Ruth @RuthReader

Reporting at Second Opinion, @hntrbrkmedia. Previously: POLITICO, Fast Company. ruthreader.com New York, USA Joined January 2011

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Ruth @RuthReader

a day ago

When do you do your catch up reading? Saturday? Sunday?

Christina Farr @chrissyfarr

2 days ago

Would you rather get a free news digest & analysis -- "This Week in Health-Tech" -- from Second Opinion to your email on: (sign up at secondopinion.media to get it) @RuthReader

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

2 days ago

So much for the protein craze gift link, by @SophieEganM @NYTHealth nytimes.com/2026/05/28/wel… and reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-preoccup…

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Ruth @RuthReader

2 days ago

Would you believe this is the meanest cat in the world?

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein

3 days ago

NEW: The Trump admin is counting on Medicaid work requirements to save the government billions. But well before the rules formally go into effect Jan. 1, they’re costing already-strapped states millions, sometimes tens of millions, to implement. politico.com/news/2026/05/3…

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Ruth @RuthReader

3 weeks ago

Years ago, I tried to write about how wildly low taxes on alcohol are from a health policy perspective, but could never get editorial buy-in. Glad to see @statnews giving alcohol addiction the platform it deserves.

🌸 Chelsea Cirruzzo @ChelseaCirruzzo

3 weeks ago

Alcohol use is killing Americans, tearing apart families and costing the country billions. But we don't see it as a public health crisis. Why? Read the first two parts of our 6-part series led by Lev Facher and @isabellacueto for @statnews statnews.com/2026/05/12/ame…

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David Lim @davidalim

3 weeks ago

SCOOP: FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is resigning from the agency. Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the agency, will lead the FDA in an acting capacity. w/ @Gardner_LM: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

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Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro

4 weeks ago

BREAKING: @character_ai is illegally presenting a chatbot as a licensed medical professional in Pennsylvania — and we’re suing to stop them. Earlier this year, I announced a new state task force to investigate chatbots that pose as licensed professionals. Our investigators found an AI character on @character_ai that claimed to be a psychiatrist — falsely stating it was licensed in PA and even providing a fake license number.  We will not let AI companies mislead vulnerable Pennsylvanians into believing they’re getting advice from a licensed medical professional. We’re taking @character_ai to court to stop them.

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Christina Farr @chrissyfarr

a month ago

This is not going to get the same attention that a dystopian memo would get, but there's a growing cohort of CEOs that are coming out to say the job cuts because of AI are totally overblown. That includes @levie @oliver_kharraz & others.

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Ruth @RuthReader

a month ago

This narrative doesn't resonate with me, though it doesn't mean it's wrong. I will say that what frustrates me about it broadly is that it sidesteps crippling realities: decades of weakened labor laws, enormous student debt, inflation, and a k-shaped economy.

Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic

a month ago

I think an under appreciated part of the birth rate discourse is that many more young people simply have richer and more textured lives than young people in previous generations: hobbies, travel, meaningful jobs, deep friendships. Children present more possible disruption than

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

a month ago

On the lack of compelling evidence that medical AI is improving patient care, and what to do about it, a @NatureMedicine editorial nature.com/articles/s4159…

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Ruth @RuthReader

2 months ago

@dreece11 @chrissyfarr Would love to take a look at that

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Christina Farr @chrissyfarr

2 months ago

Second Opinion just published its first scoop: And it's a look inside Epic's confidential vendor services agreement. A source shared it with @RuthReader to give us a sense of why it's so hard out there for healthcare innovators. View in full here: secondopinion.media/p/an-inside-lo…

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Christina Farr @chrissyfarr

2 months ago

Massive number of companies enrolled as participants for the CMMI ACCESS model. Way more than I expected, especially given comments around price being too low. Full list here: secondopinion.media/p/cms-announce…

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Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw

2 months ago

DOJ says telehealth platform Zealthy "presents itself as providing legitimate telehealth services but is in fact engaged in systemic improper and dangerous telemedical practices." In a motion filed today, DOJ says Zealthy engaged in "routine ordering of prescriptions by ... non-clinicians with no medical license." Zealthy allegedly misused the names of doctors "to order many thousands of prescriptions for patients they did not actually treat." Separately, Zealthy "is bilking thousands of consumers each month through unauthorized charges ... and even after consumers cancel."

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Ruth @RuthReader

2 months ago

Interesting perspective on AI prescribing and what we lose when patients don't go to their doctor for a refill. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Rob Freund @RobertFreundLaw

2 months ago

Medvi was sued today in data privacy class action. Plaintiffs allege that Medvi represents that user information is "never shared" and is "protected by HIPAA." "In reality, Mevdi secretly transmits users’ information—including identifying information such as email addresses and details reflecting their participation in a medical intake process— to third parties..."

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Maya Kaufman @mayakauf

3 months ago

Longevity influencer Peter Attia had a deeper relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than he publicly acknowledged last month, @politico found. Including: - He asked Epstein for patient referrals - Epstein introduced him to a foreign-born model, whom he interviewed for a job

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Ruth @RuthReader

3 months ago

After four years at POLITICO I'm making some moves: I'm joining @chrissyfarr's Second Opinion Media, to bring more tech policy coverage, analysis, and scoops to the great work she is already doing there AND I'll be taking on some long term projects @hntrbrkmedia Send tips!

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Ruth @RuthReader

3 months ago

@michaelkruse @nytimes @LachCartwright @politico Congrats!!

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein

3 months ago

Much of MAHA feels betrayed by the Trump admin's actions on the pesticide glyphosate. Democrats see an opening to win them over. politico.com/news/2026/03/0… with @RuthReader