3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (303+ words) Its decision to invite Supreme Court Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson to deliver a lecture at the annual Clinical Congress underscores its commitment to DEI. By now, one might expect the American College of Surgeons to reconsider its positions on DEI…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (786+ words) The study authors don't view the numbers as alarming. Today, we're looking at'pediatric gender medicine, Zohran Mamdani's endorsements in the New York City primary, the lessons of Spencer Pratt's mayoral campaign, Rep. Ro Khanna's contradictions, and the work of novelist…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (434+ words) A new Oregon study shows that pediatric gender transitions aren't as rare as advocates of the "affirming" model assured us. For years, we were told not to worry about pediatric gender medicine because it was vanishingly rare. Puberty blockers and…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (387+ words) Allowing employers to provide pretax funds for employees to purchase their own insurance can allow individuals to opt for more cost-effective plans. Over the past century, the proportion of health-care services purchased through insurance'as opposed to directly by patients'has surged,…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (524+ words) A widely cited study claimed that "anti-transgender laws" encourage teen suicide attempts. A new review dismantles it. But even by the standards of this literature, the NHB study and its shaky foundations stand out. In fact, a coauthor confessed in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (181+ words) A House Appropriations Committee bill would direct funding traditionally used for school safety to grants for school-based mental-health efforts. The statutory funding authority for two of the grants'the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grants and the School-Based Mental Health Services…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (517+ words) It's baked into the system. Today, we're looking at'Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the decline of Great Britain, and the resurgence of the New York Knicks. Write to us at editors@city-journal. org with questions or comments. Now, on to the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (321+ words) The programs operate as open-ended entitlements, making it hard to separate outright scams from aggressive but routine billing. Unfortunately, medical-payment fraud is not new. The Trump administration joins every other presidential administration since Medicare and Medicaid were created in announcing…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) States subcontract with private insurers to side-step limits on federal funding. That arrangement raises uncomfortable questions. Why do states subcontract Medicaid to private insurers if the government provides all the money, tells the insurers what they must cover and how…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (444+ words) Demographic disparities in medical and scientific knowledge show up long before admissions time. DEI manipulation at the end of the process doesn't solve the problem. The finding comes on the heels of an earlier DOJ determination that David Geffen School…...