News You Can Use: End of August 2023

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, midnight

August News You Can Use - Pioneering Change, Precipitous Plunges and Parachute Pranks 1) Blue Shield of California shook up the status quo this month by dropping CVS Caremark as its sole pharmacy benefit manager 2) Babylon closes US business as rescue merger deal fails (no zebras were harmed in the recording of this episode) 3) Nurses lawsuit to demand they be allowed to call themselves Doctor 4) Epic Research - Cystic Fibrosis Patients Living Much Longer in 2022 Than in 2008 5) Epic Research - Reinforces "Medicare Effect" shows dramatic improvements in preventative screening related to simply having Medicare 6) Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial (the difficulty understanding statistics) To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen