RealClearHealth Week of November 16, 2015 Archives

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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


Tuesday, November 17
FDA Says More Regulation Needed on Lab Tests
Thomas M. Burton WSJ
Ryan Boosts Mental Health Bill in TV Interview
Peter Sullivan The Hill
What to Expect from Califf Confirmation Hearing
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Final Rule for Hip & Knee Bundled Payments
Conway et al. Hlth Affairs
Reconciliation Could Drop Planned Parenthood
Will Dobbs-Allsopp MC
How Obamacare Co-op Insurance Fell Apart
Caitlin Owens Nat'l Journal
Harken to Test Plan with No-Charge Primary Care
Harris Meyer MH
Highmark Canceling Some ACA Plans
Kecia Bal Tribune-Democrat
Health Plans Offer Discounts for Diabetes Care
Michelle Andrews KHN
New Study Confirms PrEP Effective against HIV
Maggie Fox NBC News
Forget Insurance. These Del. Docs Only Take Fees
Jen Rini WNJ
We Are All on the Government Dole
Carolyn Long Engelhard The Hill
How Can VA Reward Employees in Scandal?
USA Today
Clinton's Revealing Veterans Health Gaffe
Robert Robb Arizona Republic
'Winning' by Defeating the Triple Aim
Joe Flower The Health Care Blog


Wednesday, November 18
U.S. Cracks Down on Bogus Dietary Supplements
Julia Belluz Vox
AMA Calls For End to Consumer Rx Ads
John Russell Chicago Tribune
Will Candidates' Drug-Price Plans Work?
Dylan Scott Stat
Lawmakers Press Obama for Meeting on Cadillac Tax
Peter Sullivan Hill
GOP Will Seek Planned Parenthood Defunding
Seung Min Kim Politico
Republicans Deny Partisan Tilt of New Panel
Melanie Zanona Roll Call
Obamacare Isn't Getting Repealed
Caitlin Owens National Journal
Restrictions on Navigators May be Easing
Richard Kirkner Managed Care
Ohio Hospitals Sue over Two-Midnight Rule
Lisa Schencker Modern HC
HHS to Partner w/ OptumLabs for Claims Data
Mary Ellen McIntire MC
AAP: Animal Antibiotics Threaten Kids
Molly Walker MedPageToday
Medicaid: Worst Insurance in U.S.?
Harold Pollack healthinsurance.org
Kennedy Should Vote Against Texas Abortion Law
Dahlia Lithwick Slate
These Are Obamacare's High Deductibles
Michael F. Cannon Forbes
Texas Still Falls Short on Coverage
Mitchell Schnurman Dallas News


Thursday, November 19
UnitedHealth Group May Leave Exchanges By 2017
Bruce Jaspen Forbes
Antibiotic of Last Resort Under Threat
Helen Branswell Stat
Califf Could Spur Action on Medical Innovations Bill
Jon Reid MC
House Oversight to Hold Hearing on Drug Prices
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Ala. Task Force Recommends Medicaid Expansion
Mike Cason AL.com
Rising Rates Pose Challenge to ACA
Radnofsky Overberg & Armour WSJ
Employer Mandate & Growing a Small Business
Stacy Cowley NYT
Health Systems See Opportunity in Med Advantage
Bob Herman MH
Why Obamacare May Increase Medicare Costs
Philip Moeller Money
NIH Ends Era of Medical Research on Chimpanzees
Darryl Fears WP
Rx Drugs and the Slowdown in Spending
Thorpe & Hockenberry HA
Connected Care Keeps Patients out of Hospitals
John Graham Apothecary
Deductibles Are Price You Pay for Obamacare
Megan McArdle BV
Medicaid 'Best Price' Drug Rules Stifle Innovation
Dana Goldman MH
Lessons from the ACA Co-op Failures
Yevgeniy Feyman Manhattan Inst.


Friday, November 20
CMS Seeks to Reassure Insurers on Risk Corridors
Bob Herman MH
ACA Fate May Rest on Patience of Aetna, Anthem
Zachary Tracer B'berg
Some Republicans Are Ready to Work on Rx Prices
Caitlin Owens NJ
Groups Protest Trials of Medical Resident Hours
John Fauber MJS
Doctors Could be Penalized for Prostate Tests
Melinda Beck WSJ
Obamacare Barely Budged ER Wait Times
Mattie Quinn Governing
Poor Outcomes for Medi-Cal Cancer Patients
Soumya Karlamangla LAT
States Can Use Medicaid Money for Housing
Michael Ollove Stateline
Brand Names Don't Boost Rx Patient Satisfaction
Charles Ornstein PP
Specialty Drugs Costs Continue to Rise
Carolyn Y. Johnson Wonkblog
The CMS Equal Access Rule
Sara Rosenbaum Health Affairs Blog
We Should Look Less Hard for Cancer
H. Gilbert Welch L.A. Times
Don't Cut Rx Subsidies for Seniors
Grace-Marie Turner Galen Institute
What UnitedHealth Doesn't Mean for Obamacare
Bloomberg View
Does a 'Stick' Work Without a 'Carrot'?
David Nash MedPageToday
Saturday, November 21
For the Love of God, Stop Taking Antibiotics for Colds
Julia Belluz Vox
Experts Are Explaining Drug-Resistance Poorly
Ed Yong The Atlantic
How Social Media Are Reshaping Health Care
Carleen Hawn Health Aff.
Today's Youngest Physicians
Jeffrey Bendix Medical Economics
Paul Allen's New Revelation about the Brain
Arlene Weintraub Forbes
Football and the Brain
Steve Kroft 60 Minutes
Obama Pushes to Clear the Smoke
Tim Devaney The Hill
Med Schools Can Affirm That Black Lives Matter
Leah Samuel Stat
Suicide Is Preventable, Rarely Discussed
Riepenhoff et al. Col. Dispatch
How to Help Save Mentally Ill From Themselves
Norman Ornstein NYT
Google Aims Moonshot at Curing Heart Disease
Davey Alba Wired
Tourniquet Use Urged in Public-Safety Push
Michael M. Phillips WSJ
Scurvy Is a Serious Public Health Problem
Karen D. Brown Slate
The Deadly Kiss of Chagas Disease
Yasmin et al. Dallas Morning News
An Open Letter from Charlie Sheen
HIV Plus
Monday, November 23
CMS Seeks to Broaden Narrow Networks
Timothy Jost Health Affairs
Democrats' Stunning Win in La. Governor's Race
Matthew Yglesias Vox
How Kynect Has Helped Kentuckians
Deborah Yetter Louisville C-J
Obamacare Wall of Resistance Cracking in South
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Pfizer, Allergan Agree on Merger
Rockoff & Mattioli Wall Street Journal
Premiums Rising for Medicare Drug Plans
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Glucose Screening Guidelines Raise Questions
Alexandra Pecci HLM
With Carson, Doctor & Politician Can Vary Sharply
Belluck & Eder NYT
Roadblock for Telehealth: Reimbursement
Jessica Davis HIT News
Aetna, Anthem Reassure Investors on ACA
Caroline Humer Reuters
Administration Seeks Ways to Keep Drugs Affordable
Robert Pear NYT
How Obamacare Helped Millennials Chill Out
Lydia DePhillis Wonkblog
This ACA Provision Could Be the Next SGR
Capretta & Antos RCHealth
Health Reform Lives!
Paul Krugman New York Times
The Coming Government Takeover of Drug Pricing
Scott Gottlieb WSJ


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