Special Edition of Health Wonk Review & other news briefs

At The Health Care Blog, Brian Klepper has posted a Special Edition of Health Wonk Review: American Health Care Reform: Observations From Health Care Analysts. If you want to know what's going on with health care reform, this is a thoughtful and selective compendium from experts that deserves your attention.

Catching up on other carnivals we missed: if, like us, you missed the last Cavalcade of Risk for the last decade at Jaan Sidorov's Disease Management Care Blog, it's worth checking out.

More news briefs

• New NCCI study: Narcotics represent nearly a quarter of all prescription drug costs. Narcotics are used mostly for back injuries.
• Attorney Robert G. Rassp fields the question: Does a Bankruptcy Affect Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
• The WSJ Health Blog reports on a recent JAMA study showing that some popular antidepressents are no more effective than placebos.
• A graphic example of when low bid = high risk from a newly-discovered safety blog by Circle Safety & Health Consultants.
• From NIOSH: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs
• From David Williams, we learn about important protections for a worker niche group that we have previously left unaddressed: tarantula handlers. Visit David's Twitter feed @HealthBizBlog