Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: Pediatricians Push Evidence-Based Vaccine Advice To Allay Parents' Anxiety; North Carolina's Medicaid Model Is Worth Replicating
Andrew D. Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, on how pediatricians are working with parents to calm vaccine fears. (Andrew D. Racine, 8/14)
With our Healthy Opportunities Pilots, Medicaid saved an average of $164 per person per month in North Carolina. Let’s bring it nationwide. (Mandy Cohen and Kody Kinsley, 8/17)
Republicans are taking deliberate steps to make health care less affordable. (8/15)
More than six years after the emergence of Covid-19, no one is keeping track of the risky virus experiments that are capable of starting a pandemic. (Alina Chan, 8/17)
The right way to manage the risk is focusing on physical infrastructure, not censorship. (8/14)
Research shows children benefit when fathers are actively engaged from the very beginning. Paid family leave can help. (Nishant Pandya, 8/17)
