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Antibiotic Action is Needed Now for Effective, Protective Options Later
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO.    Today we are living with the realities of a highly contagious, infectious disease for which we were globally unprepared. While COVID-19 is permeating communities nationwide, and significant progress towards treatments and a vaccine continues, it is clearly an...
Aug 13, 2020
Medicare and Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
By Seema Verma, Administrator, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services   Since older Americans are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19), I wanted to let you know the steps we’re taking to help our Medicare beneficiaries cope with the pandemic.   We’...
Mar 27, 2020
Sharing Rebates on Diabetes Medicines Could Save People with Diabetes $3.7 Billion a Year
  A new study finds that passing along rebates and discounts directly to patients at the pharmacy counter could save individuals with diabetes $3.7 billion annually and reduce overall health care spending through improved medication adherence and a reduction in diabetes-related complications...
Feb 25, 2019
Migraine Matters
Migraine, the third most prevalent illness in the world, affecting 1 billion globally and nearly 40 million men, women, and children in the U.S.  Migraine is much more than a bad headache.  It is a neurological condition with extremely incapacitating symptoms.  Chances are you know...
May 24, 2018
How do America’s Health Rankings Relate to How Patients Use Health System in Each State?
The 2016 Annual Report released today by America’s Health Rankings uses 34 unique measures to create a ranking of the healthiest overall states in the US. The report also provides insight into public health efforts by demonstrating how each state has progressed and declined over almost 30...
Dec 15, 2016
Health Care Industry Veteran Gains a New Perspective
By Steve Ubl   Last year, at a board meeting, I presented a video about the value of medical technology. The video focused on a mom struggling with caring for a toddler with type 1 diabetes. I distinctly remember a moment when the young child looks incredulously at his mother, who is...
May 25, 2016
The Data Is Clear: Prevention and Treatment are Key to Saving Lives and Money
New Harvard Study Finds Half of Cancer Deaths Could Be Prevented; Emory University Studying Even Better Prevention Options for Chronic Diseases   CNBC recently reported on a new study out of Harvard Medical School that found, “20 to 40 percent of cancer cases, and half of...
May 23, 2016
Addressing Health In America To Build Wealth
Kenneth Thorpe and Candace DeMatteis April 18, 2016   Today, two of the primary focal points for many policy leaders include boosting individual income growth and, independently, reducing health care spending growth. None that we’re aware of, however, have identified and are...
Apr 18, 2016
Why Health Care Is an Issue We Cannot Afford to Ignore
55,000 Americans and Nearly 100 Economists Agree We Need to Fight Chronic Disease Americans across the country are keeping a careful eye on the presidential election as the primary season enters its final phase. Health care broadly has been important to voters for years, more recently Americans...
Apr 08, 2016
Voters Agree: Candidates Need a Plan to #Fight4Health this Election
As we prepare to head to the polls over the coming weeks and months, health care and the economy continue to be issues that are top of mind. At the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, we are on the ground and in the states, challenging the candidates to develop a strategy to tackle the number one...
Feb 18, 2016

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