RealClearHealth Week of April 4, 2016 Archives

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Monday, April 4
Medicare Is Often Overbilled by Hospices
Robert Pear New York Times
Big Price Increases on Widely Used Drugs
Caroline Humer Reuters
UnitedHealth Tries Boutique-Style Health Plan
Phil Galewitz KHN
Satisfied Hospital Patients Less Likely to Go Back
Tom Avril Phila. Inq.
Hospital Reform Requires Medicare Data
Vinita Bahl Health Affairs Blog
Hospital Uses Laughing Gas to Deter Opioid Abuse
Hansi Lo Wang NPR
Hospitals: Hackers' Biggest New Target
Johnson & Zapotosky Wonkblog
CDC Summit Details Plans to Fight Zika
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Statin Intolerance Is Real, Researchers Find
Lenny Bernstein Wash. Post
Chocolate Milk Researcher Had Conflicts of Interest
Ike Swetlitz Stat
The Bionic Pancreas Is Getting Closer to Reality
Alexandra Sifferlin Time
Doctors Can Do More to Fight Addiction
Bloomberg View
The Anatomy of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
Don Flattery Examiner
Let Patients Read Their Medical Records
Dhruv Khullar New York Times
Anti-Vaccination Lunacy Won't Stop
W. Ian Lipkin Wall Street Journal


Tuesday, April 5
ACA Has Not Uprooted Employer Coverage
Reed Abelson N.Y. Times
Final Medicare Advantage Rates Rise Modestly
Bob Herman Modern HC
New Tax Inversion Rules & Pfizer-Allergan Deal
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Senate Cures Deal Could Be Reached This Week
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Study Finds Doctors Unprepared to Discuss Costs
Shefali Luthra KHN
Yelp Provides Insight Into Patient Experience
Sabriya Rice Modern HC
Telemedicine May Not Be Best for Urgent Care
Lisa Rapaport Reuters
Conn. Wellness Plan Increased Preventive Care
Arielle Becker CT Mirror
Med Students' False Beliefs About Black Patients
Ike Swetlitz Stat
Report Warns Climate Change Will Harm Health
Brady Dennis WP
Harvard Medical School Ignores Family Medicine
Melissa Bailey Stat
Ensuring Adequate Specialty Physician Workforce
H. Hunt Batjer MC
Sending Nurses to Work With Poor Moms Helps Kids
Spiro & Chen WP
How Not to End Cancer in Our Lifetimes
Laurie H. Glimcher W.S. Journal
Why Is ACA Regulating HSAs Out of Existence?
Roy Ramthun Nat. Rev.


Wednesday, April 6
Pfizer to Walk Away From Allergan Deal
Rockoff et al. Wall Street Journal
Pfizer Needs a New Prescription for Growth
Caroline Chen Bloomberg
Mental Health Reform Bill Could Be Derailed
Noam N. Levey L.A. Times
Committee Faces Deadline for Innovation Bill
Caitlin Owens Morn. Cons.
Drug Pricing Bill Not Likely at Innovation Hearing
Peter Sullivan Hill
White House to Use Ebola Funds to Combat Zika
Andrew Taylor AP
What About "Shared Savings" for Patients?
Beth Kutscher Modern HC
Ohio Cutting Opioid Use by Injured Workers
Rita Price Columbus Disp.
Many of Oldest Old at Peace With Dying
Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay
The Graying of HIV
Lenny Bernstein Washington Post
Anti-Abortion Violence at All-Time High
Samantha Allen The Daily Beast
Mosquito vs. Mosquito in Zika Battle
Fedoroff & Block New York Times
Let FDA Approve Drugs For Limited Populations
Allan Coukell HA Blog
Clinical Trials Should Have Apps for Participants
Glen De Vries Stat
Drug Imports Would Compromise Safety
Robert Blancato Phila. Inquirer


Thursday, April 7
Employers Decry Sutter Health's Tactics, Prices
Chad Terhune KHN
Why Are So Few Kids Getting the HPV Vaccine?
Michael Ollove Stateline
Senate Advances Medical Cures Bill
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Bezos, Gates Chase Dream of Cancer Blood Test
Caroline Chen B'berg
Pfizer, IBM Launch Innovative Research Project
Laura Lorenzetti Fortune
Pfizer Beats Lawsuits Alleging Zoloft Birth Defects
Jessica Dye Reuters
Drug Addiction Fuels Demand for "Sober Homes"
Carla Johnson AP
Diabetes Has Quadrupled in Just Over 30 Years
Susannah Cullinane CNN
Restaurants Cut Calories in Kids' Meals
Randy Dotinga HealthDay
Junk Food Habits Start in Toddler Years
Ariana Eunjung Cha Wash. Post
Psychiatric Shock Therapy Restrictions Considered
Judith Graham Stat
When Is It Ethical to Withhold Prevention?
Thomas A. Farley NEJM
We're Not Better Off for Killing the Pfizer Deal
Leonid Bershidsky BV
A Corporate Tax Dodge Gets Harder
New York Times
Keeping the Promise of Medicare Part D
Gordon Smith Morning Consult


