RealClearHealth Week of February 8, 2016 Archives

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Monday, February 8
Drug Industry Launches Ads Aimed at Lawmakers
Joseph Walker WSJ
A Gutsy Move: Valeant Runs Super Bowl Ad
Meghana Keshavan MedCity
Super Bowl Ad Proves How Much U.S. Loves Opioids
Todd Frankel WP
How Do Pharmaceutical Companies Set Prices?
Alison Kodjak NPR
CMS Announces New Special Enrollment Period
Timothy Jost Health Aff.
Uninsured Present Tough Test for Obamacare
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Clinton Lobbied on Health Care from State Dept.
D. Herszenhorn NYT
Biden's Moon Shot and the 21st Century Cures Bill
Steve Findlay THCB
The Big Problem with High Deductibles
Margot Sanger-Katz Upshot
FDA Crackdown Could Shut Stem Cell Clinics
Usha Lee McFarling Stat
Study: BMI Mislabels 54M as 'Overweight' or 'Obese'
Amina Khan LAT
The NFL Needs to Stop Fighting Science
Jackie Speier USA Today
Tithing for Health Care
Carolyn Long Engelhard The Hill
Fact Checking Ted Cruz on 'Socialized Medicine'
Jonathan Cohn HuffPo
How Kasich Bypassed Legislature to Expand Medicaid
Philip Klein WE


Tuesday, February 9
Novartis Sets Heart-Drug Price Based on Outcome
C. Humer Reuters
Wyden Scrutinizes Pharma Links on Pain Panel
Matthew Perrone AP
Are States Obligated to Provide Hep C Drugs?
Michael Ollove Stateline
U.S. Signals Making Healthcare.gov 'Active Purchaser'
Bartolone KHN
Senators Try for Bipartisanship on Medicare
Peter Sullivan The Hill
First Round of Medical Bills to See Committee Votes
Caitlin Owens MC
Why It Took Years for FDA to Warn about Scopes
Melody Petersen LAT
How Millennials Could Change Health Care
Jason Hidalgo Reno G-J
Task Force: Teens Should Be Screened for Depression
Robert Preidt HD
Don't Ignore Downsides of Depression Screening
Patrick Skerrett Stat
When Addiction Has a White Face
Ekow N. Yankah New York Times
Ky. Health Gains Are Real, Worth Defending
Parento Lexington H-L
N.H. Tests Candidates on Addiction
Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg
A Focus on 'Socialized Medicine' If Sanders Wins N.H.
Harris Meyer MH
What Pharma Has in Common with Shkreli
Ed Silverman Pharmalot


Wednesday, February 10
Opioid Crisis Makes Pharmacists into Drug Cops
John M. Glionna Stat
Walgreens Rolls Out Drug Disposal Kiosks
Robert Channick Chicago Trib
Medicare Weighing Changes to Drug Payments
Zachary Tracer B'berg
The Budget & Health Care: A Quick Rundown
Timothy Jost Health Affairs
Big Questions Could Stall Senate Medical Bill
Mary Ellen McIntire MC
Ruling Gives Hospitals Hope on RAC Appeals
Lisa Schencker Modern HC
Silicon Valley's Big Problem with Health Care
Carolyn Johnson Wonkblog
Untold Story about Middle-Aged White Mortality
Commonwealth Fund
Better Diets May Be Reducing Teen Health Risks
Maureen Salamon HD
Calif. Costs for Undocumented Kids Could Rise
David Gorn Calif. HL
Former Google Exec to Lead Cancer Diagnostics Firm
D. Todd Reuters
Health IT's Problems Must Be Solved
Suneel Dhand MedPageToday
The E-Cigarette Barn Door Is Open
Edward Anselm RealClearPolicy
We Reduced Smoking, Why Not Drug Use?
George P. Shultz WSJ
Staying Sober After Treatment Ends
Tina Rosenberg New York Times


