By Sara Providence (PFC Intern)
As another way to keep you up to speed on what’s happening in the world of health policy, we’ll be compiling relevant tweets from our bloggers and posting them here on a bi-weekly basis. Take a look:
Richard Epstein (@RichardAEpstein) tweeted a policy report from the Manhattan Institute concerning FDA regulation of stem-cell procedures. The report rebuts, among other arguments, the FDA’s position that stem-cell treatments are within its purview of preventing communicable diseases. (9/24)
Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) tweeted an article about potentially limited choice of provider under the new health law. According to the authors, the Affordable Care Act keeps premiums low by restricting the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients. (9/24)
Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) tweeted about the “exploitation of women in poor, underdeveloped nations for surrogacy,” alongside his post of this article. The piece describes the growing phenomenon of wealthy Chinese families paying American women to be surrogate mothers. (9/23)
Michelle Meyer (@MichelleNMeyer) tweeted an article about Penn State’s decision not to sanction employees for non-compliance in a wellness plan. Employees were previously required to respond to a controversial survey administered by a health management company, or pay a fine. (9/18)
Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) tweeted a piece about continuing bias against gay blood donors. “Gay-rights advocates are fighting to amend the U.S. ban on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, which dates from the first years of the AIDS epidemic,” the author writes. (9/16)
