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email article Currently, the Senate of Canada is reviewing Bill C-7 as it seeks to understand the implications of further expanding medical assistance in dying, known as MAiD. Some of the proposed amendments contained in Bill C-7 are in reply to the 2019 decision of the Quebec Superior Court in Truchon v. Procureur général du Canada. As a Canadian physician and anesthesiologist working in the United States, this debate is of interest to me. I was a witness in these Senate hearings because I am an expert in the opposition to lethal injection, the most common form of execution in the U...

email article Healthcare providers have aggressively climbed onto the virtual care bandwagon since last March, conducting half or more of their patient visits by phone or computer. From mid-March to mid-October, nearly 40% of Medicare beneficiaries received a covered telemedicine service. Now, with barely a year's worth of experience and few studies to rate outcomes, researchers are asking if virtual care standards -- whatever they are -- and patient access to telehealth platforms are good enough. The question will be particularly relevant if payers continue reimbursing at in-person...

email article As COVID-19 cases soar and vaccine rollout evolves, hospitals are also working to comply with a federal price transparency rule that took effect on Jan. 1. The American Hospital Association (AHA) has argued that the rule – which requires hospitals to post the prices insurers actually pay for services – will harm hospital negotiations with insurers, require vast resources to implement, and yield little benefit for consumers. But a federal appeals court in December ruled against the group's legal challenge, and now hospitals across the country are working to comply. The ...

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