Month: July 2023

‘What to Expect When Medicare and Pharma Finally Negotiate Drug Prices’ Transcript

‘What to Expect When Medicare and Pharma Finally Negotiate Drug Prices’ Transcript July 27, 2023 Note: This transcript has been created with a combination of machine ears and human eyes. There may be small differences between this document and the audio version, which is one of many reasons we encourage you to listen to the episode!  Listen…

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What to Expect When Medicare and Pharma Finally Negotiate Drug Prices

We explain how Medicare’s historic price negotiations with drugmakers will work, and the impact they could have.

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Can Medicare Afford to Foot the Bill for New Alzheimer’s Drugs?

Recent analyses in JAMA and by the Kaiser Family Foundation raise questions about whether Medicare and its beneficiaries can afford a new wave of Alzheimer’s treatments.

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What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job

During his 14 months as White House COVID Coordinator, Ashish Jha learned about building consensus, crafting practical policy and how to deal with imperfect data.

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Why an Influential Task Force Doesn’t Recommend Screening for Suicide Risk

New guidelines for clinicians suggest there’s not enough evidence to screen most adults for suicide risk.

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‘Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line’s First Year’ Transcript

‘Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line’s First Year’ Transcript July 13, 2023 Note: This transcript has been created with a combination of machine ears and human eyes. There may be small differences between this document and the audio version, which is one of many reasons we encourage you to listen to the episode! To learn…

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Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line’s First Year

We explore what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for 988.

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How Charitable are Nonprofit Hospitals?

A new Health Affairs study finds that as nonprofit hospitals’ earnings grow, their charity care spending fails to keep pace.

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One Economist’s Plan to Blow Up America’s Health Insurance System

Amy Finkelstein outlines an evidence-based plan to overhaul our patchwork of health insurance policies.

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