RealClearHealth Week of February 29, 2016 Archives

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Monday, February 29
Top PhRMA Lobbyist Threads a Thicket of Outrage
Robert Pear NYT
Aetna CEO Vows Support for Exchanges Amid Losses
C. Terhune KHN
Health Quality An Issue For Poor, Poll Finds
Joe Neel NPR
Doctors Promoting Treatments on Social Media
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Dr. Phil Is Not an M.D., But Is Paid Drug Spokesman
Julia Belluz Vox
Senate Readies for Battle over Opioid Abuse
Jordain Carney The Hill
New Twist in Addiction Crisis: Deadly Impostors
Welsh-Huggins AP
OB-GYNs Navigate Catholic Hospitals' Ethics Rules
Rebecca Plevin KPCC
Controversial Home Visits Duck Medicare's Radar
Bob Herman ModHC
Poll: Many Parents Downplay Value of Flu Shot
Robert Preidt HealthDay
13 Smart Ways to Cut High Drug Costs
Kara Brandeisky Time
Pros & Cons of Selling Insurance Across State Lines
Joseph R. Antos AEI
Rubio's Responsible Rebuttal to Trumpcare
Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg
Readmissions, Observation, and Improving Care
Ashish Jha THCB
HIV's Toll on Black and Latino Men
New York Times


Tuesday, March 1
Administration Backs Off on Rules for 2017 Plans
Bob Herman Mod. HC
What's in the Benefit & Payment Parameters Rule
Timothy Jost HA Blog
New Agreement to Improve Digital Records
Jayne O'Donnell USA Today
EHR Transition & Concerns about Medical Errors
Shefali Luthra KHN
High Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case
Jennifer Haberkorn Politico
Sizing Up Insurance Mega-Mergers
Richard Mark Kirkner Managed Care
Valeant Hit with Another SEC Probe
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
New Tests May Help Curb Antibiotic Overuse
Sumathi Reddy WS Journal
Cancer Pain May Rise as Finances Dwindle
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Study: Waste in Cancer Drugs Costs Billions
Gardiner Harris NYT
The Opioid Treatment Business Is Booming
Deborah Becker WBUR
Walgreens Partners with Catholic Hospital
Lynne Terry Oregonian
Frustration in Texas over Uneven ACA Expansion
Lauren Silverman NPR
VA Problems & Pitfalls of Gov't Health Care
Charles Hughes Examiner
Trump, Sanders Praise Foreign Health Care
Noam N. Levey LAT


Wednesday, March 2
Health Policy Ranks Low on Super Tues.
Shannon Muchmore Modern HC
Trump on Planned Parenthood: 'I Am a Truth Teller'
Nick Gass Politico
Endoscope Maker Olympus Admits Bribes
Tom Avril Phila. Inquirer
White House Takes Stand Against Drug Abuse Bill
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Durbin: Most Democrats Will Support Opioid Bill
McIntire Morn. Cons.
Califf Says FDA Will Work to Prevent Abuse
Matthew Perrone AP
FDA to Study Effect of Drug Ads on Consumers
Anna Edney Bloomberg
Leading Alzheimer's Group Splinters over Priorities
Judith Graham Stat
Patients Must Be Part Of Defining Value
Anne Weiss Health Affairs Blog
Study Highlights Medication Adherence Obstacles
Neil Versel MedCity
Kids Learn from Parents' Heart Health Habits
Robert Preidt HealthDay
U.S. Dietary Guidelines: A Scientific Fraud
Edward Archer RCScience
Lobbying Obscured the Danger of Lead in Water
Stephen Mihm BV
Congress Must Act on Data Blocking
Gropper & Peel The Health Care Blog
The Clintonian Roots of Obamacare
Scott Gottlieb National Affairs


Thursday, March 3
NAM's Boerstling: 'Full Repeal' of Cadillac Tax Needed
RealClearHealth
Donald Trump Releases Health Care Reform Plan
J. Diamond CNN
Fact-Checking GOP Candidates on Health Care
Sanger-Katz Upshot
Oscar Posts $105 Million Obamacare Loss
Zachary Tracer Bloomberg
Health Care Service Corp. Trims ACA Losses
Kristen Schorsch Crain's CB
Senate GOP Blocks Funding for Opioid Epidemic
Carney The Hill
States, CDC Seek Limits on Painkillers
Christine Vestal Stateline
CMS Funds Health IT for LTC, Behavioral Health
Versel MedCityNews
Mental Illness: Families Cut out of Care
Liz Szabo USA Today
How Zenefits' Big Bet On Sales Went Wrong
William Alden Buzzfeed
FDA Struggling with Generic Drug Application Backlog
Pharmalot
Link Between Multiple Moles, Melanoma Questioned
Preidt HealthDay
Will Consumers Shop for Health Care?
Frost et al. Health Affairs Blog
The Case Against Consolidating Care
Howard & Feyman New York Slant
Fighting Drug Addiction With Drugs Works
Austin Frakt Upshot


