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Monday, October 10, 2016

Election 2016: Obamacare Back on Debate Stage

(MedPage Today) -- Clinton, Trump spar over the Affordable Care Act

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Tweet of the Week: A REAL Scary Halloween Costume

(MedPage Today) -- Not a typical costume; prediabetes screenings for everyone?

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

CMS Head Reviews Achievements, Talks Agency's Future

(MedPage Today) -- Slavitt cites adding to insured rolls, paying for value

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D.C. Week: Insurers Look for Reforms to Stabilize Fragile Markets

(MedPage Today) -- AMA offers free tools to navigate MACRA

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Friday, October 7, 2016

Morning Break: Hospitals on Hurricane Watch; More Mylan Missteps; Live Long and Vote

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

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Including Pharmacists in Primary Care Saves $$$, Helps Patients

(MedPage Today) -- When pharmacists track meds, collaborate with docs, everybody wins

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Insurers Look for Reforms to Stabilize Fragile Markets

(MedPage Today) -- Extending risk corridors, reinsurance and lowering premiums for young people

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FDA Splits on Naloxone Dose

(MedPage Today) -- Most agreed there was insufficient evidence to decide if 0.4-mg standard is too low

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AMA Offers Free Tools to Help Docs Deal With MACRA

(MedPage Today) -- Available to members and nonmembers

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's

(MedPage Today) -- Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates

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Affordable Care Act Pounded by Hurricane, Bill Clinton

(MedPage Today) -- Former president bemoans Obamacare burdens on middle class

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Policy Experts Clash over Medicaid's Role in the Opioid Crisis

(MedPage Today) -- Report claims Medicaid is essential tool in fighting epidemic

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Healthcare Issues Popping Up on State Ballots in November

(MedPage Today) -- Voters being asked to consider tobacco taxes, other initiatives

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Morning Break: HIV Cure? Obama on Obamacare; Politics in the Clinic

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

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Monday, October 3, 2016

Morning Break: Nobel Prize Awarded; Tom Brokaw's Cancer; Eczema Breakthrough

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

D.C. Week: ‘Bionic Pancreas’ OK’d

(MedPage Today) -- CMS announces new monies for patient safety programs

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Friday, September 30, 2016

CMS Awards $347 Million for Patient Safety Initiative

(MedPage Today) -- Money will go toward reducing inpatient harm, readmissions

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Thursday, September 29, 2016

Senators Push Solutions for Rising Drug Prices

(MedPage Today) -- Minnesota Democrat outlines several approaches

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

'Bionic Pancreas' OK'd

(MedPage Today) -- First-ever approval for a closed loop insulin delivery system

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Morning Break: Bad Air; Demise of Measles; Happiness and Health

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

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