Health
Healthcare Costs and Initiatives
Several articles in STAT News discuss the costs, initiatives, and challenges within the healthcare sector. Topics include arbitration rules for provider disputes, a hidden history of a controversial peptide, Medicare coverage details, tech initiatives at Summa Health, and diversity issues in medical schools.
Coverage timeline — 5 articles
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The arbitration process has protected patients but generated financial windfalls for some clinicians.
2026-06-01 08:30 UTC
STAT News
A compound named “substance God help me” by its longtime champion could benefit from RFK Jr.'s favorable views on using peptides.
2026-06-01 08:30 UTC
STAT News
Older adults on Medicare can get Wegovy and Zepbound for $50 a month, starting in July. But the agency still is not sharing how much this will cost taxpayers.
2026-06-01 08:30 UTC
STAT News
Two years after General Catalyst said it was buying Ohio safety-net hospital Summa Health, executives shed light on how the “transformation” is going.
2026-06-01 08:30 UTC
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Why are residency programs disciplining and dismissing trainees in a system funded to train them?
2026-06-01 08:30 UTC