Friday, March 4
U.S. Beats Goal on Medicare Payment Reform
Sarah Ferris The Hill
NAM's Boerstling on 'Health Care As an Ecosystem'
RealClearHealth
Obama: 20 Million Gain Coverage under ACA
Laurie McGinley Wash Post
Trump Health Plan Recycles GOP Staples
Scott Hensley NPR
Trump's Health Care Talk Not Matched by His Plan
Sanger-Katz Upshot
The One Number in Trump's Health Care Plan
Rebecca Robbins Stat
Lead-Exposed Flint Kids to Get Medicaid Coverage
Lenny Bernstein WP
Hospitals Making Progress Against 'Superbugs'
Steven Reinberg HD
Fight Cancer with Twitter?
Sam Wood Philadelphia Inquirer
When Will the Pager Die in Health Care?
Neil Versel MedCityNews
How a Man Contracted HIV on PrEP
Rich Juzwiak Gawker
'Compassionate Use' Medicine
Naomi Lopez Bauman Washington Times
Weird Science Should Get Funds in Cancer Fight
Faye Flam B'berg View
The Coming Doctor Shortage
Michael D. Tipsword Washington Examiner
The Shameful 'Wall of Shame' at HHS
Niam Yaraghi U.S. News
Saturday, March 5
One Weird Reason Doctors Buy Large Homes
Carolyn Johnson Wonkblog
Texas after HB2: 'I'm an Abortion Travel Agent'
Jessica Ravitz CNN
How Fetal Tissue Research Could Help with Zika
Dylan Scott Stat
Older Dads May Father Kids With Genetic Diseases
Barry Starr KQED
The Debate over 'Crumb Rubber' and Cancer
David Wharton LA Times
Changing the Way We Think About Cancer
Julia Belluz Vox
Should Citrus Farmers Spray Antibiotics?
Maryn McKenna Nat. Geo.
How Your Supplements Interact with Rx Drugs
Laura Landro WS Journal
How City Noise Affects Residents' Health
Steve Holt The Atlantic
Public Health's Role in Autonomous Driving
Richland et al. Health Aff.
Female Medical Researchers Hit a Paper Ceiling
Oransky & Marcus Stat
Psych Patients at N.C. Hospital Were Tied Down
Sydney Lupkin Vice
Dying Better, Even If It Means Sooner
Karla Erickson U.S. News
What Researchers Get Wrong about Addiction
Sally Satel Forbes
Why It's Time To Legalize Drugs
Kofi Annan Spiegel
Monday, March 7
Nancy Reagan: 'Champion' of Alzheimer's Research
Sheila Kaplan Stat
ACA Isn't Wiping Out Unpaid Hospital Bills
Melanie Evans Modern HC
Doctor Quality Ratings May Be Influenced by Setting
Kennedy Reuters
Senate Bill Would End Drug Ad Tax Breaks
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Ayotte Makes Push for Senate Opioid Bill
Mark Hensch The Hill
States Remove Barriers To Physician Assistants
Bruce Japsen Forbes
Young Physicians & the Winds of Change
Peter Wehrwein Managed Care
Colonoscopy Culture Clash: Why Get One?
Rachel Zimmerman WBUR
Food Companies Distort Nutrition Science
Julia Belluz Vox
Zika Mosquito & Phila.'s 1793 Yellow Fever
Don Sapatkin Phila. Inquirer
Health Care's Challenge with Trafficking Victims
Gorenstein Marketplace
Precision Psychiatry: Hype or Promise?
Sally Satel L.A. Review of Books
Paying Employees to Lose Weight
Patel et al. New York Times
What Kennedy Noticed about Abortion in Texas
D. Paquette Wonkblog
MACRA, Interoperability & Post-Meaningful Use
Andy Slavitt THCB


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