Elisabeth Rosenthal

RT @boltyboy: Did I seriously see a not very important regional health care system drop $8m on a Superbowl ad? And they say they're broke?

RT @B_Madden4: I just can’t understand the ROI calc of multiple nonprofit health systems dropping cash on Super Bowl ads

My darling husband Andrej passed away this week and I feel utterly shellshocked, despite an ocean of love from my kids, family and friends around me. I was familiar with death as an MD and a journalist, but I never comprehended its in-person devastation. https://t.co/1FdKeqOK8O

Thanks @nytopinion for the list of questions for RFK Jr’s confirmation hearing. And for asking me to contribute one of them. Much is at risk here and my @KFFHealthNews is following. A crib sheet for Congress. https://t.co/oeBPPvC0wG

Thanks @nytopinion for the list of questions for RFK Jr’s confirmation hearing. And for asking me to contribute one of them. Much is at risk here. A crib sheet for Congress. https://t.co/oeBPPvC0wG

Abbvie spent $377 million on incredibly annoying ads for its drug Skyrizi, whose wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC), is $21,017.36. It's a useful drug but why the adverts? What's the payback in terms of patients converted to users? https://t.co/wtyItUcxFx

Want to understand how our health system got to be such a profiteering, money-extracting, care-less-for-patients industry? Sadly, my book, seven years on, is more relevant than ever. Americans should stand up and demand better. https://t.co/ep3nVmuPbt

RT @sacjai: Healthcare is overrun with companies that perform clever accounting exercises rather than change anything fundamental about the…

RT @Bilked2TheBrink: @CharlieWiseCPA @RosenthalHealth @costplusdrugs @FTC Look what they do when I life-saving children’s leukemia drug pat…

Thanks for the repost of my book, My hubbie had stage 4 esophageal. You don't realize just how profiteering and dysfunctional it is until you're a patient

Raleigh Williams @theraleighwill

I can’t remember reading a book that made me more infuriated than American Sickness by @RosenthalHealth A quick story that shows how the racket of the medical industrial complex impacted us in real life. Reminder that this is my direct experience and opinion, and none of it is https://t.co/w64dSzmiq1

E-prescribing was meant to "improve the quality of patient care" (CMS). Instead it often handcuffs pts. Can't take the script to a pharmacy where it's cheaper. The med my husband needs today is out at our local pharmacy and script can't be transferred. Sigh.

RT @RosenthalHealth: My insurer owns a PBM, so when I needed to order a specialty drug, was stuck ordering through them. Couldn't use my in…

RT @CalHealthline: "The blizzard of surgeries-in-name-only is a symptom of a system that has long valued procedures far more than intellect…

My insurer owns a PBM, so when I needed to order a specialty drug, was stuck ordering through them. Couldn't use my insurance to buy from @costplusdrugs, where the pills are a far cheaper. @FTC! Seems like this vertical consolidation=restraint of trade.

We say we want to foster a nation of entrepreneurs. The need for companies to provide health insurance is a big reason why we can’t. Great sad piece by in @nytopinion https://t.co/qin9brILSc