RealClearHealth Week of November 9, 2015 Archives

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Monday, November 9
Court to Weigh RFRA, Contraception Mandate
Denniston SCOTUSblog
Carson Raised Concerns over End-of-Life Costs
Nather & Swetlitz Stat
Reid, Pelosi Push for Cadillac Tax Repeal
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Justice Dept. Scrutiny of Lilly, Merck and Valeant
Peter Loftus WSJ
State Regulators Urge Broader Health Networks
Robert Pear NY Times
Bevin Repeats Vow to End Kynect
Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News
Obama Launches Marketplace Sign-Up Competition
Reena Flores CBS
Obama: U.S. Drug Development, Costs At Odds
Mary Shedden HNF
N.Y. Moves to Protect Health Republic Customers
Dan Goldberg Politico
Coverage a Tough Sell When Tax Credits Are Low
Jayne O'Donnell USAT
Study: Weight-Loss Apps Don't Help Much
Lynne Shallcross KHN
Mergers May Stifle MA Competition
Managed Care
I Am Paying for Your Expensive Medicine
Ezekiel J. Emanuel NYT
Restoring Quality Health Care
Scott W. Atlas Hoover Institution
Health Inequality
De Giorgi & Pinkovskiy Liberty Street Economics


Tuesday, November 10
Senate Finance Committee Focuses on Chronic Care
RealClearHealth
Colo. to Vote on State Single-Payer System
David Olinger Denver Post
Geisinger CEO: Money-Back Guarantee Is Coming
Mark Guydish WBTL
CMS Won't Let Researchers Study Substance Abuse
Dan Diamond Vox
U.S. Targets Pharmacies Over Tricare Claims
Joseph Walker WS Journal
Popular Heart Surgery Carried Hidden Dangers
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Calif. Bill Would Open Medi-Cal to Illegal Immigrants
Karlamangla LAT
Chest Pain Is Top Item on U.S. ER Care Bill
Carey Goldberg WBUR
Risks, Benefits of Lower Blood Pressure Goals
Scott Hensley NPR Shots
Two-Midnight Rule Saga Lacks Happy Ending
Christopher Cheney HLM
Wealth May Give Edge for Organ Transplants
Marilynn Marchione AP
New Options for People Living With HIV
Preeti Malani Health Affairs Blog
Doctors Resist Being Graded
Munia Mitra The Health Care Blog
Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
J. Phillip Gingrey The Hill
Loyalty to Insurance Plans Costs Billions
Catherine Rampell WP


Wednesday, November 11
At Debate, Fiorina Takes Aim at Drug Makers, Insurers
Sarah Ferris Hill
Hillary Clinton Rolls out Plan to Reform VA
Dan Merica CNN
White House Seeks to Ease Veterans' Access to Care
Julie Davis NYT
Safeway, Theranos Split after Deal Fizzles
John Carreyrou WSJ
FDA Nomination Advances, CMS Leader Stalled
Jon Reid Morn. Consult
Obamacare Repeal Hits Procedural Speed Bump
Seung Min Kim Politico
Medicare Announces Part B Premiums
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Plans Getting More Expensive, Narrower for 2016
Bob Herman MHC
Arbitrators Rule in Favor of UPMC over Highmark
Kris B. Mamula PPG
Millennium Health Files for Bankruptcy
Keller et al. Bloomberg
Known Knowns and Unknowns of Drug Pricing
Joshua P. Cohen Plos
CDC Is Right to Limit Opioids
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Big Pharma's Shoes Don't Fit Amgen
Max Nisen Bloomberg View
How I Would Replace Obamacare
Jeb Bush Washington Post
Supreme Court Should Reject This Religious Liberty Argument
LAT


