Category Archives: Health Policy

Is October Over Yet?

October is often a beautiful fall month. It’s also my birthday month. But I learned early in my tenure at Breast Cancer Action to dread the month because everything turned pink. I had hoped that when I stepped down from … Continue reading

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Accessibility is In The Eye of the Beholder

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! As many people who are in the disability community say, we are all, at best, … Continue reading

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Health Activism: Not for the Faint of Heart

I have been a health activist since 1994. Having spent a long time in the cancer field, it seems that now I am destined to become an ALS activist. I just can’t seem to help myself. Wearing One Hat I … Continue reading

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Drug Development and Access: Time to Act Like Lives Depend on It

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! The Problem and the Incremental Solution An Op-Ed in the Sunday New York Times in … Continue reading

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Fast-Tracking Cancer Drugs: The Back Story and The Future

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! In a previous blog post, I tried to explain the importance of understanding what was … Continue reading

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Medicare Efficiency? – Not Really

If you like this blog, send it to 3 (or more) of your friends and encourage them to sign up. Let’s keep the conversation going! Anyone who has ever confronted a serious health issue knows that going on line for … Continue reading

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Drug costs: out of control because we don’t control them

If you’re an adult in this country who needs and uses any prescription drugs, it won’t surprise you to learn that the cost of drugs is going up. And if you are conscious of political realities now facing the US … Continue reading

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