As this week draws to a close, I just want to take a few moments to reflect on the extraordinary impact prompted by ProPublica journalism, as reported this week alone! 🎉

Joining the Oregon Health Policy Board this morning to talk all things hospital consolidation and some of our new research. The meeting is open to the public, so do join zoomgov.com/j/1600255891?p…

Absolutely - the 1% Steps Project has two briefs on it: No 1. by Marty Gaynor and me onepercentsteps.com/policy-briefs/… No. 2 by Leemore Dafny and Michael Chernew onepercentsteps.com/policy-briefs/…

Bill Cassidy says there's no shot Congress will fully equalize Medicare payments between hospital outpatient departments and physician offices ... because hospitals have true power over lawmakers. Great get from Rachel Cohrs Zhang. statnews.com/2024/09/11/bil…

New: At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care in their state, ProPublica has found. This is one of their stories. propub.li/3N7xPgN

As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans-Americans. tradeoffs.org/2024/04/11/tra…

Thank you, Larry Levitt!

Critics have watched with alarm as the industry has managed to deflate or deflect financial penalties and steadily gain clout in Washington t.ly/eYYxL

Vice presidential debates aren't typically a venue where we hear about wonky topics like insurance risk pools. But, JD Vance's idea to segregate healthy and sick people into different pools, which would weaken the ACA's pre-existing condition protections, is worthy of debate.

Adult-size changing tables are being installed around the country to prevent humiliating bathroom situations for people with disabilities. Without such tables, many people wind up being changed on the floor, on the ground or in cars. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/09/30/dis… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

If you already qualified for a special enrollment period but you haven't been able to use it due to the hurricane, you'll qualify for an extension of your special enrollment period if FEMA has declared a disaster in your area.

Very curious if debate moderators — or Walz himself — will press JD Vance over his past criticism of Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Here’s one example: Vance said the 2017 ACA repeal betrayed Trump voters, as Greg Sargent uncovered. newrepublic.com/article/186456…

CVS Health To Cut 2,900 Jobs But Mum On Potential Break-up via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucejap…

97% of metro areas fail federal guidelines for competitive health care marketplaces: kff.org/health-costs/i…

We are saddened to announce the passing of writer and longtime contributor to "A Cape Cod Notebook," Robert Finch. He will be deeply missed. He leaves behind a legacy of beautiful writing, much of which can be found here: capeandislands.org/people/robert-…

This story is so sad. Great reporting from Molly Castle Work

Check out this awesome Tara Haelle #ReadBannedBooks webinar Thursday, Oct. 17, at 2:30 pm. Reporting the respiratory triple threat: Preparing for flu, COVID and RSV season healthjournalism.org/event/reportin…

Family-owned Seattle Times says "Hell, Yes!" in endorsing Harris, throwing shade at owners of WashPost (and LAT and USA Today) for recent decisions not to weigh in editorially. h/t @martinkaste

‘The biggest powerhouse Democratic donor wrangler that nobody has ever heard of’ ow.ly/xilR105NCUS

Makes dollars and cents