Coffee Break: Health Care Digest

Part the First: Profit in Medicine.  In a report that will tug at the heartstrings of everyone, STAT tells us that HCA warns of lower profits in its future as more patients go uninsured because ObamaCare subsidies have gone by the wayside: The country’s biggest hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit outlook on Tuesday after…

Coffee Break: Health Care Digest

Curtains for an Inveterate Gambler

James Nixon | 1:37pm BST 17 July 2026 The saying “A leopard can’t change its spots” is ringing in my ears.  Brendon McCullum (BMC) signalled his willingness to adapt and evolve his methods to improve England’s Test performance in the wake of the last Ashes series Down Under. Yet all he specifically promised the ECB…

Curtains for an Inveterate Gambler

The Abortion Pill Has Never Abused Women. Men Do

As Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General wrap up this week, anti-abortion activists are demanding that he demonstrate his “concern” for women by protecting them from abusive men — by making it harder for women to obtain abortion medication. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America recently sent a letter urging Blanche to resolve a…

The Abortion Pill Has Never Abused Women. Men Do