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Workforce
Why Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Won’t Be the Game-Changer for Health Care Democrats Hope It Will Be
A new law will let Medicare bargain for the first time. But a health policy scholar explains why it’s unlikely to make much of a difference in how much seniors – or anyone else – pays for their meds.
Management
Experts Agree that Trump’s Coronavirus Response Was Poor, but the U.S. Was Ill-Prepared in the First Place
Trump called coronavirus a hoax, and he dragged his feet in addressing it. But the U.S. health care system was ill-equipped from the start to deal with such a crisis. The pandemic shows the flaws.
Oversight
Boeing 737 MAX: The FAA Wanted a Safe Plane – But Didn’t Want To Hurt America’s Biggest Exporter Either
Some are calling the FAA's relationship with Boeing an open-and-shut case of "regulatory capture." The reality is more complicated.
