More confusing 'guidance' on mammography: In Reversal, Expert Panel Recommends Breast Cancer Screening at 40 #BreastCancer nytimes.com/2024/04/30/hea…

I still can't get over this exchange between Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Witty. Semantics aside, UnitedHealth still has 90,000 physicians who have a financial incentive to work with, and look out for, UnitedHealth. That is no small thing.

Do you know how this happened? At one point, @miamiherald had at least one reporter covering every city commission meeting from Vero Beach to Key West. We covered planning commissions. We looked at every proposed project. Today, newspapers have skeleton staffs. This is what…

It's official, as of today: I'm executive editor of KFF Health News.

Grateful to @drewaltman for his trust. Excited and humbled to lead an award-winning team of journalists. Check us out at kffhealthnews.org and californiahealthline.org.

Remarkably frank interview by Eric Cortellessa TIME in which Trump and his allies say they are laying the groundwork to restructure the presidency, plan to sweep away constraints imposed on the president by legislators and the courts. time.com/6972021/donald…

'activists in 1968 didn’t achieve their goal of electing peace candidate Gene McCarthy; rather, the turmoil and more violent protests helped elect Nixon, who pledged to restore order—and then dragged the war out and expanded it in Cambodia.'-Nicholas Kristof nytimes.com/2024/05/01/opi…

Must read Trump interview by Eric Cortellessa. 'I don’t think it’s a big mystery what his agenda would be,” says close adviser Kellyanne Conway. “But I think people will be surprised at the alacrity with which he will take action.” time.com/6972022/donald…

Some personal news. I'm thrilled to join American Economic Liberties Project and get the opportunity to contribute to their very important work. Bonus: I got a mention in POLITICO Playbook for something other than my birthday.

The future of local news? The nonprofit Nashville Banner is a strictly news publication, without editorials, op-eds, or candidate endorsements. “All the money that we have, we’re putting into news reporting,” editor Steve Cavendish said. #journalismmatters nytimes.com/2024/04/29/opi…

Healthcare in America: Cigna Healthcare uses productivity board to measure how quickly its MDs deny claims. 'Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers'. Via Patrick Rucker The Capitol Forum & David Armstrong ProPublica propublica.org/article/cigna-…

Fight in NC over price of new weight loss drugs like Wegovy show how the US drug pricing system, which gives manufacturers a lot of clout, can keep patients from gaining access to highly effective treatments. By Kelly Hooper
politi.co/442DKLC via POLITICO

Trump calls #globalwarming “a hoax” and has promised to promote fossil fuels and destroy regulations designed to limit their emissions, which are dangerously heating the planet. Even businesses don't agree, via Coral Davenport nytimes.com/2024/04/26/cli…

Doctors say long waits in the ER for a hospital bed, called ER boarding, is as bad as it's ever been, especially for over 65 adults. Via Judith Graham KFF Health News cnn.com/2024/04/26/hea…

To #EndMalaria , we have to address the inequity that drives it.

In 2022, malaria claimed the lives of over 600,000 people and there were 249 million new cases.

Alongside bed nets and other tools, vaccines could help to reignite progress against malaria, which has stalled in…

Huh? Alterra CEO Jared Smith on the #Ikonpass :

SMITH: We don’t want to sell an unlimited number of passes. 
Sun: Do you have a cap?
Smith: No.

Interviewed by Jason ☀️ Blevins coloradosun.com/2024/04/24/col… via @coloradosun

I spoke to Samantha Fields NPR Marketplace about the new federal rule mandating staff levels in nursing homes. Although the rule is far from perfect, 'This is the biggest reform in nursing home policy in decades.”
marketplace.org/2024/04/24/new…

A reminder of just how bad it was: Trump gutted the infectious disease defense infrastructure in 2018 and then spent most of February 2020 minimizing #COVID19 's threat. Via Stephen Robinson publicnotice.co/p/trump-covid-…

.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…