Thursday, November 12
Obamacare Repeal Faces New Obstacles
Haberkorn & Kim Politico
VA Pays $142 Million in Bonuses amid Scandals
Slack & Theobald USAT
Medical Credentials Questioned at VA Hospitals
Lagoe & Eckert KARE
Congress, VA Evaluate Facilities and Resources
Andis Robeznieks MH
AMA Urges DOJ to Block Insurer Mergers
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Theranos Isn't Alone in Exploiting Loopholes
Duhaime-Ross The Verge
Md. Payment System for Hospitals Starting to Pay Off
Andrea Hsu NPR
Job-Seeking Nurses Face Higher Hurdles
Anna Louie Sussman WSJ
Gene Therapy's Dramatic Promise & High Costs
Johnson & Dennis WP
Express Scripts Sues Horizon Pharma
Tom Murphy Associated Press
Exchange Plans Limit Access to HIV Drugs
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Is Twice that of Canada
Tom Miles Reuters
Obesity Still Rising among U.S. Adults
Mike Stobbe Associated Press
The Inevitable Decline of the ACA's Co-op Program
Adam Cancryn SNL
Reviewing Peer Review at the NIH
Lauer & Nakamura NEJM


Friday, November 13
Supreme Court May Wade into Abortion Debate
Richard Wolf USAT
It's Way Too Easy to Hack the Hospital
Reel & Robertson Businessweek
Ala. Gov. Bentley 'Looking At' Medicaid Expansion
Charles Dean AL.com
Reid: GOP Should Give Up on Obamacare Repeal
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Senate Rules Entangle Obamacare Repeal Efforts
Robert Pear NYT
Indigent Care Costs Fall in N.M. after ACA
Bruce Krasnow New Mexican
Competition Heats Up for Patient Data
Beth Kutscher Modern Healthcare
Study Finds Steep Drop in Overuse of Angioplasties
Lindsey Tanner AP
Insurers Tackling Opioid Crisis
Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Boston Globe
Texas Seeks Safety Net w/o Planned Parenthood
Andy Sullivan Reuters
What We Know About Science behind Theranos
Jen Christensen CNN
Hepatitis C: Cost of Lost Opportunities
The Lancet
Repealing Cadillac Tax Is the Wrong Thing to Do
Jared Bernstein WP
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Shambles
Simon Maloy Salon
Obamacare Is Imploding & GOP Is Unprepared
Philip Klein Examiner
Saturday, November 14
The Surgery That Made Ben Carson Famous
Terris & Kirchner WP
Gawande on Health Care's 'Dramatic Transformation'
Rick Berke Stat
Strategies for Managing Aging Clinicians
Alexandra Wilson Pecci HLM
Is Death Rate Really Up for Middle-Aged Whites?
Andrew Gelman Slate
Doctor Treats Homebound Patients
Misha Friedman NPR
Failing the Disabled in Minnesota
Star Tribune
Psychiatry's Mind-Brain Problem
George Makari New York Times
Millennials & the False Allure of Online Psychotherapy
Juli Fraga WP
Where Seniors Go When Nursing Homes Close
Carlyn Kolker Atlantic
The Drive to Collect DNA from 1 Million Veterans
Carl Zimmer Stat
Hope for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Julie Rehmeyer Slate
'Sugar Clinics' Fight Diabetes Epidemic in Mexico
PBS NewsHour
SFX Help Training at Boston Children's
Nidhi Subbaraman Bos. Globe
Spacing out Vaccinations Is Not the Answer
Daniel et al. Brookings
'EHR State of Mind'
ZDoggMD YouTube
Monday, November 16
Lawmakers, Candidates Target High Drug Prices
Stephanie Armour WSJ
Specialty Pharmacies Get New Scrutiny
Humer & Beasley Reuters
The Sticker Shock of High Insurance Deductibles
Robert Pear NYT
Silver Plans Offer Lower Deductibles for Many
Kevin Drum Mother Jones
In 4 States, Half in Medicaid Are Denied Hep C Drugs
Don Sapatkin PI
Beshear to Bevin: Keep Ky. Health Care Expansion
Deborah Yetter LCJ
Ky. Counties w/ Highest Medicaid Rates Backed Bevin
John Cheves LHL
CMS Proposes New Star Ratings for Plans for Duals
Virgil Dickson MH
So Who Are We, Patients or Consumers?
Robert Pearl KevinMD
FDA Completes Food-Safety Rules
Jesse Newman Wall Street Journal
Preventable Colon Cancer Deaths Cost U.S. $6.4B
Nancy Shute NPR
Telemedicine Is Already Working in Texas
Michael Arambula Austin A-S
Treatment Alone Won't Stop Heroin Epidemic
Sally Satel B'berg View
The Impact of Reversing Kentucky Reforms
Thomas Huelskoetter CAP
Questions for Obama's Nominee to lead the FDA
New York Times


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