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FDA: Fast-review vouchers to be tied to lower US prices Why FDA rejects drugs (in their own words) Kaiser Health News on prior authorizations. Measles: 1,288 cases in the US this year Impact of ChatGPT on language.

Friday Links

Trends in cost-related non-adherence. Optum Rx reduces reauthorization requirements. Changes in insulin out-of-pocket costs over time. AI and billable hours. Value in Health to include ‘Plan Language Summaries’

Weekend Reading

Renaming schizophrenia: why, how, and what next? COVID-19 winners and losers. Labor market (not supply chain) caused COVID-19 inflation? Medicare Advantage dental benefits. NC eliminating parking minimums.

Weekend Reading

Impact of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on rural hospital finances Brain implant lets patient with ALS speak and sing Impact of children’s disability on parent’s mental health. COVID is back? How does this man defy aging?

Your weekend reading

A list of interesting articles to checkout as you head to the weekend. How America Built the World’s Most Successful Market for Generic Drugs. Reference Pricing as a Deterrent to Entry. Will Florida Medicaid cover a hospitalization in South Dakota? Will better data rescue value-based care? The return of COVID?

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I’ll be at ISPOR.  Health Care Subscriptions: Who Benefits and Who Gets Left Behind? NIH bans new funding from US scientists to scientists abroad Most favored nation. CDC: RSV vaccine works.

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Innovative Payment Models for Sickle-Cell Disease Gene Therapies. EHR records transfer: fax, CD, mail. ‘Why public health must always be led by economists’ Impact of federal cuts and inflation on food banks. End of an era?

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Only ⅔ of FDA-approved biosimilars have launched. Measles outbreak continues. UnitedHealth profits fall. Super-Earths. ‘Bone Collector’ caterpillars. NFL Draft comes to Green Bay.