Peter Ubel
Professor, Duke University and Contributor at Freelance
Physician-researcher studying medical decisions, ethics, and health policy.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, millions of people receive generous subsidies to cover the cost of health insurance. Some people, in fact, receive coverage for free, their monthly premiums paid in full by the federal government. Unfortunately, even a small change in price can cause people to lose their coverage. That’s important because of plans by Republicans to reduce or eliminate subsidies. How small of a price change matters?
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4 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
We all know what “a complainer” is: it’s a person who finds the dark side of everything, who turns a casual conversation starter—“How are you doing?”—into a somber soliloquy about all the (usually minor) problems making their life unbearable. Too often, people with chronic pain are viewed as complainers by friends, family, and even their clinicians. That view misunderstands the neuroscience of most chronic pain.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
Anyone who has raised kids knows what happens when you give them a monthly allowance without requiring any work in return: they plop in front of their new videogame consoles while their dirty dishes collect in the sink. That’s the logic behind Republican plans to establish work requirements for people who receive safety net benefits—if you give them money with no strings attached, they won’t have an incentive to work.
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1 month ago |
kevinmd.com | Peter Ubel |George Mathew |Ronald A. Paulus |Lori Johnson
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Health care executive Cecil Pineda discusses his article, “Under siege: the escalating ransomware crisis in health care,” examining the alarming rise in cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems. Cecil highlights the growing frequency and financial toll of ransomware attacks, with major incidents affecting patient care, disrupting operations, and costing billions.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Peter Ubel
I stood in the back of the conference hall panicked that was going blind. I had been having sensitivity to bright light for several weeks. Then, the night before the conference, my symptoms got much worse; the hotel room didn’t have a lamp dim enough to soothe my suffering orbs.
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Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, some people's monthly premiums are paid in full by the federal government. Unfortunately, even a small change in price can cause people to lose their coverage. Behavioral econ has a good explanation for this problem: https://t.co/k7RdPPwitU
RT @ZekeEmanuel: Wow. Firing Christine Grady is a terrible mistake and certainly will not make America great or healthy. As someone who's h…
Too often, people with chronic pain are viewed as complainers by friends, family, and even their clinicians. That view misunderstands the neuroscience of most chronic pain. https://t.co/UsXdDJiLJP