Thursday, February 11
Insurers Under Pressure to Improve Margins
Anna Wilde Mathews WSJ
HHS Considering Action on Drug Patents over Prices
Peter Sullivan Hill
Waiting Lists Grow for Opioid Addiction Rx
Christine Vestal Stateline
Amid Federal Gridlock, Lobbying Rises in States
Whyte & Wieder CPI
Senators Debate Details of Mental Health Bills
Shannon Muchmore MH
Refugee Mental Health Needs Could Overwhelm
Philip Marcelo AP
Vitter Questions ACA Exemption for Hill Staff
Mary Ellen McIntire MC
Abortion Politics Threatens to Derail Zika Funding
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Clinics Fight for Right to Deny Abortion Information
Erik Eckholm NYT
U.S. Dementia Rates Seem to Be Falling
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Hearing Loss Now Hits 1 in 3 Americans over 65
Elizabeth O'Brien MW
Engineering the Future of Diabetes Treatment
Ben Gruber Reuters
When the Hospital Serves McDonald's
Shilpa Ravella The Atlantic
Certificate of Need Laws Hurt Competition, Patients
John Bicknell WE
Conservatives Should Play Role in Cancer Moonshot
Paul Howard NR


Friday, February 12
Sharp Clash over Health Care in Democratic Debate
Jonathan Cohn HP
Senate Dems Vow Fight over Drug Abuse Funding
Peter Sullivan The Hill
A Reality Check on Obama's Opioid Addiction Plan
Dylan Scott Stat
Finance Committee's Chronic Care Policy Options
David Introcaso THCB
Other Priorities Enter Zika Funding Debate
Wasson et al. Bloomberg
Zenefits Helped Brokers Cheat on Licensing
William Alden Buzzfeed
Troubled Theranos Faces Washington Reckoning
Darius Tahir Politico
CMS Finalizes Rule on Medicare Overpayments
Virgil Dickson Mod. HC
Pharma Wants Pressure on Indian Drug Makers
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
More Young Breast Cancer Patients Getting Gene Test
Amy Norton HD
Info on Genetic Risks Is Actually Reassuring
Megan Scudellari Bos. Globe
New Breast Cancer Treatment a 'Game Changer'
Boris Ladwig Ins. Lou.
Tips for Candidates Discussing Autism
Donvan & Zucker Washington Post
Are Candidates Focusing Enough on Addiction?
Lombardi Deseret News
The Problem with Clinton's Health Care Promises
Pat Garofalo US News
Saturday, February 13
Why Do Doctors Still Use Pagers?
Allison Bond Slate
The Surgeon Will Skype You Now
Alexandra Ossola Popular Mechanics
What Health Care Can Learn from Silicon Valley
Ed Park THCB
Putting the Brakes on Uber-izing Health Care
Beth Kutscher Modern HC
Google Ventures Seeks to Make Name in Health
Caroline Chen B'berg
When Your Fitbit Tells You You're Pregnant
Stephanie McNeal Buzzfeed
Long-Term Damage from Lead: What We Know
Aaron E. Carroll Upshot
Promoting Tobacco Cessation for Medicaid Beneficiaries
Koh HA Blog
Neanderthal DNA & Depression Risk Linked
Ed Yong The Atlantic
Training Your Body into Thinking It's Had Medicine
Jo Marchant Mosaic
Are Pets Really Good for Us?
Rick Paulas Pacific Standard
Centenarians Get More Company
Andrea McDaniels Baltimore Sun
The Booming Adult Diaper Market
Hymowitz & Coleman-Lochner BW
Does Putting Toilet Paper on the Seat Do Anything?
Amy Marturana Self
Surprising Reasons Why We Tickle One Another
Suzannah Weiss WP
Monday, February 15
Scalia Death Puts Health Care Cases in Limbo
Schencker & Rubenfire MH
Whither Abortion, ACA after Scalia's Death
Eisenberg et al. Politico
The Court's Biggest Abortion Case in Years
Kliff & Crockett Vox
Confounding Surge in Medicare Advantage Sign-Ups
Robert Pear NYT
Sen. Warren on Medical Marijuana & Opioids
C. Ingraham Wonkblog
New Cancer Center Model Thriving
Eric T. Rosenthal MedPageToday
How Can Providers Prepare for Disasters?
Sheri Fink New York Times
Little Help Available for Caregivers
Susan Ladika Managed Care
Colombia's Claim of No Birth Defects Linked to Zika
D. Thompson HD
Med Schools Fail to Accommodate Disabilities
Lisa Rapaport Reuters
House Backs Bill To Ease Calorie Label Rules
Mary Clare Jalonick AP
The 'Moonshot' Metaphor on Cancer Fails
Margot Sanger-Katz Upshot
In America, the Art of Doctoring is Dying
Jerald Winakur Washington Post
Cruz Was Right on Obamacare & Jobs
Michael F. Cannon Forbes
What the Democratic Health Care Debate Omits
Ehrenfreund Wonkblog


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