Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Thoughts On The Role Of Health Policy In The Debates, On The Campaign Trail
The reaction to opening a medical bill these days is often shock and confusion 鈥 for the insured and the uninsured. Prices and deductibles keep rising, policies are drowning in fine print, and doctors are jumping on and off networks. So why hasn鈥檛 the growing burden of health care gotten more attention in the presidential campaign? (9/23)
How would you equip the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization to take on and beat global pandemics like Zika? That, as you should know, is more than a matter of offering up the funding Congress has refused to provide; it means jumping in early enough to keep the viruses off our shores. (Larry Tye, 9/26)
It is an election year. Once again, health care comes to the forefront with the public and the candidates speaking out for and against the Affordable Care Act. But how much do patients really know about how our health-care system works and how current policies affect health care? (Mark Lopatin, 9/25)
鈥淗ealth insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs are rising rapidly. What would you do to control them?鈥 If I were advising a candidate on how to respond to that question, here's what I'd recommend he or she say. (Merrill Goozner, 9/26)