While Tweets Twitter Along, Disease Begins To Gain A Foothold in Puerto Rico

Outbreaks Begin In Puerto Rico While Trump Tweets 'Amazing Job' by Pablo Venes.  The Daily Beast.  September 30, 2017. 

Destroying Obamacare From Within

Donald Trump Is Destroying Obamacare From Within by Gideon Resnick and Sam Stein.  The Daily Beast.  September 28, 2017. 

Weight And How We Assess Food: Sensory Characteristics Versus Context

Our Weight Tells How We Assess Food.  Sculoa International Superiore Di Saudi Avanzati/Science Daily.  September 22, 2017.

The War Over Obamacare May Never End

The War Over Obamacare May Never End by Perry Bacon Jr.  Five Thirty Eight.  September 22, 2017. 

Affordable Care Act Already Has Provisions To Give States More Power

One Way For G.O.P To Achieve Some Repeal Goals?  It's Already Part of Obamacare by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 23, 2017. 

Picking The Best Health Care System In The World: Experts Do A Side-By-Side Comparison

The Best Health Care System In The World:  Which One Would You Pick?  by Aaron E. Carroll and Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2017. 

Georgia: Ground Zero For Hospital Crisis Killing Rural Communities

A Hospital Crisis Is Killing Rural Communities.  This State Is 'Ground Zero' by Lauren Weber, Andy Miller.  Huffington Post.  September 22, 2017. 

State Implementation of Graham-Cassidy Would Be Difficult, If Not Impossible

The G.O.P. Bill Forces States To Build Health Systems From Scratch.  That's Hard by Margot Sanger-Katz.  September 21, 2017.

The "Most Radical" Repeal Effort To Date

New Effort To Kill Obamacare Is Called 'The Most Radical' by Kate Zernike, ReedAbelson and Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  September 21, 2017.

Statement of National Association Of Medicaid Directors On Latest Republican Repeal Effort

NAMD Statement On Graham-Cassidy.  National Association Of Medicaid Directors.  September 21, 2017.

Hospice Used In Money Laundering Scheme

Fiat Chrysler, UAW Officials Accused of Laundering Money Through Hospice by Tresa Baldas/USA Today.  September 20, 2017. 

Timing Of Meals And Circadian Rhythm Tied To Body Fat/Mass

Later Circadian Timing Of Food Intake Is Associated With Increased Body Mass Index.  Brigham and Women's Hospital/Science Daily.  September 8, 2017. 

Measuring Wisdom By Neurobiological And Psychosocial Means

New Tool To Assess Individual's Level Of Wisdom.  University Of California/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Ambulance Versus Private Vehicle Transportation: Fastest May Be The Best In Certain Cases

Hold The Phone:  An Ambulance Might Lower Your Chances Of Surviving Some Injuries.  Johns Hopkins Medicine/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Health Insurance Industry, Citing Chaos and Uncertainty, Denounce Repeal Effort

Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  September 20, 2017. 

Current GOP Bill Slashes Spending And Covers Fewer People Than Previous Repeal Bill

The New GOP Health-Care Measure Goes Further Than The Failed One by P{aige Winfield Cunningham.  The Washington Post.  September 18, 2017. 

Barrelling Ahead To Obamacare Repeal Rejecting Beginnings Of Bipartisan Approach

The Republican Health Care Zombie Is Back by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2017. 

CBPP: Cassidy-Graham Would Add Millions To Uninsured, Destabilizre Individual Market

Like Other ACA Repeal Bills, Cassidy-Graham Plan Would Add Millions To Uninsured, Destabilize Individual Market by Jacog Leibenluft, Edwin Park, Matt Broaddus, And Aviva Aron-Dine..  Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.  September 18, 2017. 

America's Essential Hospitals, Serving Low-Income People, Announces Opposition To Latest ObamaCare Repeal Effort

Hospital Group Comes Out Against New ObamaCare Repeal Effort by Peter Sullivan.  The Hill.  September 15, 2017. 

Single-Payer Contains Political Pitfalls

How Single-Payer Could Trip Up Democrats by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Democratic "Medicare For All" Plan Has Gradual Implementation Provisions

Buried Inside Bernie Sanders's Bill:  A Fallback Plan by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 15, 2017. 

Provisions Of Latest Health Care Repeal Plan

The Latest Health Care Repeal Plan Would Give States Sweeping Discretion by Haeyoun Park and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2017. 

Before Tackling Single-Payer, Save Obamacare: New Repeal Effort Gains Steam

Before Tackling Single-Payer, Save Obamacare by E. J. Dionne.  The Washington Post. September 17, 2017. 

Obamacare Repeal Efforts Are Back From The Dead; Here Is What Must Happen

The 4 Steps For Republicans To Repeal Obamacare In the Next 2 Weeks by Dylan Scott.  Vox.  September 18, 2017. 

CO2 Levels Result In Increased Carb Levels In Food

The Great Nutrient Collapse by Helena Bottemiller Evich.  Politico.  September 13, 2017.

Rational Hedonism For Your Health

Hedonism Is Good For Your Health by Desiree Kozlowski.  The Conversation/CNN.  September 12, 2017. 

Problem Delivery During Irma--By The Dad, Coached By Resident

Doctor-In-Training Talks Dad Through Delivery During Irma by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  September 13, 2017. 

Abuse In The Aftermath of Disaster

Amid Hurrican Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked by Maya Salam.  New York Times.  September 12, 2017. 

Really, What Does It Cost To Bring A Drug To Market?

What Does It Cost To Create A Cancer Drug?  Less Than You'd Think.  New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Pricing Issues For New Gene-Therapy Treatments

New Gene-Therapy Treatments Will Carry Whopping Price Tags by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Bill Gates: Strides In Global Health At Risk If Rich Nations Pull Back

Bill Gates:  Strides In Global Health At Risk If Rich Nations Pull Back by Michelle Quinn.  Voice Of America News.  September 13, 2017. 

Even Moderate Intake of Plant-Based Foods Can Lower Cardiovascular Risk

Reassessing The Benefits Of Plant-Based Eating.  European Society of Cardiology/Science Daily.  August 29, 2017.

Health Care Impacts Of DACA End

What Older Americans Stand To Lose If 'Dreamers' Are Deported by Noam Scheiber and Rachel Abrams.  New York Times.  September 6, 2017.

Senolytic Drugs Kill Cells Associated With Age-Related Diseases

New Class Of Drugs Target Aging To Help Keep You Healthy by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  September 5, 2017. 

Veto Limits Scope Of Practice Of Georgia PAs

Governor's Action On PAs Is A Setback For Georgia Patients.  Georgia Health News.  August 28, 2017. 

Hospital Evacuation After Harvey

After Harvey Hit, A Texas Hospital Decided To Evacuate.  Here's How Patients Got Out by Sheri Fink and Andrew Burton.  September 6, 2017. 

Infectious Msosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions

Infectious Mosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  September 7, 2017. 

Pain Drugs Other Than Opioids Can Also Be A Hazard

Opioids Aren't The Only Pain Drugs To Fear by Jane E. Brody.  New York Times.  September 4, 2017. 

Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey

Short Answers To Hard Questions About Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey by Sheila Kaplan and Donald G. McNeil. Jr.  New York Times.  August 31, 2017.