Health Headlines for Thursday, July 14
National Health Spending to Surpass $10,000 a Person in 2016
New York Times
National health spending will average more than $10,000 a person this year for the first time, the Obama administration said Wednesday, a milestone that heralds somewhat faster growth in health spending after several years of exceptionally low growth.
Upstate NY one of the easiest places in U.S. to get health care, report shows
Syracuse Post Standard
Upstate New York is one of the easiest places in the nation to get health care, according to a report.
Fewer new HIV infections in NY moves state toward goal
Albany Times Union/Blog
The number of new HIV infections in New York has fallen to 2,500, down from a previous estimate of 3,000, according to the latest data from the state Health Department.
Q&A: Sylvia Mathews Burwell on 6 more months of health care fixes
Politico
Last summer, when the Supreme Court ruled on a major challenge to President Barack Obama’s marquee health care law, the name on the court case wasn’t Obama’s.
Obamacare’s sinking safety net
Politico
If you’re looking to find a smashing Obamacare success story—a place where the nation’s biggest and most controversial new law in a generation has truly lived up to its promise—you might stick a pin directly in North Carolina.
The drug company that shocked the world with its prices dodged $10 billion in taxes, report says
Washington Post
Over the last few years, Gilead Sciences has grown into one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, fueled by the sales of expensive specialty treatments for hepatitis C. The company’s revenue has tripled since 2012, to $32.6 billion last year.