HWR is up

Yesterday was an eventful day in health policy world with Medicare for All bill and Graham-Cassidy both being introduced almost simultaneously and a Health Affairs event on Understanding the Value of Medical Innovations … but despite this,Louise Norris was still managed to compile The Neverending Summer of Healthcare Legislation Edition of the Health Wonk Review at Colorado Health Insurance…

Health Wonk Review is up

Joe Paduda has posted  this week’s version of the Health Wonk Review (HWR) – The double edition at Managed Care Matters.  Check it out. I also found this very honest discussions of effects of concussions in the NFL from former player and Hall of Famer Warren Sapp.  The video is below and the article here.

An AHCA Edition of the HWR is up

Louise Norris has posted The AHCA: The Aye or Nay? Edition of the Health Wonk Review at Colorado Health Insurance Insider and it couldn’t be timelier. It’s not only the AHCA’s moment to shine (or stink depending on your perspective), but it is also the 7th anniversary of the enactment of the ACA, as Louise notes in…

Friday Links

The expanding role of MAs. Did the ACA affect breastfeeding rates? Hospital ownership of physician practices. Elephants, poaching and evolution. FDA and Ecstasy. Plus, the one and only Hank Stern hosts the Health Wonk Review: Puppies and Kittens edition.  Check it out!