by Monty Self | Feb 2, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Nurses have ranked as the most trusted profession in the U.S. for the past two decades. They retained this top spot in Gallup’s latest poll about how U.S. adults view the ethics and honesty of 18 professions, with 79% of U.S. adults considering nurses to have “very...
by Monty Self | Jan 27, 2023 | Opinion
Americans spent over $335 billion on prescription drugs in 2018 compared to $30 billion in 1980, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This compels us to ask why there has been a $305 billion increase in less than 40 years. The simple answer is that it is...
by Monty Self | Jan 26, 2023 | Opinion
The median annual price for new drugs approved in 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was $222,003, according to a Reuters report published January 5. This is a decades-long trend, as detailed in a June 2022 report published by JAMA Network. In 2008, the...
by Monty Self | Jan 23, 2023 | Opinion
The United States Treasury Department announced on January 19 that the government has reached its limit for the amount of money it is authorized to borrow. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, extraordinary measures are being taken to ensure solvability and...
by Monty Self | Jan 18, 2023 | Opinion
Hospitals were flooded with Respiratory Syncytial Virus cases in November 2022 at a rate almost five times the rate in 2021. Fortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the hospitalization rate dropped to 2021-2022 levels in December, but...
