Helen Ouyang
@helenouyang.bsky.social
ER Doc + Prof + Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
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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.
No Appointments, No Nurses, No Private Insurance Needed
Many health facilities try to avoid Medicaid. A Colorado clinic prefers it.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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.
Reposted by Helen Ouyang
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...
Abelin-Bevier Fellow @helenouyang.bsky.social for @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/m...
What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?
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August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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...
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!
Today is the birthday for SUPER AGERS, about how we can become one of the "Wellderly," without age-related diseases, like my patient Mrs. Lee Rushall (age 98)
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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...
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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...