RealClearHealth Week of January 4, 2016 Archives

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Monday, January 4
Many Choose IRS Penalties over Health Insurance
Abby Goodnough NYT
More Turn to Faith-Based Groups for Coverage
Stephanie Armour WSJ
ACA Insurers Sweeten Plans With Free Doctor Visits
Phil Galewitz KHN
Stronger Obamacare Faces New Fights in 2016
Peter Sullivan The Hill
GOP Promises 'Replace' Bill after 'Repeal' Vote
Chad Pergram Fox News
Vote to Repeal Health Law Marks Testy Start to 2016
Erica Werner AP
Ky. Can't Reform Medicaid with Waiver
Josh Archambault Apothecary
N.J. Factory Turns To Medicaid to Insure Employees
Fred Mogul NPR
Why Denmark Dumped Medical Malpractice
Pierce & Allen ProPublica
Health Care M&A Activity Likely to Stay Strong
Beth Kutscher Mod. HC
Merged Insurers Have No Reason To Reduce Prices
JK Wall THCB
What's Behind Medical Research Momentum
Kimberly Leonard US News
The Lingering Health Effects of the Civil War
Carolyn Johnson Wonkblog
Kill Pain and Addiction
Bloomberg View
2016 Must Be the Year of Mental Health Reform
Tim Murphy Examiner


Tuesday, January 5
Walk-in Health Clinics Grow Unregulated
Michael Ollove Stateline
Insurer Megamergers Not All Wrapped Up
Shelby Livingston Biz Ins.
Healthcare M&A Will Wear Down in 2016
Robert Cyran Reuters
Even Insured Often Face Crushing Medical Debt
Sanger-Katz Upshot
Platinum Plans Increasingly Rare on Marketplaces
Andy Miller GHN
New Conn. Rules on Cost Transparency
Arielle Levin Becker CT Mirror
Pharmacies Seek Medicare Pay for Vaccinations
Bruce Japsen Forbes
CBO: ACA Repeal Bill Would Save $516 Billion
Sarah Ferris The Hill
New EHR Law Offers Additional Flexibility
Joseph Conn Modern HC
Docs Can Report Mentally Ill under Gun Control Rule
Pittman Politico
Clinton to Call for Mandated Autism Coverage
Alex Leary TBT
HELP Committee Schedules Vote on FDA Nominee
McIntire Morn. Con.
FDA Drug Approval Processes Have Gone Awry
Joseph Gulfo U.S. News
Price Controls on Drugs Are Absurd
Thomas P. Stossel Tampa Tribune
The Best Options for Fixing Obamacare
Michael Hiltzik L.A. Times


Wednesday, January 6
Aetna Departure Delivers Big Blow to AHIP
Muchmore & Herman MH
ACA Had Little Effect on Part-Time Employment
Dan Mangan CNBC
Repeal Talks Were More Than a Political Exercise
Caitlin Owens MC
An ACA Provision Even the GOP Can Love
Kimberly Leonard U.S. News
2 Medicaid Approaches Both Give Broadened Access
Goodnough NYT
Washington Has Little Power to Negotiate Rx Prices
David Nather Stat
Obama Dares GOP for Mental Health Reforms
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Gun Control Is a Public Health Issue, Experts Say
Maggie Fox NBC News
Health-Law Tax-Credit Payments Questioned
Stephanie Armour WSJ
Hospitals Required To Keep Caregivers in the Loop
Anna Gorman KHN
What Would a Health Care Mutual Look Like?
Marc-David Monk THCB
Bush to Focus on Daughter's Struggles With Drugs
Ashley Parker NYT
Clinton's Autism Agenda: It Takes a Village
Ron Fournier National Journal
A Victory Over Obamacare
Wall Street Journal
With Gun Epidemic Raging, Obama Finally Bypasses Congress
LAT