Friday, April 8
VA Bosses in 7 States Falsified Wait Times
Donovan Slack USA Today
Joint Surgery Rule Will Pinch Many Hospitals
Shannon Firth MedPage
Security Flaws Found in 3 State Exchanges
Beam & Alonso-Zaldivar AP
MedPAC Outlines Post-Acute Pay Overhaul
Virgil Dickson Mod. HC
Former Rep. Is Medicare Adv. Ambassador
Caitlin Owens Morn. Cons.
Cancer's Sinister Financial Side Effects
Carolyn Y. Johnson Wash. Post
Collaboration Aids Health Care for At-Risk Patients
Lisa Gillespie KHN
Older Docs May Do More Prostate Cancer Tests
Lisa Rapaport Reuters
Predicting Longevity May Be Simpler Than Thought
Robert Preidt HD
Disney Sought Withdrawal of Research Paper
Sheila Kaplan Stat
Health Care and the Presidential Campaign
Drew Altman W.S. Journal
Fixing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Berenson & Goodson NEJM
Choices, Plans Overwhelming for Patients
Peter Ubel Phila. Inquirer
The Economic Limits of Pharmaceutical Innovation
Austin Frakt JAMA
Putting Human Stem Cells in Animal Embryos?
Henry T. Greely LAT
Saturday, April 9
Pig Heart Kept Alive in Baboon for Two Years
A. Cuthbertson Newsweek
Opioid Abuse Spurs Medication, Addiction Rethink
Anna Gorman KHN
A Close Look at a Middle-Age Woman's Death
Eli Saslow Wash. Post
CRISPR Dispute Raises Patent Issues
S. Parthasarathy The Conversation
As the End Nears, "Death Doulas" Ease the Way
Bob Tedeschi Stat
Will Obesity Reverse Life-Span Gains?
Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times
How Far You'd Have to Run to Burn Off a Pizza
Mandy Oaklander Time
Lead Was The Miracle Metal That We Loved
Frank Morris NPR
Zika, Ebola Grab Headlines, But TB Is Big Worry
Richard Knox WBUR
Studying Google Searches to Improve Public Health
Elad Yom-Tov Stat
There's No Science Behind Whoopi's Medical Marijuana
Julia Belluz Vox
Six of the Strangest Cancer "Cures"
Ross Pomeroy RealClearScience
Designing Fashionable Medic Alerts
Jessica Hullinger Fast Company
Charcoal: Teeth-Whitening Secret or Scam?
Christine Yu Daily Beast
Juicer Is Everything Wrong w/ Our Food
Ferdman & Ingraham Wonkblog
Monday, April 11
Next President Won't Be Able to Dismantle ACA
Bruce Japsen Forbes
The Idea Hillary Clinton and PhRMA Can Agree On
David Nather Stat
Sales of Short-Term Health Policies Surge
Anna Wilde Mathews WSJ
UnitedHealth Quitting Exchanges in Ga., Ark.
Zachary Tracer Bloomberg
Statistics Show Urban-Rural Health Gap
Achenbach & Keating Wash. Post
Rural Seniors Often Lack Access to Health Care
Paula Span N.Y. Times
Medicare Cancer Drug Plan Stirs Battle
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Calif. Seeks to Control Medi-Cal Drug Costs
Pauline Bartolone KQED
Telemedicine Catching On w/Consumers
Jennifer Graham Deseret News
A Fitbit Saved His Life? Well, Maybe
Alison Kodjak NPR
Low-Income Insulin Users Face Hard Choices
Gary Stoller CT Post
Young Doctors Seek Abortion Training
Jilian Mincer Reuters
Forget Patient-Facing Apps
Alan Pitt The Health Care Blog
Addiction Is Key Issue for Suburban Women
Sarah Chamberlain The Hill
Old War on Drugs Consensus Is Crumbling
Johann Hari L.A. Times


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