Melanie Evans
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Reporter/producer at Tradeoffs, a nonprofit newsroom that reports on health care's toughest choices. Ex-WSJ.
New York, NY
Joined January 2009
RT @tradeoffspod: Tradeoffs reporters @_melaevans & @ryan_levi are at @aspenideas to talk with health policy leaders about the future of he….
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At #AspenIdeasHealth, former HHS Sec. Sylvia Burwell speaks to projected health insurance losses under Congressional Republicans’ budget plan. To understand what that could mean, @tradeoffspod looked at research that suggest Medicaid saves lives.
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Two new studies inject powerful evidence into the heated Medicaid debate in Washington, showing the public insurance program is saving lives.
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RT @ryan_levi: At #AspenIdeasHealth opening session, Atul Gawande just made a pitch for community primary care as a way to improve health o….
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A group of nurses in East Baltimore is piloting a bold plan to bring basic primary care to everybody no matter their age, income or insurance.
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Trump’s Policies Could Undermine the Fight to End America’s HIV Epidemic via @tradeoffspod.
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The White House is asking Congress to sharply roll back federal spending on HIV prevention, a reversal from President Trump’s first term, when he championed investment to end the epidemic in America...
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RT @rickberke: Overnight, a team of @statnews reporters examines the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel .
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Here’s a breakdown of what we know about the eight new members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel selected by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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What is the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices? This week’s Tradeoffs brings you answers to that question from people who served on ACIP or who rely on its decisions. We also get into RFK Jr.'s decision to replace the panel. via @tradeoffspod.
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The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his dismissal of the vaccine advisory committee put...
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RT @rickberke: In the never-a-dull-moment department: Trump nominates Casey Means, entrepreneurial doctor and MAHA leader, for surgeon gene….
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Means, a doctor, entrepreneur and MAHA influencer, is nominated to be next U.S. Surgeon General. Her brother is already advising Kennedy.
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Sepsis Rates Vary Widely in Dallas and Houston Under Abortion Ban @ProPublica
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Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their...
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Health secretary RFK Jr. declares certain vaccines have ‘never worked,’ flummoxing scientists via @statnews.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed another unorthodox view on vaccines, declaring that single antigen vaccines, used to prevent Covid and other conditions, do not work.
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“This is crazy,” said Dr. Phil Huang, director of Health and Human Services for Dallas County, Texas, whose state is the epicenter of a major measles outbreak. “It truly is setting us back decades.” @tradeoffspod
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Two months on the job, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plowed forward with mass firings, funding cuts and policy shifts. The most immediate effect is across state and...
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RT @rickberke: CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated via….
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The CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention has been effectively eliminated as part of the layoffs at HHS.
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Trump administration declines to expand Medicare coverage for obesity drugs via @statnews.
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The Trump administration has chosen not to finalize a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed Medicare to cover blockbuster weight loss drugs.
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RT @KatherineEban: NEW @VanityFair: When Americans died, were blinded, had eyeballs removed from tainted eye drops, @US_FDA relied on Dr Ti….
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency terminated thousands of experienced public health professionals in an April Fools’ Day massacre. We’re all about to pay the...
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My latest for Tradeoffs: Patients and Employers Support This GOP Budget Cut. Hospitals Say It’s Too Risky. via @tradeoffspod.
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Medicare would save billions of dollars changing how it pays for routine medical care. Patients would save, too, but rural hospitals could see financial losses.
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RT @ddiamond: New: RFK Jr says he’ll amend his ethics agreement after questions about his financial stake in HPV vaccine litigation. RFK Jr….
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RT @rickberke: SCOOP: In a move that could hinder RFK jr. if confirmed, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new m….
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With little fanfare, the Biden administration stacked a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy with new members before leaving office.
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RT @ZTracer: Pressed by senators on both sides of the aisle, RFK Jr. refuses to say that vaccine do not cause autism:..
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During a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to confirm that he believes vaccines do not cause autism.
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RT @ryan_levi: Obviously a lot going on today, but don't forget RFK Jr. confirmation hearings start tomorrow. @_melaevans has a great @tra….
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RT @ZTracer: Tomorrow, RFK Jr. is probably going to tell senators he just wants to make sure vaccines are safe. @owermohle and @rachelcohrs….
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Vaccine policy looms over upcoming HHS confirmation hearings. We analyzed RFK Jr.’s views on liability protection, adverse event reporting, consent.
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RFK Jr. has long criticized an obscure and powerful federal vaccine committee. If senators confirm him as head of Department of Health and Human Services, he would control it. My @tradeoffspod article, with episode to come Thursday.
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