🧠 Think you know U.S. health care history?

Today’s system grew from programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA—fueling a massive private industry.

Test your knowledge with this 10 question quiz ⬇️
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#HealthPolicy #HealthcareHistory #PublicHealth

100% agree. My entire job this year is backpedaling on destructive #policies that have the #healthcare system circling the drain, hoping it will circle slower.
#healthpolicy world is used to incremental reform when we actually need to start from scratch. The implosion will happen soon

Meta Liable For Harming Kids; Soda And Alcohol Companies 'Flood' Social Media - Health Policy Watch On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found that Meta (parent company of Facebook and Instagram) and YouTube were liable for creating addictive products that had

⚖️ A landmark ruling finds Meta liable for harm to children.

📱 The decision could reshape how platforms are held accountable worldwide.

✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
#GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy #DigitalHealth

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Ірландія першою у світі запровадила повну заборону куріння — Сусіди. Post by Сусіди.

Ірландія першою у світі запровадила повну заборону куріння
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#заборонакуріння #Ірландія #здоровя #антикуріння #громадськездоровя
#smokingban #Ireland #publichealth #antismoking #healthpolicy

2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Public Use Files | CMS The 2026 Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for the Health Insurance Exchanges ran between November 1, 2025 and January 15, 2026 for the 30 states that used HealthCare.gov.

I have my Saturday morning lined up:

Paper to come by Patriots' Day

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#NerdLife
#AcademicSky
#HealthPolicy

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Should legislation play a role in shaping dialysis modality utilization?

Where is the balance between cost containment and patient centered care?

Listen to the episode and share your perspective.

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#NephrologyTwitter #KidneyCare #HealthPolicy

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The Lancet retracts half-century-old unsigned commentary on talc for undisclosed industry ties SewcreamStudio/iStock The Lancet has retracted a 49-year-old unsigned commentary on the safety of cosmetic talc after two researchers discovered the author was a paid consultant to Johnson & Jo…

It's never too late to retract shoddy or corrupt papers.

via @retractionwatch.com

#sleuths #talc #drugsafety #healthpolicy #retraction #TheLancet #cancer #ovariancancer #Medsky

FDA flags misleading claims for cancer drug by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong - WTOP News WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials posted a warning Tuesday about misleading statements made by biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who recently told podcast listeners that his…

The FDA warned biotech company ImmunityBio over misleading claims about its cancer drug.

#FDA #Cancer #HealthPolicy #FalseAds
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A flyer advertising that CHBRP has completed an analysis on AB 1570 Diagnostic Imaging, with a picture of a white MRI machine.

CHBRP has completed its analysis of AB 1570 (Wilson) on Diagnostic Imaging. See CHBRP's report and accompanying documents on our website at https://loom.ly/t2SRwt0

#CALeg #HealthPolicy #Analysis #HealthInsurance

I’m so glad I am part-time. I mean, the #hospital is a different circus, our children’s hospital has been over capacity for weeks on end), but I get to go to most of the productive #healthpolicy stuff but escape this 🤦🏻‍♀️

If you are in Brussels on April 15th and working in the field of EU
#healthlaw and #healthpolicy and want to be part of this event on EU #healthvalues (11-13h), please DM

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FDA Supplement Regulation Debate Intensifies as Industry Pushes Peptide Approval The debate over FDA supplement regulation is intensifying as U.S. health authorities weigh whether to broaden the definition of permissible

U.S. regulators face mounting pressure to expand supplement rules as peptides gain popularity, raising safety, oversight, and public health concerns globally.

#HealthPolicy #FDA #PublicHealth #Peptides #GlobalHealth

Thank you @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for sharing this. @chrischirp.bsky.social documents how the UK's 2nd COVID wave was devastating and avoidable.
Watch Prof Kevin Fong's clip.
Follow @academaxjournals.bsky.social for relevant evidence-based research.

#AcadeMax #ZJU #COVID19 #HealthPolicy

Final Report: Coordinated Procurement: Lessons Learned Globally, Potential ASEAN Applications, and Implications for Antibiotic Access and Policy - HITAP

📢 New report released: Coordinated Procurement: Lessons Learned Globally, Potential ASEAN Applications, and Implications for Antibiotics Access and Policy

👉 Explore now: bit.ly/4tfvTWv

#SECURE #GARDP #AntibioticResistance #Antibiotics #AMR #HealthPolicy #UniversalHealthCoverage #PublicHealth

A peach colored background showing that CHBRP has a new format for CHBRP analyses, including Analysis of bills: the key takeaways; technical brief: the deep dive; and infographics: the visual summary.

