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Big, bad medical bills: Time for a legal fix?

January 11, 2019 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  health policy,  laws,  Mary Anderlik Majumder,  Medical Bills

In a classic Ry Cooder song, marriage is described as sufficient to transform one ‘Big Bad Bill’ into a ‘Sweet William’. But big, bad medical

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Policywise

The EpiPen shortage: A perfect pharmaceutical storm

August 31, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Epipen Shortage,  health policy

Any parent of school-aged children knows summer is not all about vacations and fun. One of the big back-to-school activities is the well-child check and

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How the medical community can encourage gun safety

June 1, 2018 Gun Safety,  Gun Violence Awareness Day,  health policy,  Lea Kiefer,  Leah Fowler

Ninety-six Americans are shot and killed every day. Five years ago, National Gun Violence Awareness Day began to honor one of those lives cut tragically

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Medical care: More than just the doctor and patient

May 16, 2018 Access,  health policy,  Insurance,  Leah Fowler,  Medical Care

How does medical care get delivered? If portrayals of doctor visits in the movies and on television tell us anything, it’s as simple as this:

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Social media: A new tool in the doctor’s bag?

May 11, 2018 Danielle Clark,  health policy,  pediatrics,  Social Media

When you Google your doctor’s name, have you ever considered that your doctor could be Googling yours too? A survey at a major urban medical

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Policywise

CRISPR: A democratizing technology calls for democratic dialogue

April 27, 2018 CRISPR/Cas9,  Deliberative Engagement,  DNA,  Dr. Christopher Scott,  health policy

By now, you may have read stories about a gene editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9. CRISPR is poised to revolutionize the biological sciences because it’s the

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Policywise

A ‘right to try,’ but at what cost?

April 6, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Dr. Christopher Scott,  health policy,  pharmaceuticals,  Right to Try

A few weeks ago, my colleague Stephanie Morain wrote a PolicyWise post on attempts to pass so-called “right-to-try” legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Policywise

Should teens call the shots on the HPV vaccine?

March 30, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  health policy,  HPV,  Suchi Agrawal,  Vaccine Policy

Not too long ago, I sat in a middle school biology classroom and read about Edward Jenner successfully using cowpox material to introduce immunity to

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Policywise

Direct-to-consumer BRCA testing: Can a reasonable decision still require caution?

March 21, 2018 23andMe,  BRCA,  genetic testing,  health policy,  Mary Anderlik Majumder,  US FDA

On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 23andMe to expand its direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic test to include selected variants in BRCA1

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State by State: Where you live affects newborn screening

March 16, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  health policy,  Match Day,  Newborn Screening,  Stephanie Morain,  Tony Xu

Match Day is finally here. For medical students seeking residency and fellowship training positions, this day is the culmination of years of studying and hard

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