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Daily on Healthcare: Trump gives a nod to Obamacare insurer payments

Professor Jerry Anderson is quoted in this article about Obamacare insurer payments. An interesting addition to President Trump’s budget is a call for insurers to get cost-sharing reduction payments and risk […]

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

President Trump’s budget request contains several proposals to lower drug prices, but experts say they won’t help much since they aren’t targeting the priciest, brand-name products. Professor Jerry Anderson is quoted […]

Big Pharma is thriving off the flu

As more Americans get sick, the economy stands to lose more than $10 billion. Professor Jerry Anderson explains how nearly $2 billion may be trickling into the pockets of vaccine […]

Hospitals made $21B on Wall Street last year, but are patients seeing those profits?

The booming stock market has been good for ordinary Americans with retirement accounts, and it also has enriched another class of investors to an extent some find problematic: Some medical […]

Drug users interested in cheap test strips that can test deadly fentanyl

Sherman

Drugs laced with fentanyl are responsible for most opioid overdose deaths. But according to a new study, inexpensive testing tools can actually detect whether street drugs contain fentanyl. Professor Susan Sherman […]

Testing for Fentanyl

Sherman

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Brown University unveil new research about a low-cost, simple test strip to detect fentanyl. Fentanyl has overtaken heroin and […]

Why education matters to your health–literally

Cherlin

Experts such as Andrew J. Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, speculate that racial differences also might be a matter if expectations.

New tool to combat overdose deaths: Fentanyl test strips

Sherman

A new study co-lead by a Rhode Island epidemiologist found that a simple drug testing strip — similar to a home pregnancy test —  accurately detected the potentially deadly opioid […]

Reducing healthcare costs doesn’t require Bezos/Buffet/Dimon magic: Every other country already knows how

Bezos, Buffett and Dimon didn’t even have to look beyond the U.S. boundaries to find clues to how to reduce healthcare costs — they merely had to look at America’s […]

Another sticking point in Highmark-UPMC break up: Emergency care costs

Picture for a moment this unsettling scenario: Some time after June 30, 2019, when Highmark and UPMC have finally gone their separate ways, a Highmark-insured pedestrian is seriously injured and […]