Top of the Morning: Austin Frakt Edition
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August 24, 2016
In this section, we'll check in with prominent health journalists and experts to see what sites, newsletters and social media they turn to first thing every morning. This week, we caught up with Austin Frakt, a health economist who writes for The New York Times' The Upshot and blogs at The Incidental Economist. Here are his top morning reads:
Politico Pulse is very useful for the inside-the-beltway perspective. Pulse Check, Politico's health policy podcast is also very good. It's my favorite podcast in this area.
Modern Healthcare's A.M. is a roundup of stories from that source only. I think Modern Healthcare does an excellent job in general. It's a rare day I don't read at least one of their pieces in full.
RealClearHealth's Morning Scan catches things from all sources, but just a few, so it's a reasonable load.
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review's (ICER's) Morning View has a comparative- and cost-effectiveness angle, and largely focuses on prescription drugs. It also includes a few other, high profile stories.
The New York Times' Morning Briefing for the rest of the news.
I also keep up on Twitter, which is self-curated. To get started, consider Ezra Klein's Twitter health care list.