Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: How Easily Could Obamacare Be Dismantled?; More Menopause Research Is Crucial
This summer, a pair of Supreme Court decisions radically reshaped the health care landscape by overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine. For the past 40 years, this doctrine acknowledged the technical knowledge of scientists and policy experts within federal agencies, giving deference to 鈥渞easonable鈥 regulations these agencies issued to interpret ambiguities always present in the complex laws. (Danielle Ofri, 9/23)
American actress Halle Berry, recently joined a group of senators on Capitol Hill demanding research and education dollars for women鈥檚 health and menopause. When I listened to the audio of her voice, I smiled. With her guttural yell of, 鈥淚鈥檓 in menopause,鈥 I became an instant fan. (Jacqueline Carr, 9/20)
As the Hatch-Waxman Act approaches its 40th anniversary, it鈥檚 time to critically examine its legacy and what it actually gave us: the聽highest drug prices in the world. (Tahir Amin and Timi Iwayemi, 9/23)
Conscience Conduit and nonprofit Livegy, as well as other partners, are delivering Narcan vending machines in Dallas-Fort Worth with hopes of expanding to other parts of the state. The machines provide open access to a powerful drug that can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. (9/23)
On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services published new policies聽on research misconduct, which apply to research institutions receiving funding through the U.S. Public Health Service. The policies set standards that institutions must follow when investigating and potentially sanctioning researchers alleged to have engaged in research misconduct. (Paul Martin Jensen, 9/23)