I paid for my medical care. Then I received $27,000 in bills for services I had already paid for. When I spoke with the hospital on Oct. 6, I was given an explanation that should concern every American who has ever opened a medical bill: According to the hospital, an AI-enabled process within its Epic […]
On Nov. 14, 2023, STAT News published an investigation into how a UnitedHealth subsidiary used an algorithm to shape the length of Medicare Advantage rehab stays. By the end of the same day, a class-action complaint against UnitedHealth was on file in federal court. It cited STAT reporting from its March and November articles repeatedly, […]
In Thailand, even a bar called Trump Tower can trigger the woke Left. In Jomtien, a beach town two hours south of Bangkok, the MAGA-themed watering hole has become a target of online fury from Western expats who call it everything from a “den of pedophilia” to a “tribute to the orange pedo hero.” So […]
The best way to make history, Winston Churchill wrote, is to write it. And the best way to revise history is to get a bunch of people to lie their heads off. That’s what’s happening right now with regard to Richard Nixon’s reputation, which has lain rightfully in tatters for half a century, due to […]
The public is exhausted, and rightfully so. We are witnessing a systemic failure of our federal government, driven by a legislature that has entirely abandoned its primary duty. Instead of focusing on the tangible, urgent needs of the citizens they serve, lawmakers have allowed Capitol Hill to mutate. We are no longer governed by a […]
Sunrise Movement Twin Cities said it disrupted a Minnesota Republican Party fundraiser, displaying a "RepubliKKKan Party" banner during Lisa Demuth's remarks.
1990—More from Florida justices Rosemary Barkett and Gerald Kogan. In Stall v. State, the Florida supreme court adheres to its precedents holding that Florida’s statute criminalizing obscenity...
A quiet algorithmic coup recently reshaped American medicine. The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released their updated dyslipidemia guidelines. By retiring older risk calculators in favor of the new Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTS, or PREVENTS, equations, these centralized medical bodies expanded the age range for primary cardiovascular prevention up […]
A student raises her hand and asks a question into the microphone. The woman on the screen in front of them pauses, blinks, and answers. The classroom falls quiet as Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski describes what she lived through in her own words. For a moment, it feels as if she is sitting with the […]
In Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick promise to pull back the curtain on what they believe is among the most important dynamics underlying today’s politics: the pro-Israel lobby’s alleged control over American foreign policy. However, they ultimately come up short. Rather than embrace the topic’s […]