We’ve expanded our analysis formats with 3 new ways to dive into the data:

📄 Analysis: High-level policy impacts
🛡️ Technical Brief: Details about policy context, background, medical effectiveness, and cost-modeling
📊 Infographic: Visual summary

#HealthPolicy #CHBRP #CAleg #Data #PublicHealth

🃏 In Value-Based Care, the house always wins — and the house is #PrivateEquity. I ran the numbers. Whether the ACO succeeds or fails, PE profits.

So who is #VBC actually designed to serve?

https://www.pcplens.com/p/vbc-and-pe-a-match-made-in-dc

#healthpolicy #medsky #imsky

AB 2457 proposes a unified credentialing system that could reduce delays and help providers start seeing patients sooner. Faster credentialing could be especially important for rural clinics that face ongoing provider shortages.

#RuralHealth #MediCal #HealthPolicy #Healthcare

Highlights include:

🔹 Direct engagement in national #healthpolicy

🔹 Participation on expert committees and reports

🔹 A $25,000 research grant

🔹 Leadership development within the National Academies, and more.

📅: Applications Due 6/1

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#SubstanceUse #RecoveryResearch #HealthEconomics #PeerSupport #Telehealth #PublicHealth #PsychSciSky #DrugSky #PharmSky #MedSky #AddictionSci #NeuroSky #EpiSky #StatsSky #HealthPolicy @tandfresearch.bsky.social

Justice Department Sues New York-Presbyterian Hospital for Anticompetitive Contracts That Increase Healthcare Costs for New Yorkers The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, together with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today challenging The New York and Presbyte...

The US DOJ is suing New York-Presbyterian Hospital "for anticompetitive contracts that increase healthcare costs for New Yorkers" www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi... #healthcare #hospitals #healthpolicy #healthecon

Perspective "Its policies will result in dirtier skies, befouled waters, rising temperatures, more dangerous workplaces, and diminished quality of life for millions of Americans." "The Dismantling of Environmental Protections — A Grave Threat to America’s Health" by A.W. Gaffney et al.

The authors of a new Perspective argue that the Trump administration’s wide-ranging actions to dismantle U.S. environmental regulations will cause long-lasting health harms, disproportionately affecting low-income and other vulnerable groups. Learn more: nej.md/4bwfgQe

#GlobalHealth #HealthPolicy

I had an interesting conversation with one of my co- #healthpolicy fellows who is in #academicmedicine. Said at their institution can become an Associate Dean from the #clinical track, and was shocked when I said #tenure is required for any leadership roles at my #hospital. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Where Healthcare Policy Is Headed | • The Heart of Healthcare | We want guardrails so that Al can flourish where it's safe, it's efficacious, it's reasonable, it's necessary. Spotify

💥90% of U.S. healthcare remains fee-for-service even after TWO DECADES of reform.

What’s one to do?

🎙️Listen in to Chris Klomp’s superb insights here. 👇🏽

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Where Healthcare Policy Is Headed | Chief Counselor at HHS, Chris Klomp Spotify video

🎙️“Deregulation in #AI is NOT about removing all regulations, it’s about guardrails.”

Chris Klomp is the silver lining in this administration around #healthcare. Listen in to his passionate views on #healthpolicy!

#HDPalooza @academyhealth.bsky.social

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Building multi-stakeholder alliances that deliver From governance to communication, what it takes to make collaborations work.

Effective alliances are vital in today’s complex health landscape. Clear goals, trust, transparent governance and strong communication help partnerships deliver real impact for health systems and patients.
#HealthPolicy #Collaboration

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And also, going from private citizen to US Senate is…a leap. Maybe start in the state legislature first? Hell, be a Robert Wood Johnson #healthpolicy fellow? I literally have had more on the ground #political experience than she has, not running for anything. If I ever do I’ll start at city council

DeSantis signs law to restore HIV medication access through June Over 10,000 HIV-positive Floridians were set to lose their medications due to changes enacted by the state health agency to cut costs.

Florida Gov DeSantis signed a bill that gives three more months of access to HIV medications under Ryan White program.

#AIDS #IDsky #healthpolicy #publichealth #Biktarvy #LGBTQ

Exclusive | Autism-Therapy Firm Paid $340,000 per Patient Is Getting Barred From Medicaid Indiana officials moved to terminate Piece by Piece Autism Centers after a Journal investigation.

The company had been profiting off Medicaid for years, @wsj.com investigation showed. Also, its billings soared, the founder bought $2.5 million home on Florida’s Sanibel Island and $600,000 waterfront house in Indiana. 

#Medsky #healthlaw #fraud #healthpolicy #pediatrics #autism

Whilst pleased that children and young people have been recognised in this latest report, our CEO @sammiemc.bsky.social hopes it leads 'to stronger, clearer recommendations' in Module 8, which focused on children and young people.

#LongCovid #HealthPolicy #Dorset #LongCovidKids #ChildrensRights