Gregg Margolis: If you can only read three things about health policy this week, I suggest…

Gregg Margolis shared on LinkedIn:

“If you can only read three things about health policy this week, I suggest…

Axios: Harris’ Chance To Forge A New Health Agenda For Democrats Kamala Harris is expected to pick up President Biden’s policy torch as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but the reality is that she’s stepping into a role leading the party at a time when it’s biggest long-term health care goals have to some extent been realized. (Owens, Knight and Sullivan, 7/23)

The Wall Street Journal: Drug Middlemen Push Patients To Pricier Medicines, House Probe Finds The drug middlemen that promise to control costs have instead steered patients toward higher-priced medicines and affiliated pharmacies—steps that increase spending and reduce patient choice, a House investigation found. The pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs, have devised formularies of preferred medicines that encouraged use of higher-priced drugs over lower-priced alternatives, the Republican-led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability found. (Whyte, 7/23)

Axios: Health System’s Tech Vulnerabilities Exposed Again The CrowdStrike internet meltdown that wrecked havoc with some health systems’ procedures and billing on Friday could be a harbinger of future threats and disruptions to medical facilities, experts said. (Goldman, 7/22)”

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Gregg S. Margolis, PhD, serves as the director of Health Policy Fellowships and Leadership Programs at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Previously, he held the position of Director of the Division of Health System Policy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Dr. Margolis specializes in health policy, leadership development, emergency medicine, and public health emergency preparedness and response.