RealClearHealth Week of January 18, 2016 Archives

RealClearHealth AM Update

Monday, January 18
Clinton, Sanders Clash on Health Care at Debate
Lerer & Benac AP
Sanders Releases Details on Health Plan
Alcindor & Rappeport NYT
Sanders Plan: More Ambitious Than You Thought
Jonathan Cohn HuffPo
Sanders's Single-Payer Plan Isn't a Plan At All
Ezra Klein Vox
Sanders Would Cover Illegal Immigrants
Debenedetti & Cheney Politico
Sanders Plan Is Big Attack on Rich
Ehrenfreund & Tankersley Wonkblog
Liberal Dream of Single-Payer Dies in Vermont
Michael Tanner N.Y. Post
One Hospital Tells You the Cost Before Surgery
John C. Goodman Forbes
Harming Patient Satisfaction by Measuring It
Marjorie Rosenthal WBUR
University Reviewing Study Touting Chocolate Milk
Candice Choi AP
Do Prestigious Journals Attract Bad Science?
Julia Belluz Vox
Outcome of My Clinical Trial Is a Mystery
Emma Yasinski The Atlantic
Alzheimer's Smell Test Shows Early Promise
S. Burling Phila. Inquirer
Critics: Dietary Guidelines Lack Scientific Rigor
Whoriskey Wonkblog
Fecal Matter Transplants: Fresh or Frozen?
Rachel Feltman Wash. Post


Tuesday, January 19
Sanders Brings Back Liberals' Health Care Dream
Owens & Johnson MC
Election-Year Rift in GOP over 'Replace' Bill
Alexander Bolton The Hill
First Lady, School Food Service May Be Headed for Truce
Jalonick AP
Obama's Bet on Science Is About More Than Cancer
Carl Zimmer Stat
Untangling the Health Info Exchange Mess
Jan Greene Managed Care
Lifesaving Flights Can Come w/ Life-Changing Bills
Cates-Carney NPR
Mistrust of Medicine Fuels Ala. TB Outbreak
Alan Blinder N.Y. Times
Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Is Growing Threat
Alan Mozes HealthDay
Meaningful Use Is Not Dead: It's Reincarnated
Linda Girgis MedCity
Talking about Drug Prices Can Reduce Drug Prices
Austin Frakt Upshot
The Tension Between Drug Treatment, Abstinence
Christine Vestal WP
Catholic Hosp Shouldn't Be Obliged to Do Tubal Ligation
Camosy LAT
Bernie May Have a Point
Roger Collier The Health Care Blog
Health Reform Realities
Paul Krugman New York Times
Costly, Not-Even-Close-To-Universal Coverage
Chris Conover Apothecary


Wednesday, January 20
U.S. Limits Obamacare Sign-Up Periods
Spalding & Tracer Bloomberg
United Lost $720 Million on Obamacare Exchanges
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Senate Will Break Up '21st Century Cures' Bill
Caitlin Owens Morn. Cons.
Pa. Gov Proposes Protections against Balance Billing
Don Sapatkin PI
Use of CT Scans for Minor Injuries Grows
Nancy Shute NPR
Doctors Choose Less Care at End of Life
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Patent Expirations' Major Impact Other Drugs
John LaMattina Forbes
For Mid-Income Families, ACA Costs Are a Catch-22
McGrory TBT
Appalachia Tests Obamacare's Evolution
Ungar & Kenning USA Today
GAO Wants Better Reporting on Dual-Eligible Demos
V. Dickson MH
Exchanges Drown Consumers in Sea of Choices
Trudy Lieberman CHJ
ACA Dodges Another Bullet at the Supreme Court
Jon Healey L.A. Times
The Costs Of Medicaid Expansion Are Real
Brian Blase Apothecary
Risk Scoring, Value-based Payments Haven't Worked
Anish Koka THCB
It's Time to Reform Our Mental Health System
John Cornyn Examiner


