Bob Rebitzer
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Bob Rebitzer
@breb1.bsky.social
Healthcare executive, consultant and writer. His book about innovation in healthcare, Why Not Better and Cheaper?, is published by Oxford University Press.
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
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September 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This morning, my colleagues and I published a trio of articles. One talks about the very real threat of polio. Even though we think of it as nearly eradicated, it is still circulating in some parts of the world, including in Europe. (1/3)

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence (Gift Article)
In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West.
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January 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Check out my twin brother and co-author's latest piece. It asks: "Are pharmacy benefit managers the villains in the drama of high drug prices?" The answer may surprise you.
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December 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Check out my twin brother giving the prestigious University Lecture at Boston University about our book about innovation in healthcare, Why Not Better and Cheaper?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG_jiV83FlI
2024 University Lecture by James Rebitzer, Boston University Questrom School of Business
YouTube video by Boston University
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December 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Terrible news. STAT publishes the kind of reporting we need more of.
Welp, the news is out. It's a gutting day for us at STAT with layoffs of 11 treasured, hardworking colleagues. I can't say this loud enough: Please subscribe/support the journalism you trust. Science writing jobs are going extinct at a time when we're needed most. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/09/b...
Health and medicine publication STAT News lays off 11 employees - The Boston Globe
The decision to lay off STAT employees comes after years of growth, including a significant expansion during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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December 9, 2024 at 10:57 PM
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Americans are now one-third less likely to die from cancer at the same ages as Americans in 1990
December 9, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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"People feel disempowered. Part of our job is to show there are things you can do."

The BMJ’s 2024-25 appeal supports the International Rescue Committee.

@dmiliband.bsky.social, president of @rescueorg.bsky.social, talks to @kamranabbasi.bsky.social about their work

🔗 www.bmj.com/content/387/...
November 28, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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I am one of 100s of scientists in the the World that is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary! Today, my opinion piece on the NY Times. Let's hope we take more serious epidemics and pandemics and deal with them before they emerge. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World
The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:29 AM
A dangerous proposal enabling the Treasury to shut down nonprofits deemed to support terrorism without due process. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
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November 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM