July 25th at 12PM ET | Lamplighters: A Path Forward for American Democracy & Health Security Join Beth Cameron and a panel including Carl Ellison IN Minority Health Coalition, Judy Monroe, MD and TeresaHutson on this major initiative. RSVP: brown.zoom.us/webinar/951942…

The Senate passed two key pieces of legislation aimed at keeping children safe on the internet, marking a major step in Congress' ongoing effort to regulate massive tech companies. trib.al/ks9dUTC

Ultimately will we have in vivo and ongoing accreditation/regulation of AI as we do for clinicians? “The Regulation of Clinical Artificial Intelligence | NEJM AI” ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congress needs help to legislate effectively in the post-Chevron world. Especially in fields like AI. See my with STAT oped with @sararosenbaum at statnews.com/?p=1188814

Congress won't be able to deal with complex legislation in the post-Chevron world unless it bulks up on technical and scientific advice. Bring back the Office of Technology Assessment? See my piece with @sararosenbaum at ttp://www.statnews.com/?p=1188814

Fair prices are here! 💊Savings are better than expected & no companies dropped out! 💊💊 All Part D enrollees get a better benefit, whether they take these drugs or not. 💊💊💊 Price reduction on cancer drug suggests plenty of incentive to innovate. cms.gov/files/document…

In this Viewpoint, David Blumenthal and Gretchen Jacobson explore the affordability of health care services for Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare beneficiaries. ja.ma/3T8q8tQ

How to regulate clinical generative AI from HBR hbr.org/2024/09/how-to…

In Harvard Business Review, Google Health’s Senior Director of Global Digital Health Strategy & Regulatory Bakul Patel and David Blumenthal, Commonwealth Fund president, propose a new framework for testing, vetting, and regulating healthcare AI: goo.gle/4dPgPrj

Our kids deserve to start the school year without fearing for their lives. My heart breaks for the victims & loved ones of Apalachee High School. We must pass commonsense gun violence prevention measures like Ethan’s Law🟧 & extreme risk protection orders to keep our kids safe.

The math is the math. Another Trump Administration, along with a GOP Congress, would definitely pursue massive cuts to #Medicaid to help offset the cost of making the Trump tax cuts permanent in order to comply with Senate budget rules: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/09/04/gop…

Great panel of speakers include: David Blumenthal Stacie Dusetzina Michael McWilliams Marcella Alsan Sherry Glied NYU Langone Health, Ruqaiijah Yearby The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Ben Sommers, Meredith Rosenthal, Jane Kim Harvard Health Policy and Management Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Bob Blendon Bipartisan Policy Center & Eric Rubin NEJM!

“Trump was not successful as president in undoing the ACA, but it was not for lack of trying,” said Larry Levitt KFF. He “encouraged Congressional efforts to repeal and replace the ACA, and then took administrative steps to try to weaken it when the legislative route failed.”

ICYMI: 1) Your health / life insurance premiums may soon increase if you live in areas with higher COVID-19 cases 2) You may offered a premium reduction if you’re vaccinated 3) This has nothing to do with politics or overzealous health officials. It’s cold hard math 🤷🏽‍♂️

Texas AG finds hospital AI company Pieces Technologies marketed and sold tech that did not work as claimed. “At least four major Texas hospitals have been providing their patients’ healthcare data in real time to Pieces so that its generative AI product can “summarize”

The presidential race has exposed a fault line in American culture — or at least among today’s most prominent politicians — over the deeply personal (and usually private) decision to have children. nytimes.com/2024/09/22/us/…