Thursday, January 7
Ryan Scores Dual Wins with ACA Repeal Vote
James Arkin RCPolitics
Parties Use Health Issues to Draw Contrasts
Lee & Armour W.S. Journal
Bipartisan Bill Proposed for Mental Health
Peter Sullivan The Hill
How Guns Could Mess Up Mental Health Legislation
Caitlin Owens MC
Under Gun Rules, F.B.I. Will Receive Health Data
Robert Pear NYT
HIPAA Rules Part of Move to Fight Gun Violence
Joseph Conn Mod. HC
Medicaid May Pay for Some Inpatient Addiction Care
Ben Allen NPR
Activists Sue Ohio to Get Drug Pricing on Ballot
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Who Pays For Telehealth?
Daylina Miller Health News Florida
Why Did HealthSpot Fail? Telemedicine Weighs In
Neil Versel MedCity
A Meat Industry Win in Nutrition Advice
Helena Bottemiller Evich Politico
Why New Dietary Guidelines Matter
Liz Szabo USA Today
Doctors Shouldn't Be Punished for PSA Tests
Welch & Albertsen NYT
New Cancer Drugs Aren't Always a Good Idea
Felix Salmon Fusion
Does Obamacare Repeal Vote Mean Anything?
Cohn & Young Huff. Post


Friday, January 8
Ill. Court Rules Against Hospital Tax Breaks
Lisa Schencker MH
2016 Health Law Enrollment Tops 11.3M
Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News
Administration Optimistic About Health Plan Goal
Robert Pear NYT
Young Adult Sign-Ups Disappoint
Stephanie Armour Wall Street Journal
GOP Lacks a Clear Obamacare Replacement Plan
Sarah Ferris The Hill
House Likely to Avoid Votes on Big Issues
Sherman & Bresnahan Politico
Not Enough Proof That Cancer Screening Works
Alice Park Time
Controversy Over Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Judy Foreman WBUR
Dental Group Defends Mercury Fillings
Greg Gordon McClatchy
Donations of Organs Set Records in Some Areas
Joe Smydo Pitt. P-G
Mass. Acts on Simultaneous Surgeries
Saltzman & Abelson Boston Globe
More Dire Results on Drug Resistance
Maryn McKenna Nat'l Geographic
Cancer Deaths Fall, But It Remains Major Killer
Maggie Fox NBC News
Checkup for ACA Reveals a Positive Prognosis
Catherine Rampell WP
Obamacare Enrollment & Its Political Triumph
Scott Gottlieb Forbes
Saturday, January 9
Google Cardboard Saves Baby's Life
Elizabeth Cohen CNN
We're Kicking 'Bikini Body' Off the Cover
Amy Keller Laird Women's Hlth
Simple Bump Can Cause an Insidious Brain Injury
D. Zwerdling NPR
NFL's 'Veto Power' on Medical Research
Peter Sullivan The Hill
There's a Better Way to Write Food Guidelines
Julia Belluz Vox
We Don't Know What to Eat
Roberto A. Ferdman Washington Post
Health Advice for Britons: Limit to Six Pints/Week
Dan Bilefsky NYT
Colbert Talks CRISPR with George Church
Joseph & Begley Stat
Neuroscience Technique Slated for Clinical Trials
Scientific American
Debate Flares over Bird Flu Research
Nell Greenfieldboyce NPR
Danger Brewing for Coffee Roasters
Raquel Rutledge Milwaukee JS
The Hidden Drugs in Your Favorite Supplements
Oh & Belluz Vox
Why Do We Fear Mental Illness?
Peggy Drexler Huffington Post
Roman Plumbing: Overrated
Julie Beck The Atlantic
Eight Charts about Health Care in 2016
Zachary Tracer Bloomberg
Monday, January 11
Congress May Take On Inversions
Mary Ellen McIntire Morning Consult
Drugmakers Raise Prices Despite Criticisms
Peter Loftus W.S. Journal
Pfizer Hikes Prices for Over 100 Drugs on Jan. 1
Deena Beasley Reuters
How Valeant Doubled Sales of Old Drug
Weinberg & Langreth Bloomberg
Big Insurer Defections Signal AHIP's Fading Clout
Bob Herman MH
Doctors Unionize to Resist the Medical Machine
Noam Scheiber NYT
Tax Error Complicates Insurance Subsidies
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Senate Dems Call to Revisit Gun Violence Research
Jordain Carney Hill
NIH Tries to Avoid Ghosts of Its Past
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Adding the Patient Voice to Drug Development
Sarah Karlin Politico
Study Links ADHD and Even 'Safe' Lead Levels
Lynne Terry Oregonian
States Urged to Scrutinize Insurance Mega-Mergers
Chad Terhune LAT
Governors Get Smarter on Medicaid
New York Times
Case Threatens To Sink Price Transparency
Yevgeniy Feyman Apothecary
No More Excuses on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Anthony S. Fauci WP


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