More King v. Burwell scenarios and how to really understand Obamacare’s critical moment (Morning Read)

The Morning Read provides a 24-hour wrap up of everything else healthcare’s innovators need to […]

The Morning Read provides a 24-hour wrap up of everything else healthcare’s innovators need to know about the business of medicine (and beyond). The author of The Read published it but all full-time MedCity News journalists contribute to its content.

TOP STORIES

One more day until King v. Burwell. Here’s the latest:

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

China hacked Anthem.

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]

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