RealClearHealth Week of November 30, 2015 Archives

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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


Tuesday, December 1
Expr. Scripts Turns to Compounder for Daraprim
Jonathan Rockoff WSJ
FDA Approves Almost All Medical Devices
John Russell Chicago Tribune
ACA Repeal May Get to Obama's Desk
Everett & Haberkorn Politico
Many Lawmakers Invest in Biotech, Health Care
Kaplan & Swetlitz Stat
No Shutdown Expected on Planned Parenthood
David Herszenhorn NYT
Reid: Stop the Planned Parenthood Probe
Jordain Carney The Hill
Alabama Settles Planned Parenthood Suit
Brian Lyman Mont. Advertiser
UPMC, Highmark Divorce Ends with Key Ruling
Kris B. Mamula PPG
New Diabetes Cases, at Long Last, Begin to Fall
Sabrina Tavernise NYT
Editing Life: Scientists Can, But Should They?
Melissa Healy L.A. Times
Arizona Inspectors Find Theranos Lab Issues
Ken Alltucker AZ Republic
Officials Want Shorter Nat'l Health Survey
Mike Stobbe Associated Press
IUD Use Attracts New Opposition
Jilian Mincer Reuters
Ohio's Proposal to Defund Planned Parenthood
Emily Crockett Vox
VA Isn't Fooling Anyone with Its Excuses
Tim Huelskamp Examiner


Wednesday, December 2
Observation Status Skews Readmissions Data
Weaver et al. WS Journal
Lawmakers Seek Deal This Year on 'Cadillac Tax'
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Democrats Take Aim at GOP's Medicaid Repeal
Burgess Everett Politico
Arm Twisting on Rollback of Medicaid Expansion
Harris Meyer MH
Shutdown of Kynect May Have Little Impact
Phil Galewitz KHN
Zuckerberg Dedicates Funds toward Curing Diseases
David Nather Stat
HHS: No QHPs Comparable to CHIP
Elisabeth Wright Burak GU CCF
Medicare End-of-Life Spending Falls with Age
Chris Conover Apothecary
Research Group Funded by Coca-Cola to Disband
Anahad O'Connor NYT
Collaborations Set to Transform Clinical Trials
Stephanie Baum MedCity
Study Suggests Target for C-Section Rate
Martha Bebinger WBUR
Insurance Literacy Key to Better Health
Arielle Levin Becker CT Mirror
Covering Transgender Care Is Good Economics
Julie Beck The Atlantic
How Big Pharma Could Lose the War on Disease
Mark Buchanan BV
Political Theater of the Reconciliation Bill
Douglas Holtz-Eakin AAF


Thursday, December 3
Health Spending in U.S. Topped $3 Trillion Last Year
Robert Pear NYT
Obamacare, Drug Prices Push Higher Costs
Carolyn Y. Johnson Wonkblog
No Planned Parenthood Cuts in GOP Funding Bill
Peter Sullivan The Hill
McConnell Boxes in Cruz, Rubio on ACA Repeal
Kim et al. Politico
House Democrats Seek Answers on Rx Costs
Mary Ellen McIntire MC
A Costly Trap in Many Marketplace Plans
Julie Appleby KHN
Rise Seen in Health Insurance Scammers
Edgar Walters Texas Tribune
Hospital Group Aggressively Rolls Out Telehealth
Beth Kutscher MH
Google's Next Big Idea: Mining Health Data
Charles Piller Stat
Large Decline in NYC HIV Diagnoses
Dan Goldberg Politico New York
Minn. Hospital Will Close Its McDonald's
Jeremy Olson Star Tribune
Medical Records Belong to Patients. Period.
Joseph Scherger Med. Econ.
'Greed in a Good Cause is Still Greed'
Laura Medford-Davis Policy Prescrip.
The Phony Obamacare Repeal
Jim Newell Slate
Pfizer-Allergan: Good for America
Ian Read & Brent Saunders USA Today


