Opinion: Vaccination certificates won’t end lockdown. Prosocial approaches will
Covid-19 immunity and vaccination certificates are being held up as golden tickets to the new…
Category: policy
STAT+: Here are the drug pricing policy options Democrats could use to pay for their next big legislative push
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are already gearing up for their next big legislative push,…
Opinion: STAT+: A Biden-Harris Biomanufacturing Initiative could increase supplies of vaccines, therapeutics in one fell swoop
The coronavirus pandemic is generating pressure on the manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics. Every day…
STAT+: Senate reaches deal to extend Medicare pay bump for health care providers through 2021
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders have reached an agreement to extend a Medicare pay bump for…
Undocumented immigrants sought far less health care after Trump launched his campaign, new study shows
WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President…
Opinion: Operations research advice for Covid-19 vaccination planners: think big, move fast
The world has marveled at the speed with which science took on and solved the…
Opinion: The long, exhausting reach of dementia care
The Covid-19 pandemic is reinforcing a grim lesson we should have taken to heart but…
Opinion: Make residency — and health care — more equitable by scrapping The Match
At the stroke of noon on Friday, March 19, more than 30,000 doctors-to-be across the…
Opinion: Prisons are long-term care facilities. So why don’t inmates get priority for Covid-19 vaccination?
In the four-tier priority list for Covid-19 vaccination set out by the Centers for Disease…
STAT+: Xavier Becerra’s 4 most urgent challenges as Biden’s soon-to-be HHS secretary
WASHINGTON — Xavier Becerra has survived the worst of a tense confirmation battle to become…
The White House is set to unveil a wide-reaching, billion-dollar campaign aimed at convincing every American to get vaccinated
WASHINGTON — The White House this week will unveil a wide-reaching, $1.5 billion public relations…
STAT+: Bipartisan group of former FDA commissioners pushes for strong tobacco regulation
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan cadre of FDA commissioners urged the Biden administration to get tough…
Opinion: Choosing the right director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can help lower drug prices
As the Biden administration fills key Cabinet positions, its attention must turn to other critical…
Opinion: Reining in drug patents isn’t a silver bullet against high drug prices
One of the top orders of business for the Biden administration is curbing drug prices….
Opinion: Instead of prior authorization, insurers should go back to the old ‘pay-and-chase’ model
The news Jennifer G. and her husband got from her medical team was devastating. If…
Opinion: Barriers keep many primary care practices from vaccinating seniors
When news first broke in mid-December 2020 that the FDA had issued an emergency use…
Opinion: Don’t let bureaucracy constrict the supply of Covid-19 vaccines
Vaccination, particularly for the most vulnerable Americans, is the surest way for us to overcome…
Opinion: Covid-19 could bring a new era of public health leadership. But will it?
The bubonic plague — also known as the Black Death — killed as many as…
Opinion: STAT+: Create a U.S. Institute of Health Technology Assessment to preserve innovation and control costs
The public outcry to “do something” about health care spending keeps growing, but fear about…
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The ‘other’ epidemic: Amid Covid-19, addiction experts fear Biden could back-burner the overdose crisis
WASHINGTON — There’s an epidemic sweeping the country, causing thousands of needless deaths each month…
The Trump administration quietly spent billions in hospital funds on Operation Warp Speed
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration quietly took around $10 billion from a fund meant to…
STAT+: Janet Woodcock revolutionized the way the FDA reviews cancer drugs, inspiring her supporters and raising concerns for detractors
WASHINGTON — In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved just three cancer drugs. Last…
Opinion: Three steps can help companies speed FDA approval of new drugs
Drug developers see Food and Drug Administration approval as a difficult uphill climb, requiring large…
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STAT+: The questions Congress should ask Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson about the Covid-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON — Executives from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Novavax will testify Tuesday…
Opinion: Federal law prohibits employers and others from requiring vaccination with a Covid-19 vaccine distributed under an EUA
Ever since the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for two new vaccines,…
STAT+: Federal watchdog raises concerns about increasing telehealth fraud during pandemic
WASHINGTON — A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm that Americans’ growing enthusiasm for…
STAT+: Federal judge nixes hospitals’ attempt to force HHS 340B crackdown
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Thursday that it’s too early for hospitals to challenge…
Virtual Event: Facing the crisis of drug-resistant germs
Editor’s note: A livestream of this event will be posted below at 1 p.m. ET. …
STAT+: States still can’t import drugs from Canada. Now, many are seeking to import Canadian prices
WASHINGTON — For years, former President Trump threatened to use foreign prices as a cap…
Biden to nominate Brooks-LaSure to oversee CMS
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to nominate Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a health policy consultant and veteran…
Opinion: A public option for health insurance could be a disaster, especially in times of crisis
In a step to help more Americans get health insurance, President Biden signed an executive…
Opinion: America’s addiction crisis, compounded by Covid-19, requires immediate action to save lives
Despite hard-fought progress in recent years, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and…
The Biden administration is making nursing schools pay for a government mistake amid Covid-19
WASHINGTON — The federal government miscalculated funding for hospital-based nursing schools for nearly two decades,…
Opinion: The Biden administration needs to look beyond ICER for evaluating drug therapies
As breakthrough drugs stream out of biopharmaceutical laboratories, how much they should cost and who…
STAT+: Woodcock vs. Sharfstein: A head-to-head comparison of Biden’s top choices for FDA commissioner
WASHINGTON — President Biden will soon have to nominate someone to helm the Food and…
Hospitals’ Covid-19 heroics have them poised for power in the new Washington
WASHINGTON — For frontline health care workers at hospitals, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a…
Opinion: Public health is being undermined. These 10 actions can restore it
The year since the first Covid-19 case was identified in the United States has been…
STAT+: Biden administration pumps brakes on signature Trump drug pricing proposal
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has agreed to delay for a year the implementation of…
Opinion: Travel bans should be based on evidence, not politics or fear
The Trump White House on Monday released a presidential proclamation terminating travel bans on visitors…
Longtime Becerra aide and two health policy experts to be tapped for key posts
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden and his top health deputies are expected to make a slew…
Opinion: Azar’s ‘Sunset Rule’ will bring a dangerous new dawn for health regulation
Alex Azar, secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, spent his final…
The 9 biggest challenges Biden will face on Covid-19, from today on
WASHINGTON — No president wants a federal emergency. No one in that role is waiting…
Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine…
Biden’s Covid-19 team reconsiders pandemic plan in light of more infectious coronavirus variants
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden will address growing concerns about new, more transmissible coronavirus variants as…
STAT+: Democrats have their best shot yet at letting Medicare negotiate drug prices — but it’s still not a done deal
WASHINGTON — Democrats have their best shot in more than a decade to deliver on…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
STAT+: 3 freshman lawmakers for health wonks to watch
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have a habit of contorting their resumes to find a…
STAT+: Federal judge places restraining order on Trump’s latest drug pricing rule
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing one of…
STAT+: This tiny, one-drug biotech company is the loudest critic of Trump’s new international drug pricing policy
WASHINGTON — A tiny biosimilar company called Coherus Biosciences is emerging as one of the…
Patrick Kennedy pitches himself for Biden ‘drug czar’
Patrick Kennedy, the former congressman and mental health care advocate, has launched a public push…