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TOP STORIES
One more day until King v. Burwell. Here’s the latest:
- Obama on Obamacare: “If you look at the law, if you look at the testimony of those who are involved in the law, including some of the opponents of the law, the understanding was that people who joined a federal exchange were going to be able to access tax credits just like if they went through a state exchange.”
- 61 percent of America wants to keep the subsidies
- 3 scenarios that could come from King v. Burwell
- The four words that led to this Supreme Court showdown
- Michael Cannon critiques the Vox’s impressive history of King v. Burwell – and the Health 2.0’s Matt Holt critiques Cannon in 5 tweets. “Removing the subsidies in King vs Burwell would simply be punishing low inc. people on basis of geography. Is that what @mfcannon wants?”
Also, have you been bluffing about actually knowing what King v. Burwell is all about? Really? Well, watch this primer.
LIFE SCIENCE
Harvoni is approved in Britain – and costs 33 percent less than in the United States. #medicaltourism
Antipsychotics are often used to control the behavior of dementia patients, even though these drugs can increase the risk of death in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and senility, according to a Government Accountability Office report.
The downside of the FDA’s 23andMe decision: “The reality for now is, however, that we still haven’t figured out how to properly deal with personal data online beyond making requirements for disclosure of their theft.”
Will this discovery change the way we make statins?
TECH
Lies, damn lies and the Apple Watch’s health features.
What comes after ICD-10? ICD-11.
The Veterans Administration has set aside about $1.2 billion of its fiscal year 2016 budget for telehealth – a $128 million increase over 2015.
Under Armour and HTC collaborated on a wristworn fitness tracker supported by Under Armour’s UA Record app which made its debut this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
PAYERS-PROVIDERS
30 countries are highly vulnerable to an Ebola epidemic, says Save the Children.
Here’s how Mayo Clinic will attract more patients from China.
That’s a strict vaccine law: Pakistan arrests parents who won’t vaccinate children against polio.
D.C.’s new health department director wants government officials to consider health in every decision they make (she said it worked in Louisville)
Clinical informatics: Medical students don’t know what they want to know.
SOMETHING EXTRA
Learn about the latest effort to reform patent law and protect intellectual property.
[Photo of an abandoned hospital from Flickr user Jonathan Haeber]