.Melanie Evans explains how merged hospitals use their market power to press for higher prices from insurers, and employers pass the higher rates onto employees. From study by AEA Journals. #hospital #healthcare
wsj.com/health/healthc… via The Wall Street Journal

The Batten Medal for exceptional journalism that makes a difference to the lives of people and their communities, sponsored by editors of the former Knight Ridder, goes to Casey Ross and Bob Herman of STAT.

Well-deserved recognition for BW labor reporter Josh Eidelson: 'Eidelson’s work stands out for its depth, its scope, and its clarity. It is essential reading for a better understanding of the roots of our country’s labor struggles.' hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-prizes…

'almost all of the complaints about the encampments at #ColumbiaUniversity - and the anti-Zionist protests in general, dating back to October—boil down to speech. Defenders of Israel do not like what the pro-Palestine cohort says.' via Ross Barkan rosselliotbarkan.com/p/what-are-the…

Kudos to student reporters at Columbia Daily Spectator and ME Esha Karam, working overtime to get the story right and correct national media's breathless coverage. #ColumbiaUniversity #journalism thedailybeast.com/columbia-u-new… via The Daily Beast

Our team spent long hours reporting on and around Columbia’s campus on Thursday & Friday. I want to clear some stuff up. I didn’t see a single instance of violence or aggression on the lawn or at the student encampment. The student-led protest was peaceful and often very quiet…

Minimum nursing home staffing rule will soak up lots of attention today but this new Medicaid rule 'requiring providers to allocate at least 80% of home- and community-based payments to direct care worker pay' is HUGE too.

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2 in 5 Americans have medical debt. 18% have more than $2,500! In response, states & local governments have pledged $12 billion of medical debt relief.

We randomized $169 million of debt relief for 83,401 people between 2018-20.

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Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves declares April “Confederate Heritage Month,” celebrating the racist slave-supporting traitors who fought against the union. And these are the Republicans who claim to be “the party of Lincoln.” 😏

When schools try to ban phones, parents rally to keep them. Julie Jargon urges parents to stop texting their kids during class and let teachers do their jobs wsj.com/tech/personal-… via The Wall Street Journal

BREAKING: Watch the exact moment Kerry Kennedy announces the entire Kennedy family will be supporting President Biden, not RFK Jr. Retweet so all Americans see.

The adolescent behavioral health crisis, analyzed in a new UHF/Boston Consulting Group report, has a disproportionate impact on those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB).

In NYC, LGB students were over 4x more likely to attempt suicide in 2021.

Read more here: uhfnyc.org/publications/p…

New report from Commonwealth Fund finds health disparities and premature deaths run deep, even in best-performing states. “Health equity does not exist in any state in the U.S.,” said report co-author David Radley. #HealthEquity statnews.com/2024/04/18/hea… via STAT

Dr. Francis Collins, ever the public servant, goes public with his prostate cancer diagnosis in order to help others. #ProstateCancer #Cancer wapo.st/3xGJ3UV

The decline in American life expectancy harms more than our health. Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 and Craig Spencer MD MPH detail how investment in public health would boost the US economy. #PublicHealth latimes.com/opinion/story/…

.Kelly Hooper on how the US drug pricing system, which gives pharma companies a lot of clout, can keep patients from gaining access to highly effective treatments. Employers feel the side effects of drugmaker control over Wegovy, Ozempic costs. politi.co/442DKLC via POLITICO

The horror: Kelly Potteiger, Cumberland Valley SD board member and member of Moms for Liberty, voiced concerns that Maulik Pancholy would discuss his children’s books, which deal with #LGBTQ bullying, or his experience with “anti-bullying and empathy and inclusion.” nytimes.com/2024/04/17/us/…

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Excellent point.
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There is an outsized behavioral health crisis among adolescents and high schoolers in the U.S.

A new report released this week from UHF and Boston Consulting Group analyzes the impacts of the mental health crisis & calculates the burden of unmet need for care. Read it here: uhfnyc.org/publications/p…