As care costs spiral, Trump’s transparency order flatlines
By TERRY LYNAM // Comparison shopping has never been easier – whether you’re buying a car, a home or pair of shoes, online searches retrieve price information in seconds, enabling…
Affordable Care Act
ICE backlash threatens bipartisan public-health revival
By TERRY LYNAM // The long-simmering debate over the future of federal health spending – including Obamacare subsidies – has been largely overshadowed by the Trump Administration’s pursuit of Greenland…
No. 1005: Winterfylleth is here! (So are Manufacturing Month, SBU’s best future and vegetarian cookies)
Winterfylleth (not the band): Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the first Wednesday of October 2025 – the first day of October, in fact,…
On healthcare, GOP’s budget bill is one big, ugly mess
By TERRY LYNAM // All federal health and human services policies have long-lasting impacts on everyday Americans, including many provisions in the latest version of President Donald Trump’s One Big…
Deregulation: Cutting red tape is not so black-and-white
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Long Island is on the front lines of the battle between the federal government and New York State over Trump 2.0’s aggressive pursuit of government…
Patients, providers feel the pain as federal funds vanish
By TERRY LYNAM // Keeping track of the Trump Administration’s head-spinning budget cuts and layoffs has been tough, but one thing is clear: They could have a staggering impact on…
Concepts of a crisis as GOP targets Obamacare, again
By TERRY LYNAM // Except for abortion, healthcare has largely been a back-burner issue for most of the 2024 presidential campaign. The only time it came up during the Sept….
On big medical decisions, trust doctors – not insurers
By TERRY LYNAM // The essence of good medical care begins with the physician-patient relationship – which is also the origin of the biggest conflict between healthcare providers and insurers….
Innovators circle the wagons as medical debt spirals
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS// Student debt is getting all the attention these days, but about four times as many Americans – 100 million, to be exact – are fending off medical…
Bush, Obama aides named Hofstra Presidential Fellows
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two heavy-hitting political operatives with presidential pedigrees will share their insights and expertise with the Hofstra University community. Philip Schiliro, director of legislative affairs and special…
‘Independence at Home’ effort is where the heart is
By BETTY OLT // When the New York City area became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Northwell Health House Calls program – which treats chronically…
For SUNY medical schools, difficult choices ahead
By GREGORY ZELLER // With various D.C. follies choking off federal funding, SUNY’s academic medical centers are starting to feel the pinch. And the State University’s teaching hospitals – including…
States weigh legal response as Trump guts Obamacare
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s not quite “Cuomo to Trump: See You in Court.” But in a scathing rebuke Friday of the Trump administration’s attempts to shatter Obamacare by executive…
Northwell: Blame Obamacare for CareConnect’s demise
By GREGORY ZELLER // A key component of the Northwell Health system’s core strategy to manage entire health populations is coming off the table. The health system announced late Thursday…