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.
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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.
When Drug Patents Become an Impenetrable Thicket that Stifles Innovation
While patents are designed to reward innovation, patents can also stifle innovation. Take drugmakers for example. It is expensive for drugmakers to innovate. Each new product as to go through Phase 0, 1, 2 and 3 testing. With each new product, drug companies must apply for a new drug application, called an NDA.