Weekend Links
Emily Oster on the power of nuance in public health.When did sustained economic growth begin?NYT: Rethinking drinking?Lex Fridman interviews Javier Milei (en español).Dumbest state “law” of the month
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Readers Offer Their Takes on the Opioid Crisis, Family Doctor Shortage, and Vaccine Policies
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. A chronic-pain patient advocate, who has been featured previously in KFF Health News coverage, spoke out on the social platform X about our “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash” project: Oh,…
Election 2024: State Health Care Snapshots
These fact sheets lay out the health care landscape in every state, providing data on a variety of health care topics that may be the focus of policy debates in the 2024 election. Topics include health costs; women’s health policy, including state abortion, contraception and maternity laws and policies; health coverage, including the Affordable Care…
Balancing Innovation and Risk in Healthtech
While new technologies may demonstrate clinical benefits in controlled settings, their true value is determined by how well they fit into existing healthcare workflows. The post Balancing Innovation and Risk in Healthtech appeared first on MedCity News.
Research Tracks Impact of Collaborative Care Model at Penn Medicine
Study finds reductions in suicidal ideation, depression and anxiety among patients in collaborative care setting
Sword Health, the Hinge Health S1 and me
By MATTHEW HOLT The big news in the comeback of digital health is that Hinge Health filed its S1 and is looking to go public soon. I suspect that they’d have preferred to get the IPO done late last year when the AI bubble was expanding rather than deflating, but timing the market is tough!…
This Bill Aims To Help Firefighters With Cancer. Getting It Passed Is Just the Beginning.
As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, signed onto legislation with a simple aim: Provide federal assistance to first responders diagnosed with service-related cancer. The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act is considered crucial by its supporters, with climate change fueling an increase…
Another Astellas Gene Therapy Deal, This Time $50M for Option on AviadoBio Dementia Program
Astellas secured an exclusive option to license global rights to an AviadoBio gene therapy in development as a one-time treatment for a certain type of frontotemporal dementia. A Phase 1/2 test of the AviadoBio gene therapy is ongoing. The post Another Astellas Gene Therapy Deal, This Time $50M for Option on AviadoBio Dementia Program appeared…
A Defining Moment for Employer Health Benefits: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Could Transform Healthcare for Employers
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” would codify Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) — the personalized insurance model that has transformed how employers offer health benefits — into law as CHOICE Arrangements, or Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense arrangements. The post A Defining Moment for Employer Health Benefits: How the “One Big Beautiful…