People mostly do not question the requirement that their doctors must authorize prescription drug therapies. This is slowly changing, however. Patients increasingly turn to telemedicine websites, whose presence seems to consist of little more than web-based questionnaires.
Author: Devon Herrick
Americans are Struggling with Medical Bills, but Congress Cannot Agree on Solutions
Americans are struggling with medical bills. This news is from charities that assist patients with medical bills. Critics point to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill as exacerbating the problem. They argue cutting Medicaid eligibility and not extending the enhanced subsidies for Obamacare as raising costs for some Americans. Even with insurance medical bills strain budgets.
NPR: Fewer Physicians Trained Abroad Want to Practice Medicine in U.S.
More than one-quarter of applicants for U.S. residency programs are foreign medical graduates. In 2025, 9,761 international medical graduates matched to a residency program in the U.S. out of a pool estimated to be as high as 15,000 who wanted to come. Some of these were U.S. citizens attending school abroad, but most were foreign born and educated abroad.
NYT: People Turn to AI Chatbots When Doctors Are Too Busy
Consumers are beginning to use AI for more than just entertainment and trivia. Many patients are using AI chatbots for mental health counseling and to answer medical questions they are unable to get from their doctors.