The health exchanges are going to happen. But how will people fare while navigating them. That’s the topic of my latest piece at the AcademyHealth blog.
Just a quick note of endorsement for AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference. It’ll be held this year on February 4-5 in Washington, D.C. Though I
More than half of the states challenged the ACA in various suits; they ultimately prevailed only in finding the Medicaid expansion unconstitutionally coercive. Justice Roberts’
We’ve significantly reduced our eating at fast food restaurants in my family in the last year or two. A recent study in JAMA: Pediatrics affirms
From yesterday’s NYT, a letter from Paula Braveman (emphasis mine): As a member of the panel that produced the report, I hope that wide awareness of
The American Academy of Actuaries says premiums for young Americans will go way up because they will be cross-subsidizing older Americans. No surprise. A consequence
Sound Medicine is a radio show produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. In the last few years, I’ve become their go-to guy on
A randomised controlled trial of 934 patients receiving immediate or deferred androgen deprivation treatment found a significant reduction in extraskeletal metastases (number needed to treat
Misuse of the reformulated drug is not impossible, but it is more difficult, said Simon H. Budman, PhD. […] He compared the traditional oxycodone pill
Whenever I write about population level health statistics, inevitably some people feel a need to email, post, tweet, or message me about their belief that
I’m tremendously enjoying the SMART EM podcasts, about which I may write more in the future. For now, if you’re interested in evidence-based medicine, parsimonious use of
