay: It’s time for Medicare to cover anti-obesity medications
by Sabrina Weekley For many West Virginians, food means family. We grew up with our grandmothers fixing big meals as an expression of their love. And in […]
Guest essay: Multi-cancer early detection tests save lives
by Delegate Joey Garcia All politics are local. It’s an old saying that still endures today. It encapsulates the concept that personal concerns are more important than […]
The cruel economics of life-saving drugs
by Rekha Basu Ajit “Ayaan” Sharma, a skinny 11-year-old with dark eyes that gleam like headlights, bounces around a New Delhi home on the balls of his […]
Guest essay: More choices in managed care equals savings
by Sen. Mike Oliverio The free market is a good thing. Competition drives up performance and keeps costs low. That is the same in the public sector […]