Health Headlines for Friday, July 15
More happy news: We’re tops in health insurance costs
Albany Times Union/Blog
We all know that New York tops the nation in property taxes. Now comes news that we pay the highest health insurance rates as well.
ASAP’s John Coppola On Fighting Opioid Addiction
Time Warner Cable News
A bill to make “abuse deterrent opioids” more accessible is awaiting the governor’s signature. John Coppola of the Associations of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers explains why these pills are different, and how this could help limit abuse.
Buffalo nursing home workers approve three-year contract
Buffalo Business First
Healthcare workers at a Buffalo nursing home have ratified their first labor agreement under new ownership.
Kate Baicker on busting Obamacare myths
Sound Cloud
The politics of health care are messy. Obamacare is haunted by myths. And that’s why Harvard’s Kate Baicker — a former White House economist and one of the nation’s most acclaimed researchers — is so focused on using evidence, not anecdotes, to shape America’s health policies.