RealClearHealth Week of November 23, 2015 Archives

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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


Tuesday, November 24
'Growth Clouds' Looming for Health Spending?
Richard Foster HA Blog
Pfizer-Allergan Deal Is a Blow to R&D
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Treasury Unlikely to Block Pfizer-Allergan Deal
Kevin McCoy USA Today
$710-a-Day Cystic Fibrosis Rx Strains Medicaid Budgets
Dave Gram AP
GOP Senators Press Obama on Drug Imports
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Conservative Groups Push Risk Corridors Rider
Will Dobbs-Allsopp MC
FDA Targets Inaccurate Medical Tests
Robert Pear New York Times
Regulatory Inaction Persists on 'Waived' Tests
Ellen Gabler MJS
Study: Off-Label Prescriptions Carry Higher Risks
Sumathi Reddy WSJ
ACP Calls for Greater Use of Generics
Brady Dennis Washington Post
Hospitals Broaden Community-Benefit Work
Beth Kutscher Modern HC
Feds Propose Expanded Role for Navigators
Sabrina Corlette CHIRblog
Health Care Inflation Reaches 6 Decade Low
Chris Conover Apothecary
Reauthorize the Older Americans Act
Henry Cisneros & Vin Weber Hill
The Pfizer-Allergan Merger Is a Disgrace
John Cassidy New Yorker


Wednesday, November 25
2014 Rubio Budget Rider Deals Heavy Blow to ACA
Sarah Ferris Hill
Insurers Drop Out of N.Y. Program for Duals
Jonathan LaMantia Crain's
ACA Credited for Cervical Cancer Detection
Sabrina Tavernise NYT
Speeding Up Drug Approvals Could Backfire
Carolyn Johnson Wonkblog
Arizona Co-op Fails to Raise New Funds, Will Close
Associated Press
Medicaid Managed Care Tax Fight in Calif.
Barbara Feder Ostrov KHN
Few Take Pill That Can Prevent HIV Infection
Liz Szabo USA Today
Is a Rude Awakening Coming about ICD-10?
Chris Nerney HFN
Online Doctor-Patient Communications
Maya Kachroo-Levine Atlantic
Research Questions Evidence for ADHD Drug Use
Kate Kelland Reuters
Feeding Tubes Overused in Elderly Patients
Haider Javed Warraich NYT
Consequences of Easier Access to Birth Control Pills
Francie Diep PS
Health Sensibilities Needed for Women's Health
Seattle Times
O'Malley's Best Ideas Are in Health Care
Dan Diamond Vox
Team Obamacare Fights for Insurer Bailout
Timothy P. Carney Examiner


Thursday, November 26
Are Good Doctors Bad for Your Health?
Ezekiel J. Emanuel N.Y. Times
Should Docs Keep Wearing a White Coat?
John Henning Schumann NPR
Superbugs Are Everywhere
Sarah Zielinski Slate
What If $100 Imaging System Could Detect Cancer
Nicole Oran MedCity
Pinched by Deductibles, Some Forgo Care
Ben Sutherly Columbus Disp.
One Way Restaurants Can Fight Child Obesity
Peter Orszag B'berg View
What Jenny McCarthy Gets Wrong About HIV
Tara Haelle Forbes
Turkey Doesn't Actually Make You Sleepy
Rachel Feltman Wash. Post


Friday, November 27
Main Obstacle to HPV Vaccinations? Pediatricians
Marie McCullough PI
Inside the Pentagon's Biotech Strike Force
David Nather Stat
Avoid Hospitals on Weekends and Holidays
Julia Belluz Vox
Kaiser Tests Care from 'Hospital at Home'
Stephanie O'Neill KPCC
When Drug Treatment For Addiction Never Ends
Farmer & Shapiro NPR
Cost-Consciousness Is Dawning on Providers
Christopher Cheney HLM
Why Treating Acne Is Getting Expensive
Carolyn Y. Johnson Wonkblog
The Risks of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis
Alexandra Barratt Nature
Saturday, November 28
The Doctor the NFL Tried to Silence
Jeanne Marie Laskas W.S. Journal
New End-of-Life Challenges
Paula Span New York Times
A Progress Report on Fighting Deadliest Diseases
David Nather Stat
Sick and Dying at 30,000 Feet
Ben Tinker CNN
Worried About The Flu Shot?
Tara Haelle NPR Shots
How Television Misrepresents Abortion
Jennifer Conti Slate
How And How Not To Choose A Doctor
Bruce Y. Lee Forbes
Apple Watch Used to Study Epileptic Seizures
Meredith Cohn Balto. Sun
Monday, November 30
Mental Health Bill Collides with Guns -- Again
Brianna Ehley Politico
Little Headway in Enrolling More Hispanics
Amy Goldstein Wash. Post
Investors Challenge Questionable Rx Patents
Gretchen Morgenson NYT
Drug-Price Debate Rekindles Fight over Pill Imports
Sarah Ferris Hill
Neglected Disease Drug Incentives Break Down
Helen Branswell Stat
Online Price Shopping Tools Are Unreliable
Elana Gordon NPR Shots
Trauma Center Shortage May Become a Glut
Steven Ross Johnson MHC
Hospitals Form Patient Advisory Councils
Laura Landro W.S. Journal
Case of Drug-Resistant TB Provides Lessons
Meredith Cohn Balto. Sun
Physician Preferences Contribute to Costs
Peter Pronovost THCB
Many Health Co-Ops Fold, Others Survive
Jeff Cohen WNPR
It's NOT a 'Pink Viagra'
Hope Ricciotti Harvard Health Blog
Why ACA Exchange Premiums Are Rising
Robert Book Apothecary
Christie's Ugly Truth & Awful Record on Addiction
Newark Star-Ledger
The Problem with the ACA's Mental-Health 'Parity'
Dana Milbank WP


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