Friday, December 4
Senate OKs Obamacare Repeal Despite Veto Threat
James Arkin RCP
The Real Reason for the Obamacare Repeal
Jennifer Haberkorn Politico
Senate Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood
Jordain Carney The Hill
The Bid to Delay Cadillac Tax Is Stalling
Caitlin Owens National Journal
Va. Hospitals Consider Bed Tax to Fund Medicaid
Jenna Portnoy WP
Martin Shkreli Defends Daraprim Pricing
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Theranos CEO Says Testing Business is Booming
Dan Diamond Forbes
Moody's: Not-for-Profit Hospital Outlook Stable
Melanie Evans MH
Officials Push Makers to Pay for Rx Disposal
Sarah Breitenbach Stateline
Many w/ High Cholesterol Not Taking Medication
Melissa Healy LAT
STDs Continue to Strike Young Adults
Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Trib.
Why GOP Opposes Medicaid Expansion
Kimberly Leonard U.S. News
Burwell Has 13 Months to Bolster Obamacare
Tracer & Winkler B'berg
VA Rescinds Demotion of Phila. Official
Matthew Nussbaum Inquirer
Restaurant Group Sues NYC over Salt Warnings
Jennifer Peltz AP
Saturday, December 5
Step by Step, Nurses Gaining Sway Over Patient Care
Melissa Bailey Stat
Hospitals Could Pinpoint Patients Most Likely to Code
Meeri Kim WP
ADHD Drugs May be a Prescription for Bullying
Lisa Rapaport Reuters
Brain Stimulation Technique Might Treat Addiction
Maggie Fox NBC
How Drugs Are Ranked as Most, Least Dangerous
German Lopez Vox
NIH Doesn't Ensure Clinical Trials Account for Sex
Julie Rovner KHN
The Case Against Human Gene Editing
Brendan Foht National Review
We Need a Moratorium on Editing Human Genes
Paul Knoepfler Slate
The FDA, Medical Devices, and Your Smartphone
Scott Gottlieb Forbes
Of the CDC, Risk Taking and Telephones
Alina Selyukh NPR
Risks & Rewards of ACA Repeal 'Veto Bait'
Molly E. Reynolds Brookings
Learning from Swiss Health Care System
Biller-Andorno & Zeltner NEJM
The Close Ties Between Exercise and Beer
Gretchen Reynolds NYT
Could U.S. Hospitals Cope w/ Paris-Type Attack?
Roger Sergel MedPage
Ending the Brutal Debate on Knuckle Cracking
Rachel Feltman WP
Monday, December 7
What's Next after Obama Vetoes Senate Bill?
David M. Herszenhorn NYT
Hillary Clinton Hits Drug 'Price Gouging" in New Ad
David Nather Stat
Rising Drug Costs to Be in Focus at Hill Hearing
Jonathan Rockoff WSJ
Two Top Officials to Step Down from AHIP
Sarah Ferris The Hill
A No-Deductible Plan with a $5,000 Copay
Brent Hunsberger Oregonian
Group Health Acquisition Draws Worry, Praise
JoNel Aleccia Sea. Times
Not Enough Progress on Hospital Errors
Steve Findlay Health Care Blog
Is It Safe for Residents to Work 30-Hour Shifts?
Rob Stein NPR
Ky. GOP Senators Don't Plan to Block Medicaid Funds
Adam Beam AP
Sovereign Wealth Funds Invest in Health IT
Stephanie Baum MedCity
CDC Finds Decade-Long Drop in HIV Infections
Lenny Bernstein WP
Advance Directives for Health System Employees
Stacey Burling PI
Suicide Solutions Lack Money
Riepenhoff Wagner & Rowland Col. Dispatch
Caution Needed on Heritable Gene Editing
Washington Examiner
Price Bomb of Gilead: Senate Probes Drug Prices
Wall Street Journal


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