Weekend Longforms: Contaminated generic drug factories, an MS memoir, and bad patient experiences with endometriosis and deliveries
November 1, 2025
This weekend in #Employer Coverage: Longform articles on contaminated drug factories, an #MS memoir, and bad patient experiences with #endometriosis and #maternity care.
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Friday shorts: mRNA vaccines and cancer survival, measles vaccination rates, hospice, and colorectal cancer screening
October 31, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. mRNA vaccines and cancer survival, measles vaccination rates, hospice and private equity, and colorectal cancer screening.
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31.10.2025 09:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Unnecessary back surgery is common and expensive
October 30, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Unnecessary back surgery is common and expensive, and often leads to complications open.substack.com/pub/employer... @lowninstitute
30.10.2025 09:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GLP-1 prevention of heart disease is independent of weight loss
October 29, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: #glp1 prevention of heart disease is independent of weight loss. @TheLancet open.substack.com/pub/employer...
29.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
U.S. drug launch prices surge
Octber 28,2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: US #drug launch prices surge, although many insurers delay coverage according to a new report from @ICER open.substack.com/pub/employer...
28.10.2025 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
KFF: Family plan premiums rise 6% to almost $27,000 annually
October 27, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: @KFF annual survey shows that family health plan premiums approach $27,000 employercoverage.substack.com/p/kff-family...
27.10.2025 09:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday Shorts: Preventive care denials, flu and COVID shots, obesity and marijuana
October 24, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage Friday Shorts: #Preventive care denials, #flu and #COVID shots, #obesity, and #marijuana. open.substack.com/pub/employer...
24.10.2025 10:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Specialists employed by hospitals and private equity have higher allowable fees
October 23, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Specialists employed by hospitals and private equity have higher allowable fees. open.substack.com/pub/employer... @healthaffairs.bsky.social
23.10.2025 09:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GLP-1 drugs likely to be helpful for additional indications
October 22, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: #GLP-1 drugs likely to be helpful for additional indications. open.substack.com/pub/employer.... @jama.com
22.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Immunotherapy dramatically decreased metastatic melanoma mortality
October 21, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Immunotherapy dramatically decreased metastatic #melanoma mortality open.substack.com/pub/employer...
21.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The high cost of childbirth in the U.S.
October 20, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: The high cost of #childbirth in the U.S. @kff.org employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-high-c...
20.10.2025 10:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday Shorts: COVID vaccine effectiveness, outcomes of premature babies, and cost-sharing for statins
October 17, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts. COVID #vaccine effectiveness, outcomes of premature babies, and cost-sharing for statins. employercoverage.substack.com/p/friday-sho...
17.10.2025 10:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cell and gene therapy restrictions in commercial plans
October 16, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Cell and gene therapy restrictions are common in commercial health plans. @JAMA_current
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16.10.2025 09:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital OPDs
October 15, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Ambulatory surgery centers cost less than hospital outpatient surgery.
employercoverage.substack.com/p/ambulatory... @HealthAffairs
15.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Most of those who had first heart attacks had multiple risk factors
October 14
Today in #Employer Coverage: Most of those who had a first heart attack had multiple reversible risk factors.
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14.10.2025 09:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Those diagnosed with breast cancer who missed their last mammogram have worse outcomes
October 13, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Those diagnosed with #BreastCancer who missed their last mammogram have worse outcomes. @JAMANetworkOpen employercoverage.substack.com/p/those-diag...
13.10.2025 09:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Weekend Longforms: Health policy research, Trump Rx and digital health
October 11, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms: Health policy research, #drug prices and #digital health. @tradeoffspod. @statnews. employercoverage.substack.com/p/weekend-lo...
11.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday Shorts: HPV vaccine leads to herd immunity and BMI as a measure of obesity
October 10, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: HPV vaccine leads to herd immunity and BMI as a measure of #obesity. employercoverage.substack.com/p/friday-sho.... @JAMAPediatrics @JAMANetworkOpen
10.10.2025 09:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reasons to doubt an epidemic of cancer in those under 50
October 9, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Statistical analysis suggests there is not an epidemic of cancer in those under 50. @JAMAInternalMedicine. employercoverage.substack.com/p/reasons-to...
09.10.2025 09:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Self-testing for HPV is cost-effective for cervical cancer screening
Octover 8, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Self-testing for #HPV is cost effective for cervical cancer screening. @JAMANetworkOpen employercoverage.substack.com/p/self-testi...
08.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The decline in vaccine-preventable illnesses in the U.S.
October 7, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: #Vaccination has been associated with a remarkable decline in infectious disease in the U.S., but declining vaccination rates threaten this progress. employercoverage.substack.com/p/the-declin...
07.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bariatric surgery is less expensive than GLP-1 medications
October 6, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Bariatric surgery is less expensive than GLP-1 medications in treatment of obesity
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06.10.2025 10:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Friday Shorts: A trio of studies with negative findings
October 3, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Friday Shorts: A trio of studies with negative findings open.substack.com/pub/employer...
03.10.2025 09:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
GLP-1s for adolescents and those being treated with antipsychotics
October 2, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: #GLP-1s for adolescents and those being treated with antipsychotic medications.
employercoverage.substack.com/p/glp-1s-for...
02.10.2025 09:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hospital cost from firearms injury is over $1.6 billion annually
October 1, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: High hospital costs from #firearm injuries. #guns @JAMAHealthForum open.substack.com/pub/employer...
01.10.2025 10:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Could Lower Doses of Immunotherapy Cut Cancer Costs?
September 30, 2025
Today in #Employer Coverage: Could lower doses of #immunotherapy cut #cancer costs? @business @bloomberg open.substack.com/pub/employer...
30.09.2025 09:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today in #Employer Coverage: Weekend Longforms. AI doctors, screwworms and fertility treatment. . open.substack.com/pub/employer...
27.09.2025 11:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Behavioral economist and Professor of Risk and Insurance at University of Wisconsin, Madison at the Wisconsin School of Business. I study insurance, decision-making, behavioral change, and other applied-microeconomics stuff. website: www.justinsydnor.com
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