Archive - Sick Note

Sick Note is ending for now

Jul 19, 2022 •

The COBRA subsidies were a mess

They were promised free insurance. What they got was an administrative nightmare.

Jul 8, 2022 •

June 2022

Hopeless in America

Remember Medicare for All?

Jun 17, 2022 •

I am the Healthcare Sucker

The nine billionth example of American healthcare inefficiency, plus this week's healthcare news.

Jun 10, 2022 •

Have you used "buy now, pay later" for healthcare?

Tell me your story.

Jun 3, 2022 •

May 2022

Almost half of Americans skip healthcare because of cost

And other healthcare news this week, for subscribers only.

May 27, 2022 •

Patients keep getting charged for crying

Plus a roundup of healthcare news, for subscribers only.

May 20, 2022 •

Tripping On the Abortion Pill

Sick Note and The AP Newsletter interview Tim Faust, computer guy turned abortion activist.

May 16, 2022 •

Chutes, ladders, phone calls, and tears

May 12, 2022 •

Aetna's Itty Bitty Titty Committee

When insurance companies decide how much breast you can keep

May 5, 2022 •

Without a right to healthcare, how could there be a right to abortion?

A quick thought on the end of Roe.

May 4, 2022 •

April 2022

Co-pay coupons are the best we got

In the absence of real change, do the least harm to sick patients.

Apr 25, 2022 •

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