Helen Ouyang

No Appointments, No Nurses, No Private Insurance Needed Many health facilities try to avoid Medicaid. A Colorado clinic prefers it.

At a Colorado clinic, neither appointments nor private insurance is desirable—Medicaid is preferred. The clinic sustains itself with no issues. Helen Ouyang reports on what makes this possible, and why cuts to Medicaid won’t greatly affect the practice.

What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?

Men in the United States live around five years less than women. One clinic is trying to persuade men that getting checked out could save their life.

Abelin-Bevier Fellow @helenouyang.bsky.social for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/m...

Happy pub day to @erictopol.bsky.social SUPER AGERS!! If you follow Dr Topol’s substack, you know this book will be super compelling — and evidence-based!

I wrote this week's @nytimes.com magazine cover story about ECPR - a new way of treating cardiac arrest. Currently cardiac arrest has dismal survival. ECPR could dramatically change that. But can health care systems implement this complex intervention? Should they? www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/m...