Thursday, January 21
Drug Makers Call for Incentives for New Antibiotics
Andrew Pollack NYT
Drug Industry Boosts Lobbying Amid Pricing Scrutiny
Sullivan The Hill
Express Scripts Sued By Compounders
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
What Would a United Exit Mean for Obamacare?
E. Court Marketwatch
House Panel Raises Questions about MACPAC
Fawn Johnson Morn. Cons.
State Prisons Turn to Telemedicine
Michael Ollove Stateline
Private Exchanges See Enrollment Bump
Bernie Monegain HIT News
Journal Editors Call for Clinical Trial Data Sharing
Charles Piller Stat
Muscular Dystrophy Drugs Face New Questions
Whalen & Marcus WSJ
More Americans Are Living Past 100
Mary Brophy Marcus CBS News
Senate Nears Compromise on School Nutrition Rules
A. Aubrey NPR
Save Kynect
Jeffery Donahue et al. Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky's Bizarre Attack on Health Reform
New York Times
States Should Refuse Medicaid Expansion
John Daniel Davidson NR
Medicare Paperwork for All
Orszag & Ferris Bloomberg View


Friday, January 22
Clinton: Obamacare Was Originally 'Hillarycare'
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Obama Administration Works to Fix Co-Ops
Stephanie Armour WSJ
Republicans Say Government Mismanaged Co-ops
Robert Pear NYT
Some Patient Groups Mum on High Drug Prices
Jayne O'Donnell USAT
Average ACA Monthly Premium Rises to $408
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Providers Balk at Proposed Post-Acute Measures
Virgil Dickson MH
Gov't Funds Almost 2/3 of Health Care Spending
Joyce Frieden MedPage
Bundled Pay for Joints Could Boost Quality
Tinker Ready HealthLeaders
Supplemental Benefits Under Medicare Advantage
Christopher Pope HA
Reporting Employee Weight & Stress Levels
Ike Swetlitz Stat
Many Seniors Get Unneeded Cancer Screenings
Steven Reinberg HD
The Coming Avalanche of Autistic Adults
Cindy Godwin USA Today
Coverage for Abortion Still in Question
Kimberly Leonard U.S. News
Dismantling Kynect Could Mean Higher Costs
Judith Solomon CBPP
Clinton Should Be Pressed on Health Care, Too
Greg Sargent Wash. Post
Saturday, January 23
Hope for Autism Treatment Dims
Karen Weintraub Stat
Errors, Revelations in Major New Books about Autism
Ari Ne'eman Vox
After The Diagnosis: How Families Experience Autism
NPR
Link Between Autism and Extraordinary Abilities
Linda Marsa Atlantic
B. Smith's Call to Action on Alzheimer's
Kim Painter USA Today
Down Syndrome Is Thought to Hold Clues to Alzheimer's
Marcus WSJ
Want Into A Clinical Trial? Read This First.
Emily Bazar KHN
The Promise of Precision Medicine
Marie McCullough Phila. Inquirer
A Health Care Quality Message for the Masses
Joyce Frieden MedPage
Let Me Tell You About My Big Baby
Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times
Too Cautious About Food? That's Dangerous
Faye Flam Bloomberg View
No Food Is Healthy. Not Even Kale.
Michael Ruhlman Washington Post
Brave New World of Virtual Reality Fitness
Ethan Gilsdorf Boston Globe
Pets Get Better Preventive Care Than Their Owners
HealthPopuli
Even Disney Princesses Need HPV Shots
Tara Haelle Forbes
Monday, January 25
How Hillarycare Did & Didn't Lead to Obamacare
Sahil Kapur Bloomberg
'Medicare for All' May Not Help Working Seniors
Heidi Przybyla USAT
President Pushes ACA As Enrollment Deadline Nears
Mark Hensch Hill
Q&A: Marilyn Tavenner on AHIP's Way Forward
Modern Healthcare
Employee Wellness Programs Increasingly Use Sticks
Reed Abelson NYT
Some Employer Plans Exclude Outpatient Surgeries
Jay Hancock KHN
Fight to Lower Prices Forces Some To Switch Rx
Alison Kodjak NPR
Are Bigger Insurers Really Better?
Paul von Ebers Health Affairs Blog
U.S. Health Care Less 'Private' Than You Might Think
R. Knox WBUR
What Can Be Done to Increase Organ Transplants
Tinker Ready HLM
Deficiencies Found at Theranos Lab
Carreyrou Weaver & Siconolfi WSJ
Britain, Gates Pledge Billions to Fight Malaria
William James Reuters
Should You Let Your Kids Play Football?
Barry Sanders USA Today
Drug Deaths Reach White America
New York Times
Health Care's Continental Divide
McArdle & Bershidsky Bloomberg View


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