Insights

<p>I owe journalist Carrie Ghose an apology. Last year, I used her story on one woman’s health insurance woes to illustrate how difficult it can be to get patient narratives right. But her reporting was correct - hence the apology. Here's what happened.</p>

<p>How the way the US, Canada and the EU are acting towards the upcoming UN NCD Summit in September reminds me of "Horton Hears a Who!" by Dr. Seuss... and what we can do to change it.</p>

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<p>Deep cuts forecast to California's SCHIP program, the link between pesticides and diabetes, the rise of promotoras and more in our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>A lawsuit over graphic anti-smoking warnings, a troubled California health plan could get new customers, and a pharma "gray market" plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>After scaring its own physicians and nurses into submission, the government of Bahrain now is targeting one of the world’s most revered humanitarian organizations: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).</p>

<p>Ron Shinkman has worked many gigs in his career, but none perhaps as eye-opening as his experience covering the medical marijuana industry in Southern California. Here's our Q&amp;A with the veteran health business journalist.</p>

<p>The link between exercise and life expectancy, getting a share of California's health insurance exchange, and why hospitals charge so much for drugs, plus more from our Daily Briefing.</p>

<p>With only 17 to 18 percent of NIH grant applications funded this year - the lowest level on record - are RCTs costing millions, cost effective?</p>

<p>After a legal battle, Illinois has reinstated its Physician Profile database, so patients can look up their doctors' history. But one key oversight tool is still missing.</p>