Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: MAHA Candidates Lost, But The MAHA Agenda Did Not; $10,000 Per Person For Health Insurance Is Unsustainable
Stat: MAHA 1.0 Is Dead. MAHA 2.0 Is Born
Since Tuesday night, the obituaries for the MAHA movement have been piling up fast: “RFK Jr and MAHA Suffer Brutal Election Night Wipeout,” wrote the Daily Beast. Midterms could be the “‘death knell’ of the MAHA-Trump alliance,” according to USA Today. Even STAT reported “MAHA mowed down.” (Brinda Adhikari and Tom W. Johnson, 11/5)
The New York Times: When Health Insurance Costs $10,000 Per Person, It's Time For Reform
Reforms that save 1 percent or 2 percent of health care costs quickly add up. (Zack Cooper, 11/3)
Stat: AI Could Reinforce Medical Records’ Lies About Women
In September, the Gallup-Pivotal Women’s Health Survey reported that 34% of U.S. women strongly or somewhat agreed that a health care provider minimized or dismissed their symptoms in the past five years. Thirty-three percent reported being misdiagnosed or unable to get a diagnosis, compared with 21% of men reporting these experiences. (Annemarie G. Hirsch and Jennifer Silva, 11/6)
Chicago Tribune: Roseland Community Isn't Alone. Many More Safety-Net Hospitals Are At Grave Risk.
Chicago's safety-net hospitals are at a moment of existential crisis. (11/6)
Stat: ‘Pre-Clinical’ Alzheimer’s Is A New, Sometimes Frightening Way Of Living
What is it like to have asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease? The answer’s obvious, isn’t it? It is like nothing. It’s a silly question, really. How could living without symptoms — the vexing troubles with concentration, word finding, recalling new facts, the loss of a mental map — be an experience of something? Like most short and simple answers, particularly when the subject is Alzheimer’s, the obvious answer’s wrong. (Jason Karlawish, 11/6)
