Halibig, King, and the ACA; and some posts in honor of a powerful voice for the patient experience.

Last week started out with a judicial bang in health policy news when two rulings by appeals courts on cases involving subsidies contradicted each other Tuesday, coverage here from the NY Times as well as a concise what happens next item.

Following those decisions this op-ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal and prompted this response by Nicholas Bagley (law professor at University of Michigan) on The Incidental Economist. Then, Jonathan Adler of the WSJ piece responded with this, to which Bagley replied with this. Others have weighed in on this, but I don’t want to get too carried away…

Two weeks ago I was saddened to hear of the death of Jessie Gruman. While I only ever interacted with her on Twitter (where I appreciated her no nonsense take on health news and the practical advice for patients from the Center for Advancing Health) I was both stunned by the news and inspired by her accomplishments and contributions while reading tributes like this one by ePatient Dave. In this interview with Lisa Gualteiri she talks about why she became involved. There are also various comments remembering her collected on these pages by the CFAH.