News
National Journal | HHS Releases Leading Health Indicators for the Next Decade
The Health and Human Services Department announced its Leading Health Indicators on Monday, a list of metrics for measuring public-health progress that is adjusted every 10 years. The fourth decade of HHS’s Healthy People campaign will focus on equity, prevention, and the “social determinants” such as education, income, and race that are strongly linked to health.
Politico | Social forces may limit health care reform
The health care reform law gives federal health officials a new mandate to address the fact that racial and ethnic minorities tend to be sicker than the rest of the population.
National Journal | White House Presses Companies on Drug Shortages
The Obama administration on Monday asked drug companies to give more of a heads-up about drug shortages, pressing Congress to move legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration more teeth to enforce early warnings and also doubling the small staff of an FDA office that deals with shortages.
Econ Comments
CNN: Money | Solving the new Medicare puzzle
Thanks to Medicare, there's at least one thing you don't have to worry about in retirement: whether you'll have health insurance. How you'll get it, on the other hand, is another matter.
Blogs
AEI: American | Poll: Obamacare getting even more unpopular
A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows a sharp drop in views about the Affordable Care Act. In the mid-October poll, just 34% (down from 41% in September) had a favorable impression of it.
Heritage Foundation | Love Conquers All…Except Obamacare
Thanks to Obamacare, Americans looking to tie the knot may find that it’s a lot cheaper to stay single.
